Catherine Tyldesley's former Coronation Street co-star wades into 'cakegate' row after star's denial

Catherine Tyldesley's former Coronation Street co-star Nicola Thorp has waded into her 'cakegate' row. There has been a widespread reaction after it was claimed Catherine had asked a baker to make 100 cakes for her birthday in exchange for 'social media exposure'.

Catherine is set to celebrate her 40th birthday next month and while she wasn't named in the original post, a bakery owner hit out after it revealed it had declined a PR company's request on behalf of an unidentified 'well-known' celebrity asking for a cake for a 40th birthday party in September.

The initial report by the Daily Mail also claims Three Little Birds Bakery owner Rebecca Severs, from Keighley, was also requested by the PR company, NVRLND, to make 100 cupcakes and an extra smaller birthday cake for the celeb's husband.

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Rebecca shared a Facebook post featuring a screenshot of an email exchange between her bakery and a PR company in which the party planners claimed to represent an unidentified 'well-known' celebrity. But reports named Catherine, who is probably best known for having played Eva Price in ITV's Corrie, as the celebrity in question - which she has since denied.

Sharing a video to Instagram on Wednesday morning (August 2), the actress was seen speaking directly to the camera. Sat in her car with a large pair of glasses covering her eyes, she laughed and said: "Cake gate! WHAT!" She went on: "So I had no idea those emails were being sent. I'm not working with the lovely OK magazine on anything that I'm aware of and NVRLND are an amazing company.

"They've supplied me with performers in the past;. They're insane and they've been completely