{"id":54983,"date":"2026-05-08T19:45:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T18:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/?p=54983"},"modified":"2026-05-08T17:28:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T16:28:25","slug":"joe-warren-plant-emmerdale-co-star-romance-rumours-age-gap-relationship-secret-normal-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/cast\/joe-warren-plant-emmerdale-co-star-romance-rumours-age-gap-relationship-secret-normal-job\/","title":{"rendered":" Inside the life of Joe-Warren Plant in Emmerdale: Co-star romance rumours, age-gap relationship and secret ‘normal’ job"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emmerdale star Joe-Warren Plant has had some big storylines in his time playing Jacob Sugden and currently things are not going well for him at all.<\/p>

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Despite being happily loved-up with wife Sarah and their new baby, his work boss Dr Todd has been bullying him<\/a> and making his life a misery. What he doesn\u2019t know is that she also knows baby Leyla isn\u2019t actually their baby and she\u2019s threatened to make things even more hellish for him with her secret.<\/p>\n

Joe-Warren\u2019s life off-screen thankfully seems a bit more settled, though he\u2019s certainly had his fair share of headlines in the past.<\/p>\n

So who is he dating? What happened with those co-star romance rumours? And what is his side hustle away from the soap?<\/p>

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Things haven\u2019t been easy for Jacob in Emmerdale lately (Credit: ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Joe-Warren Plant in an age-gap romance<\/h2>\n

One of Jacob\u2019s biggest storylines to date was when he was groomed and abused by his teacher\u00a0\u2013 and dad\u2019s girlfriend \u2013 Maya Stepney.<\/a><\/p>

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