Emmerdale star says she's estranged from family over inheritance from her dad

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A former Emmerdale cast member spoke to Vanessa Feltz on her 5 talk show this week about inheritance, with Suzanne Shaw speaking about her late father's death in 2012
A former Emmerdale cast member has shared that they are estranged from some of their family following a "divide" over inheritance. The actor said this week that the apparent situation following the death of their father is "sad".
Suzanne Shaw, now 43 - who played Eve Jenson on the ITV soap opera - lost her late father Vincent Crowshaw, who was 62, back in 2012. Vincent died just months after being diagnosed with a brain tumour earlier that same year.
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Now more than a decade on, Suzanne - who rose to fame as part of the group Hear'Say - has claimed that she inherited "nothing" from him following his death. She's suggested that most of the inheritance went to her step-mother.
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Suzanne mentioned her late father whilst a guest on 5 's Vanessa yesterday afternoon. It came during a discussion, led by host Vanessa Feltz, 63, over whether children should receive the same inheritance in the case of a parent dying.
During the segment, Vanessa told her guests that she knows people who were "passed over" in a will. She said that it had been because they were perceived to be financially "set up for life," whereas their siblings were not.
Speaking about those who didn't get the inheritance, Vanessa said: "It's not that they really needed the money. It was much more a feeling of being slapped in the face. A feeling of being sort of dealt a blow from beyond the grave."
Suzanne, who previously said that "explanation is key" and encouraged "communication before it all happens," responded to host Vanessa by saying: "I went through it myself". She added: "My dad passed away, very sadly."
She then shared that her father had separated from her mother, Janet Kish, and remarried prior to his death. Suzanne said: "[A] divided family. He remarried."
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Suzanne continued: "My brother got some inheritance but it was only his business that he inherited. And then my stepmum got all of it and it was meant to be split equally. She's now remarried. Everything's gone to her side of the family. I got nothing out of any of it. So I know what it feels like."
Vanessa then asked Suzanne to explain how it feels. She responded: "It's like a slap in the face. It's like you weren't valued in that ... in that set-up. So, yeah, I know what it feels like. It's hard."
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Seemingly suggesting that she's now estranged from some of her family, Suzanne added: "But what it causes is then divide, and y'know we don't no longer speak to those people who were a big part of our lives and that's sad. That's sad in itself. So I think communication is a must in this situation."
Vanessa airs weekdays on 5 from 12.30pm.
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