Inside Emmerdale's Lesley Dunlop and Chris Chittel’s marriage from on-set romance to wedding joy
08.11.2023 - 00:13
/ ok.co.uk
We know them best for playing fan favourite couple Brenda Walker and Eric Pollard on Emmerdale, but one thing many viewers may not know, is that actors Lesley Dunlop and Chris Chittel are also a couple in real life too. Romance originally blossomed for the couple after the pair crossed paths while filming back in 2008, when Lesley first joined the cast of the iconic ITV soap as shopkeeper Brenda.
This week, Erica and Brenda's solid romance faced its greatest test yet, when Eric brutally dumped Brenda, as he sought to protect her from his heartbreaking Parkinson's disease diagnosis.
Yet while their romance appeared to be doomed on screen, away from the cameras Chris and Lesley's real-life relationship has gone from strength to strength. But how exactly did the couple's romance begin? First Meetings and Early Romance In an interview with the Daily Record in 2012, just four years after the pair first met, Chris revealed that he had Emmerdale to thank for his relationship.
He said: "Everyone thinks it’s the younger members of the cast who have all the fun but we more mature ones do, too. “It was weird.
Somehow we’d never met before and we just kept bumping into each other at work. “I can’t even remember if I asked her for a date or she asked me but she is wonderful and we’re very happy.” Elaborating further about how they managed to make their relationship work while working together on screen, Chris revealed that he and Lesley had made a conscious effort to not talk about their work at home in order to help maintain a healthy balance.
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