On Wednesday night, Ross Barton and Steph Miligan split up after only recently getting back together.
Steph has been in a bad place over the last few weeks, thanks to a discovery about her parentage and the secret murder of Anthony Fox.
However, things have only gotten worse after she learned about Ross’s fling with GP Manpreet Sharma.
Emmerdale fans left confused by character’s risky decision as star’s exit from the show ‘sealed’
Despite things going well, it only took a conversation between Steph’s mother, Ruby Miligan and Manpeet for things to come crashing down.
Searching for details about Manpreet’s life, nosy characters Ruby and Lewis Barton discovered that he had a one-night stand with Ross.
The pair were mortified by the admission, while Ross attempted to defend himself by claiming it “meant nothing”.
Manpreet then took offence to this statement, and Steph told Ross that it was all over for them.
According to the Mirror, Steph actress Georgia Jay has already confirmed that she will be exiting the show for maternity leave, but the exact details of her break are yet to be officially revealed.
In the meantime, Emmerdale fans were left confused by Manpreet’s decision to share the details of this one-night stand with Ruby.
One viewer said on the ITV show’s official Reddit page: “Why would Manpreet mention that in front of Steph’s mum and Ross’s brother? Wonder what she finds out next that causes her to leave? Temporary, just due to maternity leave?”
Another said: “Wow, I didn’t expect Ruby to find out today and tell Steph. I guess that explains why Ross will kiss/sleep with Manpreet again this week.
“The lie was probably so they would have a reason to break up again. I wonder if Steph will leave tmw.”
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A third added: “I hope they are not going to use that as the big secret/reason why Steph leaves. I get that she didn’t want to be lied to and she doesn’t feel like she can trust Ross, but it’s Ross… girl he ain’t worth it.
“Kidding aside, I know the actress is set to leave (for a while) but this would be a poor reason to use for why, imo.”
A fourth person penned: “Really don’t understand why Manpreet would share she had a one-night stand with Ross to Ruby of all ppl.
“I also don’t see why it’s such a big deal to Steph. She dumped him and he had a one-night stand.”