{"id":36761,"date":"2025-04-18T19:00:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T18:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/?p=36761"},"modified":"2025-04-16T10:22:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T09:22:20","slug":"emmerdale-ned-porteous-hidden-rock-climbing-passion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/news\/emmerdale-ned-porteous-hidden-rock-climbing-passion\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Ned Porteous\u2019 hidden passion: \u2018It became my personality for a while’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Away from Emmerdale, Joe Tate<\/a> actor Ned Porteous<\/a> has a secret passion which once became his whole \u201cpersonality\u201d when he left the show.<\/p>

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Ned made his huge Emmerdale return on Christmas Eve last year. And ever since, his character has gotten up to quite a lot of bizarre things \u2013 like stealing his uncle\u2019s kidney<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But away from the show, Ned\u2019s life is far more relaxed. And he even has a hobby that helps him unwind after a day of work. Which he even credits to Emmerdale.<\/p>\n

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Ned made his Joe Tate return at the end of 2024 (Credit: ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Ned Porteous hobby away from acting<\/h2>\n

When Ned first left Emmerdale in 2018, he headed to try to crack America. But unfortunately due to the timings, the Covid-19 pandemic hit, making it harder for acting jobs to be available.<\/p>\n

Speaking to The Mirror<\/a>, Ned recalled his time in America. He said: \u201cA part of going out there was looking for work. It is an amazing but mad place. Acting in Hollywood is not too far off what you have seen in the films.\u201d<\/p>

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