Shocking moment Emmerdale’s Asan N’Jie is held back after ‘threatening to knife and kill’ Hollyoaks’ Jamie Lomas
EMMERDALE newcomer Asan N’Jie was filmed threatening to "knife" and “f***ing kill” fellow soap star Jamie Lomas at the TV Choice Awards.
Furious Hollyoaks hunk Jamie, 44, squared up to Asan, 25, backstage after the ITV actor reportedly aimed a “sarcastic” jibe at him.
The pair were pulled apart by stunned cast members before “they went at it again”.
According, he then adds under his breath: "I’m going to f***ing knife you."
One onlooker shouts: “This isn’t that kind of party, bro!”
Asan was escorted off the premises by security staff and is now being investigated by ITV bosses after sparking the fracas with a goading remark made to Jamie.
Another called out: “It’s only a TV Choice Award!”
Jamie was bundled away by former co-star Malique Thompson-Dwyer, 21.
One observer said: “Jamie was enraged by the sarcastic dig which seemed to come out of nowhere and was completely unprovoked.
“It was a real flashpoint which left fellow cast members shocked and one or two people remarking on how it was like a scene from a soap opera. The bust up was only stopped from escalating as Malique quickly stepped in to defuse the situation and calm Jamie down.
“It was chaos. They were pushing, shoving and really getting in each other’s faces.
"They got pulled apart but then went at it again. They were both absolutely furious.
“But it was a real flashpoint which left fellow cast members shocked and one or two people remarking on how it was like a scene from a soap opera.”
Jamie, who was married to Coronation street star Kym Marsh from 2012 to 2014, has played bad boy and ladies man Warren Fox in various stints on Hollyoaks since 2006.
He recently returned to the Channel 4 soap after finishing second on 2017’s I’m A Celebrity… Malique, 21, who played Prince McQueen in Hollyoaks, also went into the jungle last year.
Asan joined the cast of Emmerdale a year as Jessie Grant’s son, Ellis, and was attending last night’s TV Choice Awards at the Park Lane Hilton after being nominated as Best Soap Newcomer.
He lost to Kara-Leah Fernandes, who plays Bailey Barker on EastEnders.
A spokesman for ITV said: “We are extremely concerned to hear about an incident at last night's TV Choice Awards involving one of Emmerdale's cast.
“Obviously we will be investigating and talking to the actor concerned in due course.”
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