Katherine Dow Blyton as Harriet Finch
Emmerdale actress Katherine Dow Blyton has been accused by her own family of killing the soap's "magic".
The star plays vicar Harriet Finch in the ITV soap and confesses her niece claims she spoiled the show's illusion of reality by starring in it.
Speaking to The Sun newspaper she explained: "My niece Rachel says I've ruined it - she said it's not the same now that I'm in it. Because it's someone she knows, she says I've killed the magic!"
Katherine admits that her family have been huge fans of the soap since she was a young girl and having her in it means it's more obvious to them that everything going on isn't reveal.
Her mother had even stopped watching the soap in favour of EastEnders, but felt obliged to switch back to see her daughter.
"It's the programme I used to watch as a kid and my family still live here and most of them love it. My mum had switched to 'EastEnders' but now she's back in 'Emmerdale' world."
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