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Rachel Adedeji thanks Hollyoaks cast and crew as she says tearful goodbye after race row

Rachel Adedeji has paid an emotional goodbye to the Hollyoaks cast and crew after she quit the show.

The TV star announced she was quitting the show earlier this year, after which she hit out at the Channel 4 soap over the way it handled the Black Lives Matter movement.

But it seemed past issues had been resolved as the show's official Twitter account shared a video of her that was filmed just after she finished her last scenes.

Her character Lisa Loveday was revealed to the victim of the murder during Scott and Mitchell's wedding.

In the video, Rachel spoke about the big reveal as she paid tribute to her castmates and all the crew who work on Hollyoaks.

Rachel Adedeji has paid an emotional goodbye to the Hollyoaks cast and crew after she quit the show (Twitter)

She said: "So of course we're here to celebrate the wonderful wedding of Mitchell and Scott, but as you guys know there's some sadness that comes with that."

Rachel added: "As we all know Lisa's dead, she's gone!

"It's actually really, really sad because I love Lisa, I love Lisa so much.

Rachel said she loved the character 'so much' (Twitter)

"It's been such a joy to play such an amazing character."

She then thanked the cast and crew for making her experience on the show so enjoyable.

Rachel continued: "I've met some amazing people along the way, in fact not just some it's all amazing people where I work.

Rachel had got caught in a race row with Hollyoaks bosses (Lime Pictures)

"I'm so grateful not only to the cast but the crew. They're all gonna be greatly missed."

After leaving the show Rachel said she had been the victim of racism on the Hollyoaks set.

Among her allegations was the claim that a makeup artist had told her black people are "all the same" and an accusation that her black castmates had been told they were "angry, aggressive and too vocal".

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