Pregnant Coronation Street actress Kym Marsh has expressed her horror after a sick Twitter user sent her a message asking if she had 'lost' her unborn baby.
Kym, who is six months pregnant and on maternity leave from the soap, tragically lost her son Archie in 2009 when he was born severely premature.
Twitter user Cherrytree121 wrote to Kym saying: 'hey kym I heard rumours u lost the baby.'
Shocked Miss Marsh said: 'probably the sickest tweet I've ever seen. How could you write that?'
Her Corrie co-star Shobna Gulati sent her a tweet of supporting, saying: 'I'm sorry u had that stupid tweet love you and miss you very much.'
Coronation Street script writer Daran Little shared his horror at the message, writing: 'How could anyone say something so nasty, they make me sick.'
Kym told friends and fans the message had 'shook her up' She thanked Twitter users for their messages of support.
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