EMMERDALE star Lucy Pargeter is devastated her character Chas Dingle has lost The Woolpack.
The actress has played Woolpack landlady Chas for 18 years but this week will see the end of her time running the pub.
It is set to be auctioned off after Al Chapman blew it up hoping to force developers to turn it into swanky apartments.
But now Lucy has told how both Chas and herself are devastated by the development.
She said: “She’s devastated/ At least if Al bought it, she’d know it was going to be him, but now it’s up in the air.
“She’s got no idea if it’s going to be turned into flats or stay a pub.
“She’s losing her livelihood, she’s lost her home, and she doesn’t know who it’s going to go to.”
Lucy added: “I’m absolutely devastated. It was devastating when we found out that Charity was going from the pub, when she sold up to Marlon.
“That was a massive blow.
“You think to yourself: ‘God, they work so well together, and the dynamic was amazing’.
“But then you think: ‘I’m alright, I know where my job is, and the Woolpack is still here.
“I know my purpose. I love working in that pub! I almost shed a tear.’”
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It’s set to be a big year with Emmerdale celebrating its 50th anniversary in October.
And Lucy has teased it will be busy for her.
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“I’ve got a little idea of what will be happening in the run-up to the 50th, which is filling me with a few butterflies,” she said.
“I think it’s going to be a busy one! I don’t know what Chas’ role in the village is going to be, but I kind of know what’s going to be happening with the people around me.
“It’s another one of those starts of the years where you go: ‘Oh gosh! I’ve got all that to do before the end of the year! I’ve got to focus!’”
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