EMMERDALE star Claire King has demanded a break from the ITV soap after 50th anniversary storm scenes left her fighting illness.
The actress, 60, who plays scheming businessowner Kim Tate - revealed that a seed pod got stuck up her nose while filming the scenes and it went septic.
Emmerdale's dramatic anniversary celebrations kick off this week as a huge storm threatens destruction and potential death. Speaking about her scenes with TV Times Magazine, Claire said: "We had a lot of large wind machines that were very powerful, so I was stuck in the middle of the woods, having all sorts of seed pods, dirt, fern and leaves blown at me. "I ended up getting a seed pod stuck up my nose!
It was there for about a week, but I didn't know until it went septic and I had to have antibiotics." The TV favourite admitted that the salary does not match the extensive workload.
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