A spokeswoman for the soap said: “As a consequence of historic social media posts Shila Iqbal has left her role as Aiesha Richards on Emmerdale.
Shila Iqbal has been fired from Emmerdale over historical offensive tweets, the soap has confirmed.
The actress, who played Aiesha Richards on the ITV show, was only made a series regular at the end of March.
Shila Iqbal said in a statement: “I am terribly sorry and take full responsibility for my use of such inappropriate language.
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