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Sammy Winward’s daughter Mia had ambitions to follow her into acting before causing a family rift by turning to OnlyFans.
The couple have not spoken in months, a feud Mia says was sparked by her decision to sell racy photos of herself on the subscription site.
However, Mia, 19, previously said she had different ambitions and admitted she would be delighted to land an acting job in Emmerdale like her mum, 38.
During a joint appearance on Loose Women in 2021, she revealed: “Any role that was like that would make me very happy.”
Sammy welcomed Mia when she was just 19 with former Blackburn footballer David Dunn. She is currently married to Martyn Hardy.
Sammy Winward’s daughter Mia has revealed she had ambitions to follow her into acting before causing a family rift by turning to OnlyFans.
But the pair have not spoken in months, a feud sparked by Mia’s decision to sell racy photos of herself on OnlyFans.
During his appearance on the ITV panel, he attributed his strong bond to his small age difference with Mia.
Sammy said: ‘I always thought, ‘Oh my God, I’ll only be 36 or 37 when she’s 18.’
‘I’m almost there and it’s crazy because we really feel like best friends.
“Obviously there is the mother-daughter relationship, but we are more like best friends.”
Sammy found fame in Emmerdale in 2001, but left his job in 2015 to become a teacher.
Last year he returned to television with a role in The Long Shadow, which details the five-year hunt for serial killer Peter Sutcliffe.
Although she had hoped Mia would follow in her footsteps as an actress, the teenager is currently earning up to £30,000 a month from her daring film venture.
Mia said Sun:She said some pretty bad things last time we talked, it was horrible.
“But I love my mother very much, I love my whole family, but none of them talk to me now.”
Sammy left the ITV soap in 2015 to become a teacher, but returned to star in ITV’s The Long Shadow eight years later (pictured alongside Emmerdale co-star Ryan Hawley)
Mia started an OnlyFans account earlier this year after talking to friends who were on the site.
She said: “I feel very empowered on OnlyFans. I am my own boss and I am confident in myself and what I do.”
Since being on the adult site, Mia admitted she makes ten times more money than before for “about three days of work.”
The model added that her days consist of filming content, uploading it to the site and filling out forms.
Despite making a lot of money and setting up her own business, Mia admitted her family are not impressed and her father, former Blackburn footballer David Dunn, has also distanced himself from her.
Sammy once claimed that she and her daughter were “best friends,” but that all changed just a few years later (pictured in 2021)