ITV has halted filming on Ferne McCann’s series after leaked voice notes claiming to be of her voice emerged (Picture: PA / Instagram)
Filming has stopped on Ferne McCann’s ITV show First Time Mum amid claims the Towie star mocked an acid attack victim of Arthur Collins.
Mum-of-one McCann, 32, shares a daughter with ex Collins, who is serving 20 years in prison for a horror acid attack in an East London nightclub in 2017 which injured over a dozen people.
This week scrutiny was thrown over McCann after an anonymous Instagram account leaked an audio of a woman, which it claimed was the reality star, calling one of his victims an ‘ugly f*****g c***’ and a ‘b****’.
While McCann has not commented publicly on the accusations, a source has confirmed to Metro.co.uk that ITV are not filming her TV series amid the allegations.
The source added however that the broadcaster continues to be in contact with the reality star and are offering her support.
Insiders previously told The Sun that McCann had been called in for talks with the broadcast after a separate leak led to McCann being accused of calling her Towie co-star Sam Faiers a ‘fat c***.’
Now however filming on First Time Mum, which has been ongoing since 2017, has been halted entirely, at least for now.
An anonymous Instagram account claims it is McCann’s voice in the audio (Picture: WireImage)
Collins was sentenced to 20 years behind bars for his horrific acid attack (Picture: PA)
It comes after an anonymous Instagram account going by the handle @ladywhistledown195 shared a voice note claiming it featured McCann talking about one of Collins’ victims.
In it, a woman’s voice can be heard saying one of the victims is entering a beauty pageant with a dress created from newspaper headlines about the attack.
She says: ‘I don’t know whether to laugh or cry, this silly b**** has made a dress, a papier maché dress, out of the newspaper cuttings from the event.
Her series, which has been ongoing since 2017, is not currently being filmed (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock)
‘She’ll probably win it, I’m not gonna lie. Only because the event and awards she’s entered or beauty competition whatever it is, are probably loving all this free press. So they’ll probably fix it, she’ll win it.
It goes on: ‘She is one ugly f*****g c***.’
One of Collins’ victims, Sophie Hall, was 22 when she was injured in the attack, and spoke on Good Morning Britain the following year saying she was regaining here confidence after competing in a pageant.
The new leak comes after McCann was accused of calling her Towie co-star a ‘fat c***’ in leaked audio (Picture: fernemccann / Instagram)
Before the current drama, in September McCann was accused of bodyshaming her former Towie castmate Sam weeks after she gave birth to her third child, Edward, in May.
Sam’s mother later voiced her outrage to the leaked message, saying she was ‘hurt and upset’ over the ‘vile’ message.
‘This has come as a complete shock to myself and my family. Ferne has always been a very close family friend to all of us for over the past 20 years.’
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It remains unclear as to whether McCann was reading a message or expressing her true opinion.
Metro.co.uk has reached out to ITV and reps for McCann for comment.
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