{"id":23064,"date":"2025-01-13T14:20:42","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T14:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emmerdale-insider.com\/?p=23064"},"modified":"2025-01-13T14:20:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T14:20:42","slug":"emmerdale-ross-barton-joe-tate-acid-attack-debbie-love-triangle-why-hate-each-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/characters\/emmerdale-ross-barton-joe-tate-acid-attack-debbie-love-triangle-why-hate-each-other\/","title":{"rendered":"Ross Barton and Joe Tate: From acid attack to Debbie love triangle – here’s exactly why they hate each other"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last year saw the return of two popular characters to Emmerdale, as Ross and Joe made their way back. The two share some interesting history, too.<\/p>

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Ross Barton<\/a> first arrived in Emmerdale in 2013. He left in 2018, before returning six years later.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Joe Tate<\/a> appeared in Emmerdale from his birth back in 1995. He left alongside his aunt Zoe in 2005 before returning as an adult in 2017. He too left in 2018, only to return again six years later.<\/p>\n

During their over-lapping time in the village Ross and Joe came to blows on numerous occasions. Here we take a look at the history between the pair and why they\u2019re not each other\u2019s biggest cheerleaders.<\/p>

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Ross and Joe both dated Debbie (Credit: ITV\/ Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

History with Debbie<\/h2>\n

Ross has a complicated history with Debbie Dingle<\/a>. The two started having an affair while Debbie was engaged to Ross\u2019 brother Pete.<\/p>

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