Feuds in Emmerdale are common place – just take the Tates versus the Dingles, but over the years, some of the most dramatic clashes connected to the ITV soap have happened away from the cameras.
From relationship scandals that rocked the cast to bitter fallouts and public controversies, Emmerdale has seen its fair share of real-life drama behind the scenes.
Here is a look back at some of the biggest off-screen feuds linked to the long-running soap.
Off-screen Emmerdale feuds: Cheating scandals
More than once, romance behind the scenes has ended in scandal for the Emmerdale cast.
Samantha Giles, Claire King and Peter Amory
Kim Tate actress Claire King married Chris Tate actor Peter Amory in 1994. Their relationship lasted a decade, but the marriage ended after Claire discovered Peter had been having an affair with Bernice Blackstock star Samantha Giles.
Speaking to The Mirror in 2005, Claire explained how she first found out.
“It was Samantha’s husband who wrote me a letter and told me. That was about four years ago. I questioned Pete and he told me it was over but then it started again.
“At that point I said: ‘Well you have to go with her then, because it obviously isn’t going to stop’.”
Years later, Claire revealed time had helped heal the situation. Appearing on Loose Women in 2017, she admitted she also reflected on her own role in the marriage ending.
“It had got past the seven year itch into the 10 years, it was coming to that fork in the road and you either go down that path or you decide to take different routes.
“So nobody was really to blame in that, it was just we’d kind of grown apart.”
Claire has since made peace with Samantha. The pair later crossed paths at a funeral and were able to move on from what happened.
“I met Sam at a funeral of a dear friend of ours and we bumped into each other,” she said.
“[Sam] said ‘look, I’m really sorry,’ and I said, ‘It’s so long ago, it’s water under the bridge, it’s fine.”
Isabel Hodgins’ fling with Danny Miller
Isabel Hodgins, who plays Victoria Sugden, dated co-star Mike Parr (Ross Barton) for three years between 2016 and 2019.
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