Emmerdale boss reveals when Charity discovers Mack's baby secret – and it's soon

It’s a secret that has been bubbling along for the best part of a year, and Emmerdale fans have been aching to know when Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins) will discover that Mack Boyd (Lawrence Robb) is the father of Chloe Harris’ (Jessie Elland) baby.

Mack has been filled with regret and self-loathing since his ill-advised night of passion with Chloe which, in true soap tradition, ended with her falling pregnant.

Chloe has no interest in blowing Mack and Charity apart, but the dad himself has come close to confessing on a number of occasions.

Now that baby Reuben has arrived, Mack will find it harder and harder to stay out of the newborn’s life, meaning that he is playing a riskier game where new wife Charity is concerned.

Now, soap boss Jane Hudson has assured viewers that there is not long to wait for the big bombshell to land – in fact, we are talking weeks, not months.

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‘The question is when is that going to come out and it is very soon,’ she promised Metro.co.uk.

‘The big choice for Mack is going to be does he want to be a dad and does he want to be a husband, and can he be both or can he not be both?

‘How is Charity going to respond? We know she is fiery. And can Chloe remain in the village when this secret comes out?

‘Because it’s not going to be nice when you’ve got the wrath of the Dingles…’

Someone should clearly warn Mack of that too as it won’t just be Charity who will be out for his blood.

In fact, actress Emma Atkins herself recently warned us that her alter-ego could be driven to the dark side again when her world is blown up.

‘I think there’s every possibility,’ she mused. ‘Charity shies away from her own vulnerability and I think it would just crack everything open again, crack all the wounds right open.

‘I think there’s the potential for her to go off the rails because she’s really, really invested in Mack. And she was invested in Vanessa – two people who are entirely different and brought something very different to her life but she loved both.

‘So I think it’s high stakes when this finally does come out – because it has to at some point – I think it will be shocking, really quite shocking and devastating for both of them, really.

‘Everyone knows that Mack is desperately not wanting to cause any hurt for anyone but he’s stuck in the most horrendous situation.’

It’s about to get even more horrendous for all concerned – in a very short space of time!

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