Wendy Posner’s upcoming exit is looming in Emmerdale. And without meaning to sound harsh – the truth is we really won’t miss her.
From the moment she arrived in the village, she’s got on our wick!
Admittedly, she didn’t cover herself in glory from the off, because she came to Emmerdale to track down Victoria.
Victoria had been raped by Wendy’s son, Lee, and Wendy was convinced she’d made it all up. So she came to Emmerdale to confront her. It took a while, but eventually Wendy admitted she believed Victoria.
But we don’t forgive and forget as easily as Ms Sugden clearly does. And we’re definitely pleased to see the back of Wendy.
Here are all the things we won’t miss about whining, fake nurse Wendy Posner.
Wendy and her fake nursing qualification in Emmerdale
Wendy trained as a nurse, that bit’s true. But when she went to prison she could no longer stay on the nursing register. So she lied about it and used her maiden name for her registration instead. She shouldn’t have been working, and worst of all, Dr Liam knew all about it and just agreed to go along with the lie.
Her rapist/murderer sons
Not content with defending her rapist son Lee to his victim, Victoria, Wendy is also devoted to her other son Luke – the one she’s gone to live with. That’s Luke, who whacked his brother Lee over the head, contributing to his death, and who kept quiet about it when Robert Sugden was convicted of the crime. Wendy really isn’t winning in the proud mum competition, is she?!
Her off-kilter moral judgement
With her criminal sons, and gun-toting ex-husband, her fondness for lying, and her sharp-tongue, you’d think Wendy wouldn’t be too quick to judge others. But you’d be wrong. She loved to take the moral high ground.
The memory of Wendy and her affair with Liam in Emmerdale
And if it’s morals we’re talking about, then there’s no better illustration of Wendy’s dubious code of ethics than her affair with Dr Liam Cavanagh. It was steamy and the pair couldn’t get enough of one another. It even involved way too much role play than we’re comfortable with. And it seemed to go on for months, and months. Years even. Or did it just feel that way?
We’re confident that with Wendy out of the village we can erase those memories. Please…
Her weird rivalry with Brenda
Lies aside, Wendy is an confident, grown-up woman, with lots of life experience, and well, a chequered past. Brenda has run her own business, lost her daughter, battled a brain tumour. You see where we’re going here? They’re both women who have lived a bit. And yet, they seemed to be feuding constantly, msotly about *checks notes* gravy.
Baffling.
Her hair slide
Yes, yes we know we shouldn’t comment on anyone’s appearance. But, Wendy’s hairstyles rotated between her little-girl ponytail, and her little-girl half-up with a 1980s hairslide. It was almost a relief when she donned a fascinator as part of her costume drama with Liam. Almost.
Wendy Posner and all her whinging in Emmerdale
Just about all Wendy’s problems were of her own making. But that didn’t stop her wanging on about them, did it? You know who’s really been through the wringer, Wendy? Belle. Chas. Ruby. Moira. Dr Liam. Or, you know, Bob, who’s lost not one, but two of his children. But Wendy out-whinged them all. We definitely won’t miss that!
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