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EMMERDALE star Matthew Wolfenden broke down in tears on This Morning today as he reflected on leaving the ITV soap.
Matthew has portrayed shopkeeper David Metcalfe for 18 years and was treated to a montage of his best bits on the daytime show.
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After watching the nostalgic clips back, host Craig Doyle asked Matthew, 43: "Forget the work for a moment, I'd imagine just being in that family for that length of time, that's quite scary, leaving that. The familiarity of all that."
The star removed his glasses and wiped away a tear, before replying to Craig and Holly Willoughby: "Yes. Sorry. I'm still really emotional watching that."
Craig handed Matthew a tissue and Holly said: "It's been a massive part of your life."
"It has been a massive part of my life. I'm just so grateful," he replied.
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"I met my wife on the show, had three kids, it's given me 18 years of an amazing job and it's giving me a family. So to leave it, it's been a big big part of my life.
"So to leave it ... it's been the most amazing 18 years."
In 2007, he began dating co-star Charley Webb, 35, who played Debbie Dingle.
They got engaged on Christmas Day 2009 and welcomed son Buster in 2010.
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Their second son, Bowie Grey, was born in 2015.
The couple wed at Ripley Castle, North Yorks, in 2018, and third son, Ace, was born in July 2019.
Matthew’s stand-out soap moments included David wearing ex-fiancée Leyla Harding’s wedding dress to The Woolpack, and the shopkeeper's devastating cancer diagnosis.
Speaking about the storyline, the actor said: "The clip there where I'm totally bald, we did a testicular cancer storyline where David lost all his hair.
"I spent six months shaving my eyebrows and shaving everything to do that storyline, the pople I met through it people who survived cancer were amazing.
"I do feel as an actor I did it justice and as an actor that makes you proud."
He also revealed there is room for him to make his comeback.
When Holly asked "how are you feeling?" he told the This Morning: "I'm so nervous about leaving, it's been two decades.
"It feels like the right time, but the door is left open. They're not klling me off.
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"I'm allowed to tell you that, I might be back, but we'll see."
While most known for Emmerdale, he has also taken part in Hollyoaks spin-off, Let Loose, and had a one-off part in drama The Courtroom.
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