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‘Was gutting’ Lucy Pargeter ‘insecure’ about Emmerdale future after Chas Dingle loses pub
Emmerdale storyline was “upsetting and unsettling” for both herself and her character.The actress explained how, when her character Chas Dingle lost The Woolpack pub, she was left feeling very uncertain about her future with the soap. Lucy, 44, is an Emmerdale legend and is in fact celebrating her 20th anniversary on the show this year. However, now, the actress seems to be in a state of worry that this year could be her last on the popular ITV soap. A recent storyline on the show saw Lucy’s character, Chas Dingle, lose The Woolpack - a pub that has kept the publican in the centre of the soap’s drama for the past decade. When asked about how she felt to be losing a significant part of her character's life after so long, the star admitted that it wasn’t easy for her to let go.“It’s bizarre,” Lucy admitted in an interview with The Daily Mirror. “It’s fictional, I don’t really own a pub, but that bar is like my second home and when I found out I no longer owned it, my heart sank.“It was upsetting and unsettling, not only for my character, but for me too.