One of the biggest problems with Elaine is that she was supposed to be running the pub with Linda, to be supportive after Mick ‘died’ and to help out with the kids. Linda chose her over Sharon (big mistake) and said to her mum ‘you’re the only person I can trust’.
She was worried that Sharon would want to change things
Then Elaine turned up, dragging a previously unheard of George and two adult daughters behind her. Not a care for moving strangers in with her grieving daughter and autistic grandson, and basically telling Linda to lump it when she objected. Then she sacked Alfie to give George a job, and calls herself the new Queen of The Vic.
She blatantly cares more for the Knights than the Carters, always fussing around over Gina and Anna. I don’t think I’ve seen any affection from her to Ollie and Annie. She doesn’t seem to know or care where Linda is half the time, and worse of all she pushed her to make a false confession to Dean
All for the sake of her precious George.