Emmerdale star Beth Cordingly reveals surprise connection to This Morning host Ben Shephard

Emmerdale star Beth Cordingly has revealed a surprise connection to This Morning host Ben Shephard.

The world of showbiz and soaps is small that it’s not usually surprising when one actor knows another from drama school or from cameos. But Emmerdale star Beth Cordingly, who plays the loved Ruby Miligan, has revealed she actually goes way back with Ben Shephard.

Beth appeared on This Morning today (May 7) to discuss all things Emmerdale. And while she was there, she got the chance to reunite with Ben.

Emmerdale Beth Cordingly reunites with This Morning host

Beth took to her Instagram to share that she was going to be on This Morning to talk about Emmerdale. And in doing so, she revealed she actually knows Ben Shephard.

It turns out the pair actually went to university together in Birmingham, and have remained friends ever since. But it had been a while since they saw each other, so Beth was excited to reunite with him.

On an Instagram video, she said: “I’m going to have to control my excitement tomorrow because I’m going to be on This Morning being interviewed by the wonderful Sharon Marshall.

“But what’s even more exciting for me is that Ben Shephard is one of my oldest friends from uni, so I will have to control my excitement. He’s a really really good mate of mine from old times. I’m looking forward to it.”

Fans were shocked at the connection between them. One fan commented: “I had no idea you both knew each other. It will be a fab interview then!”

Then earlier today, after Beth appeared on the show, she once again took to Instagram to share how happy she was to have been reunited, gushing about her former uni friend.

Sharing a series of snaps from her interview, Beth wrote: “What a gorgeous time I had with the glorious Sharon Marshall, the amazing Cat Deeley, and my old friend from uni Ben Shephard. We all adore him – as you can see from this picture of me being a cling-on.

“Joyous and fun. Thank you This Morning. I had such a happy time.”

 Ruby is involved in huge storylines currently

Beth is currently up for the best leading performer award at the British Soap Awards, which takes place later this month.

Since joining the show, she has been involved in extremely important and heartbreaking storylines. It was revealed that Ruby was sexually abused by her dad when she was a teen, which resulted in the birth of her daughter, Steph. However, Ruby murdered Anthony, and the body remains hidden by secret killer John.

And on top of that, Ruby is also on the suspect list for the Joe Tate whodunnit storyline, which kicks off this week. But whether or not she is the one who strikes against him remains to be seen.