Emily Atack’s mother, actress Kate Robbins, breaks down in tears after she finds out about the crude, sexual messages and videos that her daughter receives on a daily basis. In scenes that feature in new BBC Two documentary, Emily Atack: Asking For It?, the 33-year-old Inbetweeners star opens up to her parents about the ordeal.
“When it comes to messages, I don’t think you know the details of the stuff that I am sent. Why don’t you want to see it?” Emily asks her parents at the dinner table. In response, mum Kate replies: “Because I’d worry that they’re going to come and kill you.” Dad Keith, meanwhile, is keen to see an example of the messages so he can understand what his daughter has been putting up with.
“I can’t even read that,” says Kate after she plucks up the courage to look at one of the disturbing messages, “It’s just so disgusting”. Visibly sickened, she adds: “I can’t bring myself to read it. It really upsets me.” Kate then says that although she understands why Emily hasn’t shown her the messages before, she is scared of the “psychological impact” that it is having on her daughter. With that, she leaves the table in tears.
