{"id":363296,"date":"2025-08-21T23:42:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T23:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/363296\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T23:42:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T23:42:14","slug":"this-emmerdale-newcomer-gets-brutally-honest-over-rival-soap-never-particularly-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/363296\/","title":{"rendered":"This Emmerdale newcomer gets brutally honest over rival soap: “Never particularly friendly”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emmerdale<\/a> star Joe Absolom<\/a> has gotten quite candid about a rival soap after joining the Dales as Ray Walters.<\/p>\n

Absolom, who previously starred in EastEnders<\/a> as Matthew Rose, has recently made his debut on Emmerdale as the village’s new villain<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speaking about his experience on the ITV soap, the actor said “it’s good fun to be horrible” and praised cast and crew of Emmerdale.<\/p>\n

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“Everyone’s really nice. They really look after you, much better than the BBC did,” he said.<\/p>\n

“When I was on EastEnders, it was like, ‘Right, that’s your time, see you then’. It was like a job, which is fine. <\/p>\n

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“But this is like, they look after me, they put me in a nice place, they pick me up. It’s really nice. Everyone’s very nice. I get my own cup, yeah, I got a pass. I can get into the building whenever I want!”<\/p>\n

Looking back on his time as part of the cast of EastEnders, in which he starred between 1997 and 2000, Absolom reminisced about meeting stars from other soaps. <\/p>\n

He said that Emmerdale stars were “the nicest” back then, while another ITV soap’s ensemble were not “particularly friendly” in his recollection.<\/p>\n

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“When we did EastEnders I remember meeting all the other casts from the soaps and Emmerdale, always, were by far the nicest bunch of people,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Hollyoaks<\/a> were like footballers, Coronation Street<\/a> were quite, I don’t know, they were never particularly friendly, but Emmerdale, I remember everyone in EastEnders at the time saying Emmerdale were the nicest bunch,” he added.<\/p>\n

“And now I’m here and I\u2019ve met them. I believe that’s true.”
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Emmerdale<\/strong> airs on weeknights at 7.30pm on ITV1, and streams on <\/strong>ITVX<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read more <\/strong>Emmerdale<\/strong> spoilers on our dedicated homepage<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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