Coronation Street star Marc Anwar has been sacked over "racist tweets".
The Pakistani-born actor launched an offensive attack on Indian people - including labelling them "p**s-drinking c**ts".
"Why the F***k do #pakistaniartists want work in #f*** face #india, do you love money so much," he asked, in the profanity-laden tweets captured in screenshot by The Sunday Mirror.
The offensive tweets (The Sunday Mirror)
"Ban #india movies in #PakistanisLeaveIndia. B*****ds p**s drinking #c**ts," he said.
He then attacked India for the long-standing conflict over Kashmir.
"F***ing #indians killing our #Kashmir brothers and sisters, beygairth #NawazSharif still sucking #modi Lul!"
The tweets, which were swiftly deleted, drew outrage on social media, and raised the ire of the show's producers - and Anwar was quickly shown the door.
"We are deeply shocked by the entirely unacceptable, racially offensive comments made on Twitter by Marc Anwar," ITV said in a statement.
"We have talked to Marc and, as a consequence of his comments, he will not be returning to Coronation Street with immediate effect."
His character on Coronation Street, the lothario Sharif, joined the show in 2014 - and was popular with viewers.
His departure will leave the long-running soap in chaos, as writers work out how to remove him from the storylines.
However, they'll struggle to write him out in a more dramatic fashion than Anwar has managed himself.
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