{"id":54938,"date":"2025-04-27T14:14:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T14:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/54938\/"},"modified":"2025-04-27T14:14:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T14:14:20","slug":"emmerdales-kelvin-fletcher-playfully-shares-past-crush-on-co-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/54938\/","title":{"rendered":"Emmerdale’s Kelvin Fletcher playfully shares past crush on co-star"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emmerdale<\/a> star Kelvin Fletcher has shared his past crush on former co-star Claire King.<\/p>\n

The actor and Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> winner, who played Andy Sugden on the ITV soap between 1996 and 2016, made the revelation while talking about the latest scenes involving Kim and Joe Tate<\/a> on his Off Script<\/a> podcast with wife Liz. <\/p>\n

“I think we’ve got to give a special mention as well to Claire King, of course, who plays Kim Tate,” he said. <\/p>\n

“So she started Emmerdale in 1989, I remember when I started in Emmerdale, I started in 1996, and quite a few characters become soap legends.<\/p>\n

“I think Kim Tate is iconic, you think of Emmerdale, and as regards as an actress, having worked with her myself, she’s just a fantastic team member.”<\/p>\n

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“Looks amazing on camera, I used to have the biggest crush on her” he added, to which his wife playfully warned: “Hey Kim, watch it!”<\/p>\n

Kelvin then shared his admiration for the star, saying: “So many people do! Everyone adores her because she works so hard, she cares so much for the show and the audience love her as well. She’s just a brilliant character!”<\/p>\n

It comes after Kelvin revealed that he narrowly missed out<\/a> on a big Coronation Street<\/a> role over 30 years ago.<\/p>\n

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“I once auditioned for Corrie,” he said on the podcast earlier this month. “It was actually for a little boy called Jamie who Jack Duckworth took under his wing, and I was down to the last two with Joe Gilgun.<\/p>\n

“He obviously got the role… A year later I ended up in Emmerdale and the rest is history.”<\/p>\n

Kelvin did still did appear on Corrie, however, as he is credited with playing ‘Lad’ in an episode from the ’90s.<\/p>\n

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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