Emmerdale fans have ‘worked out’ the real identity of Kim Tate’s mysterious new ‘love interest’ – and he’s not her wealth management consultant

Emmerdale’s Kim Tate could be set for a shock new romance on the ITV soap.

The soap legend (Claire King) has had a rocky few months in the village. As fans will recall, Rose Jackson (Christine Tremarco) attempted to ruin Kim’s life, by splitting her and Will Taylor (Dean Andrews) up.

Despite a failed first attempt, Rose ended up sleeping with Will a few months back, while Kim was away. Will never told the truth to Kim – but Kim eventually cottoned on that Rose was out to get her, and forced her to leave the village.

However, when murder fears were sparked by Rose’s disappearance, Will and Kim pointed the finger at one another. The truth eventually came out – that Rose was apparently alive, after being found by daughter Dawn (Olivia Bromley).

But last week, Will was left shaken when he received a blackmail note, referring to his night of passion with Rose. He received a delivery of a flower bouquet with a card attached that read: “I know what you did” as well as several cryptic texts.

And this week, Will was hell-bent on finding out who was behind the blackmail – ruling out a slew of suspects including Ruby Fox-Milligan (Beth Cordingly) and Dawn.

Meanwhile, Kim has forgiven Will for his lies over the past few months, appearing to not know the truth about him sleeping with Rose. However, she has also been having several meetings recently, with her “dashing” wealth management consultant, Peter.

During Monday’s episode (September 2) viewers were introduced to Peter – who Kim took out for lunch. And fans were quick to share their thoughts.

Over on X, fans pointed out how he could be Kim’s new love interest, with one writing: “Peter – we hope he is Kim’s new beau.” A second said: “Let’s hope she ditches Will for him, I can see it.” A third wrote: “Yessss that’s more like it! Hello Peter!” However, other fans reckon he’s not actually a wealth management consultant – and is a private investigator.

“So Kim is seeing Peter for lunch, bet he is a private eye,” mused one viewer. Someone else wrote: “Could the very dashing Peter who could also be a private detective?”

Emmerdale airs weeknights on ITV1 and ITVX at 7.30pm