Emmerdale star Kelvin Fletcher has said that he will be understanding if show bosses decide to kill off his screen daughter Sarah Sugden.
Sarah is currently suffering from the rare genetic disorder Fanconi Anaemia, which has left Fletcher's character Andy and his ex Debbie (Charley Webb) devastated in recent months.
Andy and Debbie have spent weeks trying to conceive a saviour sibling for Sarah (Sophia Amber Moore), as she needs a match for a bone marrow transplant. However, there are currently no guarantees that the youngster will pull through her ordeal.
Fletcher told the Daily Record: "People have been up in arms about it, but if it's a life-threatening condition, unfortunately that is one of the realities. There are families out there who are going through this sort of thing and some have a happy ending and, unfortunately, some don't.
"It's choosing which story you want to tell. Some people have said soaps have a responsibility to portray things in a good way, but they have a more important responsibility to portray real life and sometimes in real life things don't go according to plan."
He continued: "It probably comes across as really cold, but both ways would work for the show. I wouldn't like to lose little Sophia, who plays Sarah, and I wouldn't want Andy to lose Sarah because I love the relationship they've got but, at the same time, you've got to be ready to play that. I have no power and no say in it."
Earlier this month, a newspaper report suggested that the Emmerdale team had decided not to kill off Sarah - as they felt this outcome would be "too upsetting" for fans. However, the schoolgirl's fate remains unconfirmed by show chiefs.
Emmerdale continues tonight at 7pm on ITV1.
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