OHMYGOSSIP — Gemma Merna believes people should require a licence to own a pet.
The former ‘Hollyoaks’ actress is a big dog lover, and she thinks anyone who mistreats animals should be put behind bars.
She said: “If I could pass any law I would ensure anybody that hurt animals would get jail time.
“We should have to have a licence as it’s important animals are protected.”
Gemma – who portrayed Carmel McQueen in the Channel 4 soap from 2006 to 2014 – has three pet pooches herself, but she cries “daily” when she looks at her four-legged friends because her canines are coming to the “end of their lives”.
She said: “I cry daily just looking at my dogs.
“They’re coming to the end of their lives and when I look at them, I think, ‘They’re just amazing.’
“I am a big crier so it’s normal in our household for me to cry.”
Gemma admitted her favourite nights in are when she is cuddling up on the sofa with her dogs and an Indian takeaway.
She added to OK! magazine: “My perfect evening is staying in, getting an Indian takeaway and sitting under my weighted blanket with my dogs.”
Gemma recently admitted she is “very proud” of her ‘Hollyoaks’ exit, after Carmel was killed off in an explosion following a train crash at her cousin Porsche McQueen’s (Twinnie Lee Moore) wedding.
She said: “It was incredible. It was shot like an action film. Graeme Harper, our director, was amazing, and he let me have a lot of input into the episodes.
“There was a shot that I asked if we could put in, of Carmel waving goodbye before she gets on the train.
“I thought it was a way of her saying goodbye. Also, her death scene was very emotional … we all just cried all day! Ha. I am very proud of it.”
Source: VacationHunter.Online
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