'I'll never have kids-but that's fine'
WOMAN'S OWN|November 30, 2020
After fertility issues and failed IVF, Emmerdale star Lisa Riley came to a decision…
SELINA MAYCOCK
'I'll never have kids-but that's fine'

One of Lisa Riley’s storylines on Emmerdale this year saw her character Mandy Dingle battle fertility issues – a subject the 44-year-old actor knows only too well, as it mirrors her own real-life struggles to start a family. But it looks like acting it out may have helped Lisa accept her own situation while enabling her to support others. Lisa, who is engaged to long-term partner Al, confessed, ‘I’ve had trouble conceiving and I’ve taken ownership that it’s never going to happen for me and Al and that’s fine – but if I can help other girls that are struggling, then long may that be the case.’

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