Emmerdale star confirms explosive Christmas twist which destroys family

‘It’s a ticking time bomb’ (Picture: ITV)

Caleb Miligan is in a real mess in Emmerdale right now.

As it turns out, Sadie King (Patsy Kensit) is worth every penny of Joe Tate’s (Ned Porteous) investment in her as a weapon to destroy the lives of Caleb and his wife, Ruby (Beth Cordingly).

Though he initially just wanted the village vixen to dig for dirt, Sadie told Joe she’d instead seduce Caleb and tear their relationship apart that way, something she’s well on her way to achieving.

‘He’s absolutely consumed by the guilt of it all,’ William Ash admits.

‘He feels betrayed by Sadie as well, she’s tricked him into doing this by making out that Ruby has slept with Ross [Barton (Michael Parr)], so he feels really remorseful.’

While Patsy Kensit has admitted that Sadie does have real feelings for Caleb, does William feel as though those feelings are reciprocated?

William doesn’t think Caleb reciprocates Sadie’s feelings (Picture: Mark Bruce/ITV)

‘No, I don’t think so,’ he said.

‘There’s a bit of something there, he looks at her and thinks she’s an attractive woman.

‘Personally, I think his relationship with Ruby is that strong now that he isn’t attracted to anybody in that way, that’s why I think the betrayal of Ruby is informed by anger and getting his own back.’

Caleb’s brother Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) learns of his indiscretion next week, after warning him to stay well away from Sadie, having had his own history with her and knowing first hand just how rotten she truly is.

‘When Caleb confesses to Cain about what he’s done, Cain is like ‘I told you so’, he could see this coming.

‘Caleb’s ego got the better of him, he thought he could keep Sadie under control.

Cain thinks Caleb is a ‘total idiot’ (Picture: Mark Bruce/ITV)

‘Also, the fact that Ruby wanted her to stay and saw her as a friend, I think with Caleb and the Dingles, he’ll always side with Ruby eventually, he’ll always be swayed by Ruby rather than Cain.

‘Cain thinks he’s an absolute idiot for what he’s done.’

Cain isn’t the only one, unfortunately, especially when Sadie plants a kiss on him and he doesn’t pull away; quite the opposite, actually…

‘She kisses him initially – Caleb is a bit drunk – she goes to kiss him, and at first he’s resistant, then he goes to kiss her, just as he’s about to go down that path again, they hear a noise outside the office.

We’re guessing the lust is quickly replaced with sheer horror then?

‘He’s terrified,’ William confirms.

Caleb can’t resist Sadie… (Picture: Mark Bruce/ITV)

‘He immediately goes outside to see who it was.

‘There’s quite a few people who he’s mainly worried about knowing: it could be Ruby who’s seen it and then storms off, there’s quite a few people who it could be.’

Could Ruby and Caleb’s marriage if – or when – Ruby discovers the truth?

‘The betrayal is so much greater this time,’ William admits.

‘Their relationship became so strong after everything that happened with Anthony and Steph, they’ve overcome so much, he’s always been a bit of a philander, Ruby and Caleb thought they’d put all that behind them, so something like this for Ruby, I don’t know on the surface how it looks.

‘It depends how Ruby sees it but I think she would definitely kick him out – I don’t think there’s any coming back from this.’

William teased a dramatic Christmas (Picture: Mark Bruce/ITV)

Christmas is around the corner, and as any soap fan knows, it’s rarely a time of peace and joy – what can William tease about Christmas for the Miligans?

‘You’ve got this secret, it’s like a ticking time bomb.

‘He’s working over time to keep it under wraps.

‘It’s inevitable that it’s going to get out but because he is naïve and working really hard, he thinks he’s going to be able to stop it.

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