Emmerdale favourite rules out return as they've "very much moved on"

Former Emmerdale star Kelvin Fletcher has ruled out a return to the ITV soap as he’s "very much moved on".

The star, who first joined the show as farmer Andy Sugden in 1996, departed from the series in 2016, and has since gone on to run a farm for real, which is being chronicled in the ITV show Fletchers' Family Farm.

Appearing on James Martin's Saturday Morning over the weekend, Fletcher - who also won Strictly Come Dancing in 2019 - was asked whether he misses starring on the ITV soap.

"No I don't," he said, before continuing: "Emmerdale was 20 happy years but there's not a day goes by I'd ever really think about it, really."

He added: "It's a past chapter and I've very much moved on now". He also noted the irony that he is now a real-life farmer after starring as one in the soap.

The third season of Fletchers' Family Farm premiered on ITV1 back in October, picking back up with Fletcher, his wife Liz and their four young children as they managed their 120-acre farm in Cheshire for the fourth year in a row.

The instalment followed the family as lambing season got underway, and as they were faced with a huge curveball as a huge fire destroyed the farmhouse while they were away on a rare trip.

The couple first began documenting their farming journey in the series back in 2023, with the show quickly becoming a huge hit.

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Emmerdale airs weeknights at 8pm on ITV1. Stream on ITVX.

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