Emmerdale's Will Ash shows support for Coronation Street star cousin as Jeff Hordley shares connection
11.10.2023 - 20:43
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Emmerdale star Will Ash has shown his support for his cousin who actually stars in Coronation Street. The actor, who actually starred in the ITV soap himself aged 10 and most famously as Chris Mead in Waterloo Road, is related to Peter Ash.
While Will joined Emmerdale last year as Caleb Milligan, the half-brother of Cain and Chas Dingle, and had viewers screaming at their TV screens as he tried to get one over on Kim Tate, Peter is currently wowing viewers and regularly leaving them in tears with his portrayal of Paul Foreman on the cobbles.
They are watching the long-running storyline involving the character unfold after he was tragically diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease. MND is a fatal, rapidly progressing disease that affects the brain and spinal cord. It attacks the nerves that control movement so muscles no longer work. MND does not usually affect the senses such as sight, sound and feeling but it can leave people locked in a failing body, unable to move, talk and eventually breathe.
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Paul, who only discovered anything was wrong after he was accidentally knocked over by Carla Connor in her Underworld van when she had been unknowingly drugged with LSD by Stephen Reid, kept the news from his loved ones, only confiding in his friend and former flatmate Dee-Dee Bailey.
However, the devastating news, however, came spilling out on his sister Gemma Winter's wedding day after his partner Billy Mayhew also found out about the diagnosis after following him to court where he had his car-stealing case quashed due