Danniella Westbrook posted a video of herself touring the set of Emmerdale – and now fans are convinced she’s joining the soap as its newest character.
Daniella, 47, has never acted in Emmerdale but first appeared on EastEnders aged 11.
She walked her 63,800 Instagram followers through the Emmerdale set, showing off the post office and The Woolpack on her tour.
She said: “Hey everyone, guess where I am today. I’ve actually made it.
“I’m here, at The Woolpack. Yes, Westbrook is in Emmerdale,” the actress said.
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She was on the Emmerdale set promoting Soap from the Box, a podcast that speaks to your favourite TV stars.
The actress explained: “We are doing Soap in the Box Live today.”
In the video tour on Instagram, Daniella was clearly very happy as she said: “I’m so excited. Emmerdale!”
(Image: @danniellawestbrook_73)
“So yeah I’m in Emmerdale. I’m not technically in it but I’m there,” she explained, as she had never appeared on the soap.
Fans had commented on the two-minute-long video: “Are you going to actually be in Emmerdale? Please say yes, you’ll be brilliant.”
Calling for her to appear on the soap, one said: “I’d love to see you join Emmerdale, you could be Kim’s long lost secret daughter and play a real wrongun. @emmerdale Let’s make this happen please.”
More called to see her appear on the soap, saying: “Be brilliant to see you in Emmerdale.”
(Image: @danniellawestbrook_73)
Supportive till the end, they said: “I think you would fit in perfectly hope they give the opportunity.”
During her stint on EastEnders, she played Sam Mitchell, the younger sister of Grant and Phil, from 1990 to 1996.
In Danniella’s episode of Soap from the Box, the podcast released a clip of her talking about the loss of Barbara Windsor and her memories of working with her.
On Barbara Windsor, she said: “I miss her all the time. I can just hear Barbara.”
“Because I am doing it as Sam Mitchell and she would have traits of Peggy (Barbara’s character) in her.”
“We are doing Soap from the Box live so I’m gonna put this on my wall and you can get tickets to see us all in Leeds.
“Thats us, i’ll see you all later, thanks for watching,” she signed off.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
