Coronation Street actress Nicola Thorp calls out Lidl over ‘sexist’ children’s pyjamas
The actress, who plays Nicola Rubinstein in the soap, tweeted her fury over the pyjamas saying they should be "put to bed"
A CORONATION Street actress has slammed Lidl after branding their children's pyjamas "sexist".
Nicola Thorp, who plays Nicola Rubinstein in the soap, tweeted a picture of a girls set of nightwear and a pair of boys' pyjamas available at the budget retailer.
The picture showed the girls' set, which were pink with the slogan 'Daddy is my superhero', while the boys' nightwear had 'Be your own superhero' emblazoned across it.
And captioning the picture, Nicola slammed the budget supermarket for reinforcing gender stereotypes.
She wrote: "Oh hey @LidlUK... boys can be their own superhero but girls need their daddy? These pajamas should be put to bed." (sic)
And since sharing the tweet, scores of others have tweeted her showing their support for her stance.
One said: "I can't believe these products still get the go ahead and are actually printed and sold."
Another tweeted: "Really? In 2017? Shame on you Lidl."
While one even said: "Unacceptable message you're giving to kids @Lidluk Have a girl and a boy model both of them in the cover picture."
However, there were some people who said they could see nothing wrong with the items.
One woman tweeted: "It's not implying girls need their Dads at all. To a lot of girls, their Dads are their heroes. Stop making a fuss of nothing."
A spokesman for Lidl told the : "As part of our middle aisle offering we sell a wide variety of children’s products throughout the year on a 'whilst-stocks-last' basis, including a range of styles designed to provide our customers with a variety of choices.
"Both of these pyjamas have been popular with customers and were certainly not designed to offend.
Customer feedback is incredibly important to us and we will ensure that this is taken into consideration for future collections."
However, it is not the first time that Blackpool-born Nicola has used Twitter to slam sexism.
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Last week she criticised directors who have sexually harassed her in defiant online rant.
And earlier this year, she confirmed she won't be wearing high heels on Coronation Street after previously being fired by her job at PwC for refusing to wear heels to work.
