Home and Away star Sam Frost made headlines last month for refusing the Covid-19 vaccine, only to backflip this week by finally agreeing to get the jab.
And her co-star Lynne McGranger has since defended her, saying the cast and crew remain supportive even though they disagree with her anti-vax views.
The 68-year-old actress told Fitzy and Wippa on Thursday: 'Everyone is very supportive of Sam. We all might have differing opinions, but that's one thing about the cast and crew, we are supportive.'
Diplomatic response: Lynne McGranger (pictured) has said the Home and Away cast 'is supportive' of Sam Frost despite disagreeing with her anti-vax views
The Summer Bay veteran, who has endorsed the vaccine on social media, said Sam has accepted the consequences of not getting vaccinated until next year - which means her character will have to be temporarily written out.
'She realises that everyone supports that, and we don't want to lose her, because we love her,' Lynne said.
'I personally think she is a great little actress and a lovely person.'
Sam shared a video to Instagram last month in which she tearfully admitted she was unvaccinated and was struggling with her mental health due to other people judging her.
'She is a great little actress': Lynne said Sam has accepted the consequences of not getting vaccinated until next year - which means her character will have to be temporarily written out
She began: 'I was really hesitant about doing a video or even speaking up about this sort of thing, but I feel like it's getting to a point now in the world where there's a lot of segregation.
'There's a lot of harsh judgement and opinions being thrown around a lot and it's taking its toll on my mental health for sure, and I know people around me are struggling - particularly if they're on the side of they don't want to get vaccinated, for whatever reason.
'There are lots of different reasons why people are not getting vaccinated and it might be because of their medical history, their concerns, they might have family history, it could be religious reasons.'
Sam then said she hadn't been vaccinated, but claimed she had spoken to her doctor as well as a psychologist about her decision; however, it's understood she does not have a valid medical exemption.
Vaxxed up: The Summer Bay veteran has endorsed the Covid-19 vaccine on social media
She added tearfully: 'It's a really hard time to be in society right now and you feel like you are less of a human and you feel like people judge you.
'And you're too scared to talk about your opinion or your feelings and part of you wants to go, "Well, it's none of your damn business why I'm not! And there's good reasons
