Former Coronation Street actress Catherine Tyldesley has hit again at a bakery after an "utterly bizarre" row over free desserts.

Three Little Birds Bakery mentioned it obtained a request from an occasions company to make a cake and 100 cupcakes for the birthday of an unidentified "well-known" movie star - later revealed to be Tyldesley - in trade for promotion on social media and in OK! journal.

The bakery, in Keighley, West Yorkshire, responded to the request by declining the supply, with proprietor Rebecca Severs saying her workers "can't feed their kids with exposure on Instagram".

"I'm so sorry to hear that your client has fallen on such hard times they can't afford to pay small businesses for their products," she wrote.

"Unfortunately as my mortgage provider doesn't take payment 'in the form of promotion on their socials', and my staff can't feed their kids with exposure on Instagram, I'll have to decline your very generous offer."

Along with the screenshots of the emails, the bakery wrote within the put up: "This poor celebrity apparently can't afford to pay people for their products and services. Spare a thought! What happened to women supporting women..."

In response, Tyldesley posted an Instagram video story from inside a automobile the place she mentioned she had "no idea those emails were being sent" and known as the row "utterly bizarre".

The ex-soap star, 39, referred to the matter as "cake gate" and had a dig on the bakery, saying: "I hope the cake lady got the exposure she was craving."

Tyldesley insisted she was not working with OK! journal and named the company as NVRLND, which she mentioned was an "amazing" firm.

She mentioned: "They've supplied me with performers in the past. They're insane and they've been completely misrepresented in this matter."

Since her identification was revealed because the thriller movie star, Tyldesley mentioned she has had journalists knocking on her entrance door whereas her youngsters had been enjoying within the entrance room.

"Dead nice that. Thanks for coming," she mentioned.

The bakery claimed it has been threatened with authorized motion by NVRLND in response to its Facebook put up, with the occasions agency reportedly alleging defamation.

It added: "NVRLND aren't getting paid properly either, they are also working entirely on a 'promotional and expenses only basis'."

The row could have a silver lining for the bakery as greater than 2,000 folks "liked" the unique put up, and one consumer wrote: "I love that by refusing to do the cake which I am so glad you did you have probably got more exposure than if you actually did it."

Sky News has contacted NVRLND for a remark.

Tyldesley performed barmaid Eva Price in Coronation Street from 2011 to 2018.

She additionally starred in BBC drama Lilies and sitcom Scarborough and appeared as a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing in 2019.