Emmerdale’s Kim Tate is a ruthless force of nature. Over the years the soap siren has committed fraud, enjoyed countless affairs, organised hitmen and even watched her first husband Frank Tate (Norman Bowler) die without calling for help.
However, for the first time in her life, Kim has been putting family first and in doing so, she’s taken her eye off the ball and allowed Rose Jackson (Christine Tremarco) and Ruby Fox- Miligan (Beth Cordingly) enough space to ruin her life.
Now Claire King, 62, who has played the scheming matriarch on and off since 1989, reveals that the time has come for the Kim viewers know and love to return. “The old Kim would have chucked out Rose straight away,” despairs Claire. “Everybody keeps asking me, ‘What’s happened to Kim and why is she being so soft?’ But she’s doing it for the family because she wants to keep them together.
And because of Evan’s illness, she’s protecting the children. “I think she’ll regret not booting out Rose in the first place, but Kim’s trying to do the good thing and show a better side of herself because Will Taylor (Dean Andrews) knows how bad Kim can be.
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