Emmerdale icon Jacqueline Chadwick confirms she wasn't asked to return to iconic role

Tina Dingle has been absent from Emmerdale since Christmas 1998, erstwhile the tearaway headed to London and near her household behind, but present the beloved quality has made a astonishment instrumentality to the Dales

Emmerdale fable Jacqueline Chadwick has deed retired and confirmed she wasn't asked to return to her iconic role.

The 50-year-old histrion played Tina Dingle from 1996 to 1998. The girl of Zak Dingle made a large content connected the colony during her 2 twelvemonth stint including being kidnapped by her erstwhile fiance Luke, and exiting the Dales erstwhile she refused to wed Frank Tate. Fans were amazed to spot Tina instrumentality to Emmerdale successful scenes that aired this week, particularly arsenic it was a caller histrion who was playing the role.

Samantha Power made her debut successful Thursday’s melodramatic hour-long episode, but fans were near confused implicit Jacqueline’s absence, arsenic they believed she should beryllium the 1 bringing the tearaway quality backmost to the ITV soap. Viewers had speculated Jacqueline had not been invited backmost with the archetypal histrion present taking to societal media to corroborate what truly happened with the 'comeback.'

Jacqueline confirmed she was ne'er approached by Emmerdale bosses to travel backmost to the show, and wished her replacement well.

“So galore questions regarding Tina Dingle’s return. Great character, large show. I privation @sampower_sam each the best, I loved playing her, I’m definite she volition too, large formed to beryllium a portion of… and, no… they didn’t inquire maine #emmerdale #tinadingle #dingle,” Jacqueline tweeted. Samantha replied to the post, and sweetly wrote: “Thanks truthful overmuch Jacqueline! Very benignant xxx”.

But fans were disappointed she had been replaced, with galore suggesting Emmerdale bosses should person brought backmost the archetypal actress. “Nothing connected the woman who was formed but they should person asked you backmost you was outstanding arsenic the quality each emmerdale instrumentality feels the same,” 1 tweeted, arsenic different agreed: “I haven’t watched for years, but backmost erstwhile I did Tina Dingle was 1 of my favourites. To not person the courtesy to inquire you is beauteous mediocre though.”

“Tina was iconic. To person archetypal Tina backmost would person been awesome,” 1 instrumentality replied, portion a 4th chimed in: “Big shame you were not capable to play the part, doesn't look the aforesaid arsenic you were specified an iconic character.”

The caller Tina, Samantha Power, saw Jacqueline's station and took the clip to scope out, writing: "Thanks truthful overmuch Jacqueline! Very benignant xxx"

Samantha’s stint connected Emmerdale began with Tina’s accomplishment successful the colony for Zak Dingle’s funeral, and she gathered with her on-screen siblings for the affectional scenes. However, the grief soon turned to choler erstwhile Tina tried to get her hands connected immoderate wealth near to her, but she was rapidly dismissed by the grieving Dingles, who made it wide she wasn’t included successful his will.

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