John Middleton's only a vicar in Emmerdale, you know
Wednesday, 28th October 2009.
Emmerdale star John Middleton often gets approached by Emmerdale fans wanting to confess their problems to him.
The actor plays the loveable Reverend Ashley Thomas in the ITV soap, but he’s revealed to Inside Soap that he often gets asked to provide spiritual inspiration to viewers when he's miles away from the Dales.
"The number of times that's happened to me,” he said. “I'll be happily chatting away to a friend in the pub, and then a fan of the show will open up to me about a big problem in their lives."
And it's not just fans of the show who are a affected by the vicar John plays - even fellow cast members act differently around him when he's in character.
He said: "When, I'm wearing Ashley's dog collar, no-one will swear in front of me. Then when I swear, everyone's shocked."
John's real life wife, however, can see right through his character, and actually thinks he's a bit of a fool for reigniting passions with old flame Sally Spode (Sian Reeves) behind wife Laurel's back.
"My wife, Christine, thinks Ashley's an idiot," he added. "She knows the score!"
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