Emmerdale fans spotted a major baby blunder as Chas Dingle wove a cover story for her night away with Al Chapman on the ITV soap.
The pair shared an illicit rendezvous from their partners Paddy Kirk ( Dominic Brunt ) and Kerry Wyatt ( Laura Norton ) on the Dales.
Chas (Lucy Pargeter) returned home the following day and said her car had broken down, forcing her to stay the night in a B&B with baby Eve – throwing her family off the scent of Al ( Michael Wildman ).
Chas was seen apparently speaking to baby Eve in a pram as she repeated the story, with Eve heard making gurgling noises from the pram.
However, Emmerdale viewers were quick to point out Eve is supposed to be a toddler on the verge of talking, with one writing on Twitter : “Last week Eve was sitting up in a chair drawing pictures looking about 2. Now she's reverted back to a babbling 8 month old. Make up your mind.”
A second wrote: “Eve is 3, why have they got her sat in her pram sounding like a baby,” as another agreed: “Why does Eve sound like a little baby she’s nearly 3?”
“Eve was a two year old running around last week, now she’s back in a pushchair talking baby language,” a fellow fan penned.
One savage fan wrote: “Is Chas for real trying to get baby Eve to back her up in her lie? Seriously? "Lie to daddy for me".”
Another fan even believed that the moment could lead to an epic twist, revealing the affair, writing: “I'm all here for Eve's first word to be Al - what a great way to expose the affair.”
Emmerdale show boss Kate Brooks has shared the inspiration behind Chas and Al’s recent affair, telling the Metro: “Soaps are naturally inclined to do affair storylines as they give you danger, they give you passion, they give you excitement, they give you broken hearts.
“So when we were looking at who to play out the next big affair storyline with, it just felt right that it was going to be Chas with Al, given all their history and Al was very much firmly against the Dingles.”
The storyline looks set to reach an explosive crescendo for the 50th anniversary episodes in October.
Emmerdale airs weeknights at 7.30pm on ITV.
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