SHOCKED EastEnders star Samantha Womack was sworn at in the street over her role in the soap's cot death storyline.
The actress, 38, was branded "a murdering ****" as she walked with her kids in London.
Viewers were outraged after her character Ronnie Branning swapped her cot-death son for Kat Moon's baby, and complaints to the BBC over the plot have now topped 6,000.
Sam is leaving the hit series after finding her role "horrifying" in the heavily-criticised storyline.
The actress, 38, was branded "a murdering ****" as she walked with her kids in London.
Viewers were outraged after her character Ronnie Branning swapped her cot-death son for Kat Moon's baby, and complaints to the BBC over the plot have now topped 6,000.
Sam is leaving the hit series after finding her role "horrifying" in the heavily-criticised storyline.
And she looked stressed as she was pictured at her North London home, hours after The Sun revealed she will be departing in May.
Meanwhile shell-shocked Beeb chiefs are planning an early end to the harrowing plot in the wake of the huge row it has sparked.
Actress Sam - formerly Samantha Janus - was verbally attacked in the street after viewers saw her character Ronnie swap her cot-death son in the New Year's Eve episode.
She was abused while out with son Benjamin, nine, and daughter Lily-Rose, five.
As the star met with show bosses yesterday - and her exit was confirmed - a source said: "Samantha's received such vile abuse this week. She was shouted at with her kids.
Meanwhile shell-shocked Beeb chiefs are planning an early end to the harrowing plot in the wake of the huge row it has sparked.
Actress Sam - formerly Samantha Janus - was verbally attacked in the street after viewers saw her character Ronnie swap her cot-death son in the New Year's Eve episode.
She was abused while out with son Benjamin, nine, and daughter Lily-Rose, five.
As the star met with show bosses yesterday - and her exit was confirmed - a source said: "Samantha's received such vile abuse this week. She was shouted at with her kids.
"Having to act that storyline was bad enough, having it filter into her home life is even more awful."
Viewers' anger over the heartbreaking scenes continued to grow last night, with 5,826 complaints registered with the BBC and a further 374 with Ofcom.
Only the 2009 crash death of Ronnie's daughter Danielle drew more EastEnders complaints.
In a further blow to the Beeb, the charity that worked with producers on the storyline blasted the "unlikely" baby switch.
FSID said in a statement: "Ronnie's behaviour is in no way endorsed by FSID as a typical, or even likely, reaction of a bereaved parent."
Influential mothers' group Mumsnet also slammed the BBC. Founder Justine Roberts has written to the corporation's director general and bosses at watchdog Ofcom.
She said: "Our members are concerned that, as is all too common, a bereaved mother has been portrayed as deranged. In fact the reality is very different."
Viewers' anger over the heartbreaking scenes continued to grow last night, with 5,826 complaints registered with the BBC and a further 374 with Ofcom.
Only the 2009 crash death of Ronnie's daughter Danielle drew more EastEnders complaints.
In a further blow to the Beeb, the charity that worked with producers on the storyline blasted the "unlikely" baby switch.
FSID said in a statement: "Ronnie's behaviour is in no way endorsed by FSID as a typical, or even likely, reaction of a bereaved parent."
Influential mothers' group Mumsnet also slammed the BBC. Founder Justine Roberts has written to the corporation's director general and bosses at watchdog Ofcom.
She said: "Our members are concerned that, as is all too common, a bereaved mother has been portrayed as deranged. In fact the reality is very different."
Source: The Sun
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