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Emmerdale Vinny Dingle star Bradley Johnson teases soap return as he says happiness is 'short lived'

Emmerdale actor Bradley Johnson, who plays the role of Vinny Dingle in the long running ITV soap, has teased a possible return after revealing his on-screen character's happiness will be "short lived".

The 23-year-old soap star appeared on This Morning on Wednesday, June 9, alongside his co-stars Mark Charnock and Kevin Mathurin as they discussed Emmerdale's nominations at this year's British Soap Awards with soap expert Sharon Marshall.

When asked by Sharon what the future holds for his character Vinny, Bradley said: "For Vinny, as we know, his happiness is very short lived.

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"I believe we've got a visitor coming to the village which is Sandra, which is Liv's mum, and I believe she causes a bit of a stir so we'll have to wait and see."

Bradley, who is nominated for several awards this year, including the Best Onscreen Partnership with actress Isobel Steele, spoke of how it feels to be recognised, he said: "It feels amazing and again a massive thanks to the producers and writers for writing so amazingly for the pair of them.

"We've just had the wedding and it was a pleasure to shoot and Izzy's great and it's been amazing."

Sharon asked: "Was Isobel thrilled when she heard about the partnership?" to which Bradley replied: "Yeah, really good.

"She's amazing to work with and the whole storyline, the ups and downs they've had as a couple, it's been great to play."

The actor and musician also revealed why he has two Mandy's in his phone book, he explained: "Yeah so when I got the part and found out my mum was gonna be called Mandy... my real mum is called Mandy so we have this joke now, we've got Mandy 1 and Mandy 2!

"And I probably spend more time with Mandy 2, who is Lisa, than Mandy 1! So I get shouted at by Lisa at work and then get shouted at by Mandy 1 at home!" he joked.

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