{"id":12245,"date":"2026-06-01T15:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T15:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starnews1.online\/?p=12245"},"modified":"2026-06-01T15:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T15:08:12","slug":"nicolas-secret-pact-with-kev-confirmed-amid-jimmys-sudden-d-e-a-t-h","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starnews1.online\/?p=12245","title":{"rendered":"NICOLA\u2019S SECRET PACT WITH KEV CONFIRMED AMID JIMMY\u2019S SUDDEN D.E.A.T.H!"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-102616\" class=\"post-102616 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-celebrity-news\">\n<div class=\"td-post-content tagdiv-type\">\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\"><figcaption>This will be interesting (Pictures: ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><\/div>\n<p>Emmerdale producer Laura Shaw has teased the start of an unexpected connection between Nicola King (Nicola Wheeler) and Kev Townsend (Chris Coghill).<\/p>\n<div 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To keep him close, Kev lied to Robert and pretended that he had a terminal illness.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\"><\/div>\n<p>Kev arrived in the village just as Robert decided to get back with Aaron Dingle (Danny Miller). For a little while, Robert lived a double life, seeing Aaron in secret and romancing Kev in front of the other residents. This eventually became impossible to continue with, leading to Kev having his heart broken.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-11\"><\/div>\n<p>He dealt with the sadness in a classic Kev way, and held Aaron, Robert and Liam Cavanagh (Jonny McPherson) hostage in Mill Cottage flat. He eventually departed town but just before he went, he had a conversation with Lewis Barton (Bradley Riches).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27183899\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/SEI_285538246-ffdb.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" alt=\"Nicola supports Lewis in Emmerdale\" width=\"646\" height=\"444\" \/><\/div><figcaption>Nicola cares a great deal about Lewis (Picture: ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The duo had struck up a friendship while Kev was in the village, and it was later confirmed that they got on so well because Kev is actually Lewis\u2019 biological father.<\/p>\n<p>At the moment, Lewis doesn\u2019t know who Kev really is, and it\u2019s because Nicola convinced Kev to keep quiet, concluding that it would be better for the young man if he didn\u2019t know.<\/p>\n<p>But with Kev returning to the village this year, that\u2019s probably all going to change. After all, there\u2019s no way this massive family secret could stay hidden forever!<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of Kev\u2019s comeback, show boss Laura Shaw has dropped a few teasers about the drama he\u2019s going to be involved in.<\/p>\n<p>She confirmed that Kev will end up forming a bond with Nicola, which is very surprising given that they didn\u2019t get on very well when he was last in the show.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27803303\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SEI_259869248-395c.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" alt=\"Chris Coghill as Kev Townsend in Emmerdale, posing in the middle of a village road and looking serious.\" width=\"646\" height=\"433\" \/><\/div><figcaption>Chris Coghill is returning to the show as Kev (Picture: ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018As we know, Nicola has taken on a motherly role with Lewis, so we will be seeing more of her and Kev\u2019, Laura said in her chat with Inside Soap.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Later on in the year, Nicola\u2019s going to have a few troubles of her own that Kev is going to be supportive with\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s very possible that Kev will be there for Nicola in the aftermath of her losing husband Jimmy King (Nick Miles).<\/p>\n<p>It was reported a few days ago that Nick\u2019s character Jimmy, who he\u2019s played for 22 years, is going to be killed off.<\/p>\n<p>His exit will coincide with the\u00a0explosive return of Sadie King (Patsy Kensit).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28538557\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SEI_298896193-9581.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" alt=\"Nicola and Jimmy on the phone in their house in Emmerdale\" width=\"646\" height=\"449\" \/><\/div><figcaption>Nick Miles is leaving his role as Jimmy King (Picture: ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A source told Metro recently: \u2018The scenes promise to be spectacular but the outcome will leave many fans shocked.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It may prove controversial but the jaw-dropping storyline will set in motion some massive consequences for many months to follow.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Following this devastating ordeal, will, will Kev be the one to assist Nicola as she tries to process her grief?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also been confirmed that fellow Emmerdale stars Olivia Bromley and Bradley Johnson are also leaving their roles as Dawn Taylor and Vinny Dingle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This will be interesting (Pictures: ITV) Emmerdale producer Laura Shaw has teased the start of an unexpected connection between Nicola King (Nicola Wheeler) and Kev Townsend (Chris Coghill). arrow_forward_ios Read &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starnews1.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starnews1.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starnews1.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starnews1.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starnews1.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12245"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/starnews1.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12246,"href":"https:\/\/starnews1.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12245\/revisions\/12246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starnews1.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starnews1.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starnews1.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}