Home and Away star Nicholas Cartwright has reportedly called a former executive for the soap a c**t in a leaked text exchange.
The drama all began when Dan Bennett – who ran the Seven soap as Network Script Executive between 2016 and 2017 – responded to a social media post of Nicholas‘ (who plays Cash Newman on Home and Away).
“I’d seen him promoting an upcoming [Home and Away] storyline about the River Boys coming back,” Bennett told Daily Mail Australia.
Dan said that he responded to the story with some “zzz’s” which he explained implied that he thought the plot angle was “a bit boring”.
“Of course, that’s just my view; I’m just a fan these days. But next thing you know, I’ve got Nicholas Cartwright – one of the supposed stars of the show – sending me DMs and calling me ‘a c**t,” Dan told the publication.
“I don’t know Nicholas, I’ve never met him… so to think that’s how he talks to fans is deeply concerning.”
What else did the messages between Dan and Nicholas say?
Daily Mail Australia published screenshots of the conversation (which you can see here), and – as Dan said – they show him responding to Nicholas’s Instagram story with a bunch of ‘Zzz’ emojis.
Nicholas then reportedly replied back: “Rude response from someone in the industry Dan.”
The former Script Executive then went off on somewhat of a tangent in his published reply.
“Or perhaps an informed response from someone who knows that show better than anyone else on the planet and is bereft to see it reverting to River Boy nonsense,” he began.
“The notion that we should support productions simply because we’re in the “industry” as opposed to supporting them because the quality is A+, is nonsense. How does anyone fair by applauding mediocrity as opposed to excellence?”
Nicholas reportedly responded, “Okate mate, try not to be a c**t about it next time 👍.”
Dan contacted Nicholas’ Home and Away bosses about the exchange
Dan told the publication that he contacted Nicholas’s bosses at Home and Away about the message exchange.
“I don’t want to p*** on anyone’s career or get anyone in trouble, but I’ve messaged his seniors and been told that it’s been dealt with and I’m happy with that,” he said.
“He was probably just having a bad day and p***ed off about something else. But it wasn’t a nice experience and I would hate to think he’d message anyone else something like that.”
Soooo, Dan ridiculed Nicholas’ work in a DM, lectured him about his job, and dobbed him into his bosses. Yet, he’s the one claiming he didn’t have a “nice experience”? Right. Okay.
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