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Ex-Neighbours star dubs finale 'unwatchable' and claims Covid vaccine stance prevented invite

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Former Neighbours star Nicola Charles has slammed the soap’s star-studded final episode as “unwatchable” amid claims she wasn’t invited back due to her stance on Covid-19 vaccinations.

The British-Australian actress, 52, weighed in on the emotional last episode of Neighbours, which aired on Friday, July 29 at 9pm on Channel 5 in a one-hour special called Neighbours: The Finale, reports the Mirror.

Nicola Charles played the controversial character Sarah Beaumont on the soap from 1996 to 1999, and then reprised her role as a guest in 2005, 2013, and 2016.Sarah’s biggest plot line on the show centred around her illicit affair with Dr Karl Kennedy, played by Alan Fletcher.

Following the final episode of the soap, Nicola has called the 90-minute special “unwatchable”. “There was zero suspension of disbelief and no attempt to round off storylines or drag even theatre school level performances from the ‘actors',’” she told The Herald Sun in Australia.She added: “Guy Pearce excepted.

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