ITV Emmerdale fans say 'it's breaking me' in 'chilling' moment where Chas rumbles Anthony

Emmerdale fans were "heartbroken" as tonight's (Thursday 16th January) episode saw Chas figure out the truth behind Anthony Fox as she realised he is Steph's father. The character came to this realisation after Ruby had confided in Chas about her father a few episodes prior.

In recent weeks, Emmerdale has tackled the storyline of Ruby Fox-Miligan dealing with memories resurfacing where her father Anthony Fox sexually abused her as a teenager. This week, fans learnt that Caleb was not Steph's father and as he is convinced Ruby had an affair he ended their relationship, telling Steph that "there was no coming back from this".

Emmerdale have confirmed that Anthony will be killed in episodes airing next week, and actress Beth Cordingly shared: "Anthony, her father, abused her as a child and is now making her life a nightmare by threatening to expose her infidelity with Cain to Caleb. He’s also making friends with everyone in the village and Ruby is struggling to maintain her secret of 30 years.

"He’s manipulating Steph and turning her against Ruby. He denies any wrongdoing in the past to Ruby and appears to be making Ruby’s current life hell. He implies anything that happened in the past was not his fault and that Ruby is largely to blame. He appears to want to destroy her current chances of happiness with Caleb and the rebuilding of her relationship with Steph."

She added that Ruby is "emotional, edgy and panicky" during the week Anthony is found dead - but could this mean she's responsible for his murder? Beth revealed: "The aftermath of something is very different. I think Ruby would be left with very conflicting feelings of guilt…"

In tonight's episode, Caleb is convinced that the biological father of Steph is Ruby's