Very unexpected Emmerdale friendship blossoms between two unlikely characters

Of all the unlikely Emmerdale friendships – from besties Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) and Liam Cavanagh (Jonny McPherson), to Kerry Wyatt (Laura Norton) and Eric Pollard (Chris Chittell) – this is one no one saw coming.

And that’s because one half of this duo has impregnated the other’s wife. Not the ideal groundwork for a blossoming friendship.

Ross Barton (Michael Parr) and Mackenzie Boyd (Lawrence Robb) have notoriously always been at each other’s throats, with Ross being Charity’s ex and an insolent little oik to Mack.

From the day Ross returned to the village as part of the fighting ring and Mack threw the fight, Ross has not been his biggest fan.

Mack has also not been an admirer of Ross with him worming his way back into Moses’ life while being a deadbeat dad.

Fast forward to now, and Mack has even more reason to hate Ross, not that he knows it yet – Ross has managed to knock up Charity after sleeping with her when she and Mack had had a fight.

Ross is also technically none the wiser, as Charity managed to teach herself some Photoshopping skills and edited the DNA test results to say Ross is not the father.

Charity then decided not to go through with an abortion, opting instead to palm the baby off as Sarah’s (Katie Hill).

So, without even knowing it, the two men have something in common – in the not-too-distant future, they’ll both end up hating Charity.

But for now, the two men are showing early signs of a surprising friendship.

Is it a genuine bromance, or is someone playing a game?