'Emmerdale' Star Danny Miller Urges Twitter To Combat Homophobic Abuse

'Sort. Your. S***. Out!!'

‘Emmerdale’ actor Danny Miller has called for Twitter to do more to combat homophobic abuse.

Danny plays Aaron Dingle in the ITV soap, whose on-off relationship with Rob Sugden has dominated the show in recent years.

But while his character has been a hit with fans, he revealed on Friday (23 February) that the role has also repeatedly led him to be the subject of online abuse.

Danny Miller
Danny Miller
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After sharing a screengrab from Twitter, who claimed that a tweet he’d received calling him a “faggot” didn’t violate “the Twitter Rules against abusive behaviour”, he urged the social media site to “sort [their] shit”.

Danny fumed: “This is my SIXTEENTH complaint about the same dead leg with a different account.. Won’t be on here much longer I can tell you that. Sort. Your. Shit. Out!!”

He even went as far as saying that the abuse was forcing him to consider leaving Twitter altogether.

Honestly @Twitter sort your shit. To say that the word ‘Faggot’ isn’t offensive. And to say its not ‘abusive behaviour’ when this is my SIXTEENTH complaint about the same dead leg with a different account.. Won’t be on here much longer I can tell you that. Sort. Your. Shit. Out!! pic.twitter.com/Xf2wQ0aWCL

— Danny Miller (@DannyBMiller) February 23, 2018

Since Danny’s post, a spokesperson for Twitter has confirmed to the BBC that the user in question’s account was no longer live.

Meanwhile, a spokesperson for ‘Emmerdale’ has also backed the actor, stating: “We find any form of abuse totally unacceptable and abhorrent.”

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