{"id":39897,"date":"2025-10-01T13:52:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T12:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/?p=39897"},"modified":"2025-10-01T13:52:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T12:52:26","slug":"lydias-dramatic-future-emmerdale-confirmed-actress-karen-blick-fears-she-left","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/news\/lydias-dramatic-future-emmerdale-confirmed-actress-karen-blick-fears-she-left\/","title":{"rendered":" Lydia’s ‘dramatic’ future in Emmerdale confirmed by actress Karen Blick afters fears she had left the soap"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this year there were fears Karen Blick<\/a> had left Emmerdale as Lydia Dingle. The actress did not appear on screen for months. Lydia even missed her own 50th birthday party.<\/p>

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Her absence was explained that she\u2019d been looking after her sick mum. Then on the day of the party she got a flat tyre. Riiiiggght.<\/p>\n

Lydia then reappeared on screen in June, but things have been somewhat quiet for her ever since.<\/p>\n

Not for much longer, says Karen, who has confirmed her alter ego\u2019s future on the show.<\/p>

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Karen Blick was all smiles at the Inside Soap Awards (Credit: Anthony Harvey\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Karen Blick reveals drama ahead in Emmerdale<\/h2>\n

In an interview with The Sun<\/a> at the Inside Soap Awards earlier this week, Karen explained she\u2019d enjoyed the rest after so much going on for Lydia. That of course included her rape at the hands of former boyfriend Craig Reed<\/a>, and stepson Samson going to prison.<\/p>

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