Emmerdale’s Michelle Hardwick confident Vanity will marry ‘at some point’

Michelle Hardwick is confident Emmerdale’s Vanity will marry "at some point", after their wedding was called off last month.
The characters, Vanessa Woodfield – played by Michelle – and Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins), were all set to tie the knot on the day of Graham Foster’s (Andrew Scarborough) murder only for Charity to be a no-show, but the 43-year-old actress believes the couple will still get to walk down the aisle one day.
She said: "I don’t think there’s another wedding for the moment. There’s far too much going on.
"I’m sure there will be one in the future at some point, but maybe not right now."
For now, things are hectic for Vanessa and Charity after the latter and her son Ryan Stocks (James Moore) stole Graham’s money, and there is another twist in the tale as Vanessa’s good friend Rhona Goskirk (Zoe Henry) is grieving for Graham, so she is torn about whether to divulge the truth about the late character’s cash to Rhona or the police.
Michelle added: "Vanessa is talking to Rhona and the situation just overcomes her.
"She’s just about to do the right thing, but all of a sudden, Charity comes storming in and interrupts.
"Charity knows exactly what Vanessa was going to say. Vanessa is a bit snippy with Charity then, asking why she can’t just talk to her friend for two minutes without her butting in! She starts losing her rag a little bit with Charity."
Michelle – who is married to the soap’s producer Kate Brooks – recently admitted she has been subjected to homophobic abuse online, but messages of support outnumber the negative posts.
She said: "I get a few, ‘You just need a real man’, or ‘Vanessa just needs a real man’ comments.
"You think, ‘Oh right, really?’ And then you look at their profile picture and you think, ‘Yep, you’d be it’.
"But soaps are fabulous at normalising same-sex relationships. If you’re showing two males or two females, you are normalising it in people’s houses every night and that’s what we need to be doing."
Michelle revealed the soap’s fans – who have affectionately branded Vanessa and Charity as Vanity – are "very supportive" as a whole, and she revealed how her role on ‘Emmerdale’ has helped other people to come out and be open about their own sexuality.