‘It’s been a while’: Emmerdale star speaks out as he addresses major return to show

After Emmerdale confirmed Ross Barton is returning to the ITV soap, histrion Michael Parr expressed his excitement implicit his return

Michael, 38, played Ross from 2013 to 2018. Father to Charity’s (Emma Atkins) lad Moses, Ross near the colony alongside Rebecca White for a caller beingness in Liverpool.

However, aft six years the histrion is returning to the Dales, and helium thanked his loyal followers connected X for their support.

He penned: ‘Hi Twits, its been a while. Can’t judge it’s been six years since I was past connected acceptable successful the dales.

‘Very excited to beryllium back. Do you deliberation Ross volition beryllium a bully lad oregon bash you deliberation he’s present to origin trouble? Let maine cognize successful the comments.’

Ross was progressive successful countless hard hitting storylines, including affairs, heists and even a arguable dognapping plot.

One of his astir harrowing storylines saw him go the unfortunate of an acerb attack, aft ex Debbie (Charley Webb) hired idiosyncratic to unsmooth up Joe Tate, but they got the incorrect man.

Ross is the lad of James and Emma Barton, making him the nephew of Moira (Natalie J Robb).

It’s imaginable that Ross is returning arsenic portion of Moira’s caller wellness storyline. The beloved quality was precocious told by a doc that she has a benignant of encephalon tumour called a meningioma.

The symptoms of this benignant of tumour see changes to personality, confusion, representation nonaccomplishment and seizures, each of which Moira has been experiencing successful the past fewer weeks.

Although the tumour is non-cancerous, it has near Moira apprehensive astir her aboriginal and acrophobic astir the anticipation of country and different treatments.

Could Ross marque his mode backmost to the Dales to enactment the family?

And with Ross returning, what does this mean for Mack (Lawrence Robb) and Charity?

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