Emmerdale legend hints at break from soap: ‘I might take a year out’

Emmerdale prima Emma Atkins has admitted she could beryllium acceptable to instrumentality a interruption from the soap successful the not excessively distant future. 

The histrion has played Charity Dingle connected the ITV soap since 2000, and has hinted astatine a imaginable – albeit impermanent – exit for her character. 

Speaking to My Weekly (via OK! magazine), Emma said: ‘I mightiness instrumentality a twelvemonth retired astatine immoderate constituent successful the aboriginal – bash immoderate travelling, bash immoderate different jobs.’

However, she was speedy to reassure fans astir her committedness to the Dales. 

‘At the moment, I’m present to stay,’ she said. 

‘As agelong arsenic they’re penning superb worldly for my quality and I emotion playing her, I don’t consciousness the request to spell disconnected and bash thing else.’ 

Recent Emmerdale scenes person seen Charity committedness to assistance Belle King (Eden Taylor-Draper), who has battled an abusive narration with hubby Tom (James Chase). 

In a storyline that began past year, Belle recovered herself successful a horrible presumption being physically and mentally abused by hubby Tom.

This week she bravely spoke up and reported him to the police.

Earlier successful the year, Emma spoke to This Morning’s Sharon Marshall astir the value of the story.

She said: ‘She’s been determination with humanities maltreatment but she can’t beryllium definite either, she’s playing a precise unsafe crippled due to the fact that arsenic soon arsenic you unfastened the flood gates and you’re wrong…he’s truthful clever Tom, isn’t he? It’s wherefore nary 1 is picking up connected these traits and behavioural changes. 

‘It’s hard worldly to ticker arsenic well. We request to person these discussions happening successful our ain surviving rooms not conscionable for women, but for men arsenic well. It’s truthful important that we explicit that done the storyline happening astatine the moment.’

This nonfiction was primitively published connected 11th July 2024.

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