Coronation Street star Cait Fitton, known for her role as Lauren Bolton, has been on holiday with her boyfriend in the Dominican Republic
Coronation Street star Cait Fitton was slammed by PETA after she shared a picture of herself swimming with a dolphin while on holiday. The 23-year-old soap star, who is best known for her role as Lauren Bolton on the long-running ITV soap, recently shared a few posts from her sunny holiday in the Dominican Republic.
In one picture shared online, Cait was seen laughing with joy as she appeared to ride a dolphin in the ocean. In one snap taken outside Dolphin Island Park in Punta Cana, the soap star wrote: “Such a surreal experience. Pictures pending …. Swim with dolphins in the wild.” She also kissed a dolphin in one picture shared on her page.
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What she thought was a wholesome post received criticism from animal rights charity PETA. They released a statement saying: “PETA is rushing Cait a copy of The Cove, as she simply can’t be aware that dolphins exploited for these cute-seeming encounters are often violently torn away from their families and ocean homes and have almost no semblance of a real life.
“Instead of exploring, raising their young, and swimming vast distances, captive dolphins are forced to spend decades performing confusing tricks in cramped tanks while being fondled by strangers.
“We hope PETA’s facts will open her eyes to the dolphins’ plight and that she’ll take down any social media pictures promoting this cruel industry, which imprisons wild animals for profit.”
The Mirror have reached out to Cait’s representatives for comment. Cait’s holiday snaps comes a few weeks after she went Instagram official with her new boyfriend.
She teased her new partner for several weeks, telling fans her “boyfriend” had bought her a Jellycat toy.
And at the end of June, she took her new romance to the next level, having shared a photo on her story showing some silver ’23’ balloons, as well as a photo of what appears to be her boyfriend.
She sweetly wrote: “A day celebrating you,” following her message with a white loveheart emoji. Her previous story post showed a collage of images of her with her partner, with Cait writing: “Happy birthday to my man.” She added: “Thank you for blessing my life.”
The snaps showed them posing for a selfie, as well as a fun photo of them glammed up posing together. Another photo showed them holding hands, but she’s still not named her new partner.
Cait previously discussed the difficulties of fame, telling the Mirror: “It’s taken me a long time to have thick skin, it’s not an overnight process.
“We are normal people outside of filming, but everyone sees the characters as actual people. That can be really hard, especially with Lauren, who is a complex character.”
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