Sam Frost quits TV soap Home and Away after vaccine drama

Channel Seven have wished Home and Away star Sam Frost the best after the star announced she is leaving the soap after copping a backlash over her controversial vaccination views.

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The actor and former Bachelorette is returning to live in Melbourne after quitting TV soap Home and Away.

Sam Frost on set of Home and Away in Palm Beach, Sydney. Picture: John Grainger

After a controversial time when she copped severe backlash after airing her vaccination views, it’s believed Frost wants to be closer to family and friends in Victoria.

She will film her final scenes on the production at Sydney’s Eveleigh Studios on Friday.

The news comes just a few weeks after Frost had announced she would finish off the year before being vaccinated.

In October, Frost announced she would be having the jab after sparking outrage when revealing on social media that she was holding off on the Covid vaccine and compared public backlash to those unvaccinated as “segregation”.

She subsequently said she would be having a medical procedure in January and would not be fully vaccinated until mid to late February, when she previously indicated she would return to the show.

Employer Channel 7 gave staff a deadline of early November to make a decision on their vaccination status.

Sam Frost films Home and Away in Sydney’s Palm Beach. Picture: John Grainger

Home and Away actor Sam Frost. Picture: Toby Zerna

Initially it was planned for Frost to be temporarily written out of the flagship soap due to Seven’s vaccine mandate and to give her time to get double vaxxed.

A Seven statement regarding Frost’s departure said: “We support and respect Sam’s decision to leave Home and Away. Sam leaves with our sincere thanks and very best wishes for the future.”

The 32-year-old had played Jasmine Delaney on the television drama since 2017 and was nominated for a Logie Award for Most Popular New Talent the following year.

She rose to national fame as winner of the second season of The Bachelor Australia in 2014 and appeared as The Bachelorette in 2015.

Frost meanwhile has told friends and family she is looking for places to live in her hometown of Melbourne, which is where her most recent ex, Jay Bruno, has returned.

The pair were living together in Frost’s Sydney apartment but Bruno, who is believed to be on the new series of Australian Survivor, abruptly moved back to Melbourne last month when the short-lived romance ended.

Originally published as Sam Frost quits TV soap Home and Away after vaccine drama