Emmerdale’s Beth Cordingly shared her excitement over her partner and former star of the ITV soap as he takes to the stage in a new acting role.
Beth, who plays Ruby Fox-Miligan in the show, is in a relationship with Ian Kelsey, who portrayed Kim Tate’s (Claire King) love interest Dave Glover in the 90s.
The couple have been together for over three years, with Beth previously stating that Ian was ‘really supportive’ when she landed the role of Ruby on the long-running serial drama, and they often enjoy sharing updates about their life together on social media.
In November, the soap actress took to Instagram to reveal her reaction to Ian’s next job.
‘Literally beside myself with excitement over Ian Kelsey’s next job’, she wrote in the caption.
‘From Feb 5th 2025…he’s Nikos in MAMMA MIA THE PARTY AT THE O2. I know. Beyond. WE LOVE IAN KELSEY AND WE LOVE ABBA. To recap we’re talking @iankelseyofficial – (gorgeous) ABBA (amaze), a Greek taverna (lusho) AND RED WINE…Perfection. Yes f*g please. He will be brilliant. It will be sublime. I’ll see you there.’
‘This is the coolest thing ever!’, Eden Taylor-Draper wrote in the comments section, echoing everyone’s thoughts.
Ahead of the run, Beth reiterated her excitement, urging fans to go and see him.
‘IT’S NEARLY TIME, YOU BEAUTIES,’ she wrote on Instagram. ‘What’s not to love? Get yourselves down the O2. It’s going to be wild.’
Fans shared in her excitement, with one writing: ‘I’m booked for the opening night!!! Whoop whoop x,’ while another added: ‘Beth he will be fantastic!… is there no end to your mans talents?’
Ian, meanwhile, recently took to Instagram himself to share thoughts on Beth’s Emmerdale character Ruby sleeping with Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley).
In response to a comment from a fan, who asked him to ‘keep an eye on Ruby and Cain’, Ian said:
‘Tell me about it! I’ve been watching from China well, not watching, because I covered my eyes at that bit but…’, the actor then pointed to his eyes and then the camera, joking that he’ll be keeping a watchful eye over the two characters.
Earlier this week, she shared an embarrassing moment from the TV Choice Awards with fans.
‘Another thing that happened was, I missed Emmerdale winning the award’ she explained.
‘So that when I came back from having my photo taken, I passed the room where they had them taken and they (the cast and crew) were like: “Beth! We won!”
‘I was like: “Yes!”, Ian Kelsey (her partner) passed me a gin and tonic, my first drink of the night, because I wanted to speak actual words if there was any chance of me actually winning the award.
‘I had one sip, saw them in my excitement, tripped over as I was flying towards them. Gin went in my eye, the award nearly goes in my other eye!’
