Well, this is awful.

One of the biggest story lines on Fair City in recent years has been Ciaran Holloway kidnapping Katie O’Brien. In many ways the aftermath of it is still prevalent on the show today. However, it seems that when Johnny Ward was in the height of it, he got a bit of abuse from fans in person. Speaking to The Irish Mirror Johnny said: "It’s very funny now looking back on I but I couldn’t believe it at the time. "At first I thought she was joking but then realised she was serious." He continued: "We were doing that storyline and I remember going into the petrol station and topping up with diesel. "Then this woman said to me, ‘Are you your man?’ and I said I was. She went back to her car and told her husband, ‘It is him.’" "She said, ‘I’m sick of that that story, I’m sick of it! You have to let that girl go. I used to love Fair City and now I dread watching it because of you. You have turned it into a horror film that nobody wants to watch.’ "I realised the woman was serious and just jumped into the car and drove off without paying. She was very, very upset." Johnny is back on the soap after taking a short break. He also played Pauley in Love/Hate, was a finalist in Dancing With The Stars and took part in Coppers The Musical.