For longtime viewers Kim (played by Claire King) has proven a formidable opponent time and time again on Emmerdale.
The queen b***h and ex-convict blew back into the Yorkshire Dares like a hurricane and has proceeded to alienate almost everyone in the small village.
But tonight things reached a new level when Debbie (Charley Webb) made it her mission to destroy the Home Farm owner and get her out of the village for good.
The decision came following the news Joe Tate (Ned Porteous) is actually still alive and well on the ITV soap.
Hiding out in Montecarlo before fleeing to an unknown location, it’s unlikely the character will ever return home while Kim still lives.
But a raging Debbie stormed up to Home Farm to confront Graham Foster (Andrew Scarborough) over his lies, and left even less satisfied than she had before.
Later, Debbie bumped into Kim in the middle of the village square, accompanied by her father Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) and stepmother Moira Dingle (Natalie J. Robb).
Mocking the mechanic mother-of-two, Kim continued to fling her insults Debbie's way, but she was not prepared for the character's explosive reaction.
Furious with the businesswoman, Debbie slapped her across the face before grabbing a fist fuil of her jacket.
Kim was clearly alarmed by the turn of events, and as Debbie stormed off, Kim could be seen contemplating what had just happened - her blood inevitably boiling.
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