{"id":69281,"date":"2023-09-08T16:51:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T16:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montelagocelticfestival.com\/?p=69281"},"modified":"2023-09-08T16:51:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T16:51:05","slug":"emmerdales-lydia-kept-healing-item-in-bra-to-cope-with-horrific-rape-scenes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montelagocelticfestival.com\/celebrity\/emmerdales-lydia-kept-healing-item-in-bra-to-cope-with-horrific-rape-scenes\/","title":{"rendered":"Emmerdale’s Lydia kept ‘healing’ item in bra to cope with horrific rape scenes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    Emmerdale actress Karen Blick has revealed that she kept a special "healing" item in her bra during her horrific rape scenes.<\/p>\n

    Fans of the ITV soap were horrified as they watched Blick's character Lydia Dingle being raped by ex-boyfriend Craig on the soap this week.<\/p>\n

    Karen, who joined the soap in 2016, said she prepared as much as she could to deal with the harrowing storyline.<\/p>\n

    READ MORE: Emmerdale's Lydia baby bombshell 'sealed' as fans work out twist after rape ordeal<\/b><\/p>\n

    To help calm herself down after filming the horrific scenes, Karen admitted she was carrying healing crystals in her bra as a way to separate herself from her character.<\/p>\n

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    She told the Mirror: \u201cA friend is a crystal healing therapist. She said she could help me protect my energy. I\u2019m really open-minded, so I thought \u2018why not?\u2019" she quipped.<\/p>\n

    \u201cShe gave me a healing session then gave me three crystals \u2013 one to put in my bra when I do scenes and two to put in Lydia\u2019s shoes when I\u2019m not filming.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Karen herself also spoke to some survivors of sexual abuse and rape to get a better sense of the feeling.<\/p>\n

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    She explained that she was given a Carnelian stone, dubbed the 'actor's crystal', as it meant to be good for confidence and putting boundaries in place.<\/p>\n

    Lydia's past came back to bite her when, at a recruitment fair, she ran into her ex-boyfriend Craig, who had not seen her since they lived together in a children's home.<\/p>\n

    Lydia confessed to Craig, played by Ben Addis, that she had left the home as she was carrying his son, Toby – who later was stillborn.<\/p>\n

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    Having offered Lydia a job, the mood shifted between the pair and after refusing to give him a kiss, Lydia was held down and raped by her new boss, leaving viewers horrified.<\/p>\n

    Karen also said of the shoot: \u201cCraig becomes really upset and they sit and talk, because she feels sorry for him. He goes in for a kiss and she tells him no, but he\u2019s very insistent and he then forces himself on her and rapes her.<\/p>\n

    \u201cIt\u2019s the end of the working day and he knows everybody else has left. Lydia freezes and that\u2019s something that gives her a lot of guilt afterwards. But it\u2019s a defence mechanism \u2013 she\u2019s terrified.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Bosses at the ITV soap put her in touch with charity Rape Crisis to make sure the plot was shown sensitively, but in a way that is accurate.<\/p>\n

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    But Blick admitted she was in shock when she heard what producers had in store for Lydia.<\/p>\n

    She had initially asked writers not to go forward with the storyline, adding: "I felt really protective of her and worried about the responsibility of telling that story\u201d.<\/p>\n

    However, after an emotionally taxing few days, Karen said she feels proud to be able to share the harrowing story so many people go through.<\/p>\n

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