\u201cThere was a time where I felt bullied, doesn\u2019t matter how old you are,\u201d McGranger revealed. <\/p>\n
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MORE: Savvy property moves of ex-Home and Away stars<\/a><\/p>\n While she is careful not to name the individual, the star says the words she often received came from someone who should definitely have known better. <\/p>\n \u201cI felt it came from quarters that it shouldn\u2019t have come from,\u201d she continued. <\/p>\n \u201cOne day it just got \u2026 because I\u2019m a bit of a red mist person \u2026 I\u2019ll put up with that stuff, put up with stuff and then I just lose it.\u201d<\/p>\n And one day, she most certainly did. <\/p>\n \u201cOf course we\u2019re in a situation where almost the whole cast was there, and extras, because why do something in private? And I just remember saying to this person: \u2018Are you always an asshole or is it just towards me?\u2019 and this person said, \u2018Oh it\u2019s just towards you\u2019 and I went: \u2018I thought so.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n MORE: Aussie celebrities\u2019 first jobs before fame revealed<\/a><\/p>\n Thankfully, the tense confrontation stopped any further incidents. <\/p>\n \u201cYou know what? Never again. Never again!\u201d she added. <\/p>\n Lynne filmed her final scenes in 2025 \u2013 officially farewelling her time on the show that earned her the incredible title of the longest-serving female cast member in an Australian television soap opera.<\/p>\n In a devastating but powerful final storyline that she actually pitched to producers herself, beloved local Irene is diagnosed with Alzheimer\u2019s disease. <\/p>\n Rather than a tragic on-screen deterioration, she bows out on her own terms \u2013 signing the diner over to Leah (Ada Nicodemou), throwing an emotional farewell bash, and handing John Palmer (Shane Withington) a plane ticket to Paris before jetting off to travel the world while she still can.<\/p>\n Speaking on her monumental exit, the soap legend called leaving Summer Bay \u201cbittersweet,\u201d but proudly described her decades-long stint in a statement as \u201cthe best and longest gig of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n Earlier this year, it was announced that McGranger would be starring in a new TV show,<\/a>SHARK, on rival network, Channel 9. <\/p>\n The new series, with an air date yet to be confirmed, will feature six Australian celebrities who will face their greatest fears, entering the waters of the Bahamas with some of the most frightening shark species known to humans.<\/p>\n