Emmerdale star Charley Webb delights fans with selfie with look-alike son
Emmerdale star Charley Webb dazzled fans with a family portrait – with the star posing alongside her three sons. The 37-year-old actress played Debbie Dingle in the ITV soap from 2002 until 2021 and later went on to win roles in the crime dramas Better, The Long Shadow, McDonald & Dodds, and Ellis.
Away from life on screen, Charley married Emmerdale co-star Matthew Wolfenden in 2018 after 11 years of dating – but they sadly split in 2023. The couple are parents to three sons – with Buster, Bowie, and Ace now aged 15, nine and five respectively.
On Thursday, Charley marked the latest birthday of her eldest son – and shared her disbelief over the fact he is growing up fast. She took to social media and shared a photograph of herself posing with her suns while the evening sunshine shone down upon them.
In an accompanying caption, shared on Instagram, the TV star wrote: “I can’t believe I’ve got a 15 year old. You actually couldn’t meet a nicer kid … Haps B to my first love 03/04/2010.” And she added a yellow heart emoji.
Fans were delighted by the image of the celebrity mum posing with her brood, with one writing in the comments: “Goodness he is so like you!!” And another typed: “You gave birth to the male version of yourself. Happy birthday to your son.”
While TV’s Sheridan Smith responded to the image, writing: “Happy Birthday Buster!” alongside a red heart emoji. Many others joined in to wish Buster a happy birthday.
Charley has been open about her experience of motherhood – frequently interacting with fans as she raises her three boys. Back in 2022, she explained that she struggled to keep her home tidy after she shared a photo that showed the floor of her home covered in toys left around by her youngest son.
Interacting with fans via Instagram Stories at the time, Charley wrote: “I love how many messages I’ve had telling me to get him to tidy one set of toys before he gets out another. Believe me, I’ve TRIED.”
Around the same time, she hinted that she longed to have another baby. She wrote online: “People say you know when you’re done having babies. I don’t feel that way. I’m actually really broody at the moment but it’s just not quite the right time.”
More recently, she turned to fans to ask if others had similar struggles to her when it comes to parenting. She posed to followers: “Anybody else have the worst time getting out to the school run? Honestly, the worst time, I fell out with both of my two oldest ones this morning, both so rude at different times.
“Bowie had a full meltdown because he wanted to make an iMovie as we were walking out of the door and I said ‘You can’t do it now because we’re leaving but you can do after school,’ no, that’s not good enough.
“And it doesn’t matter how much organisation there is, I’ve got all the uniforms put out the night before, I’m really organised. Just I can’t, I can’t do it.
“These parents who just like toddle into school not caring… I’m like, ‘Get into the school. See you later…’ I don’t obviously but that’s what’s going through my mind”.
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