Charley Webb has no plans to leave 'Emmerdale'.
Charley Webb and Matthew Wolfenden
The 31-year-old actress, who plays Debbie Dingle on the ITV soap, insists she is not leaving the show but is just taking some extended time out to spend with her family - her husband Matthew Wolfenden (David Metcalfe) and their kids, Buster, nine, Bowie Grey, four, and Ace Gene, five months.
She said: "What I meant was there is no set return date yet. 'Emmerdale' have asked me and we have talked but I haven't confirmed anything. I don't have plans to leave the show, but I might take a bit longer than a year off ... I don't want to be a stay at home mum forever. I love going to work and I love coming home to the kids, and it will probably make me a better parent as I'm not with her all the time."
Whilst her husband Matthew added: "I have told Charley that she doesn't need to feel pressured to go back. Now that we have three kids, it's important that she enjoys this time, because once she's back at work, she's back. And knowing her character, Debbie, she will go back to a big storyline."
Charley admits there are times where she thinks about leaving the soap to try something else but both her and Matthew are still "really happy" on the programme.
She said: "There's always going to be a part of you that thinks, 'Do I want to try something else?' I'm sure there will come a day when I might, but I'm happy where I am for now."
He shared to OK! magazine: "I'm really happy there too."
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