{"id":256354,"date":"2026-01-21T15:51:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T15:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/256354\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T15:51:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T15:51:12","slug":"emmerdale-star-zoe-henrys-heartbreaking-confession-about-husband-jeff-hordleys-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/256354\/","title":{"rendered":"Emmerdale star Zoe Henry’s heartbreaking confession about husband Jeff Hordley\u2019s health"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zoe Henry has been married to her Emmerdale co-star Jeff Hordley for over two decades.<\/p>\n

Joe Crutchley Screen Time Reporter<\/p>\n

22:16, 20 Jan 2026<\/p>\n

\"Emmerdale<\/p>\n

Emmerdale Zoe Henry’s heartbreaking confession about husband Jeff Hordley\u2019s health(Image: PA)<\/p>\n

Emmerdale<\/a> star Zoe Henry<\/a> previously opened up about husband Jeff Hordley\u2019s \u201clife-changing\u201d health diagnosis.<\/p>\n

The actress plays Rhona Goskirk on the ITV<\/a> soap, making her debut in 2001. However, it wasn’t until 2010 that she became a permanent fixture on the show.<\/p>\n

Since then, Zoe’s been involved in several big storylines. Especially at the moment as in Tuesday\u2019s episode (January 20) she came face-to-face with Graham Foster (Andrew Scarborough) who was supposedly killed off in 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Away from the soap, Zoe is married to fellow Emmerdale star Jeff Hordley<\/a>, who plays Cain Dingle. The pair tied the knot in 2003 and share two children.<\/p>\n

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Zoe has been married to Jeff for several years(Image: )<\/p>\n

However, the couple have had their fair share of hardships during their romance, including Jeff being diagnosed with an inflammatory digestive condition known as Crohn\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n

Jeff was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease when he was 18 and has had several hospital stays due to his condition. He had been experiencing stomach cramps and diarrhoea for six years prior to his diagnosis.<\/p>\n

\"Emmerdale<\/p>\n

Jeff was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease(Image: Zoe Henry Twitter)<\/p>\n

In 2019, Zoe opened up about her husband\u2019s condition and heartbreakingly revealed that the diagnosis has changed their lives. Speaking on Loose Women<\/a>, Zoe said: \u201cHe was diagnosed when he was about 18, so he was 23 when I met him, and it\u2019s sort of changed our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Zoe revealed one particular thing that helps Jeff manage living with Crohn\u2019s disease – their allotment. She said: \u201cThere\u2019s a lot to be said about mental health and having your hands in the soil – that\u2019s a big one for me.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor Jeff, it\u2019s the health benefits of eating what we\u2019ve grown. It’s great to share with my kids as well. Not that they love it, they hate it. But I’m working on that!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Zoe opened up about Jeff\u2019s health battle(Image: WireImage)<\/p>\n

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Jeff started to become aware of his condition when he experienced stomach pain. Speaking to Express.co.uk in 2009 he revealed: \u201cEven though I tried to avoid foods that upset my digestive system, such as coffee and Chinese takeaways, I was still sick and tired and I kept losing weight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was a drama student in Manchester and sometimes I had to miss lectures because I was too tired. I even had to drop out of my final year plays.\u201d<\/p>\n

The actor was diagnosed with the condition after being referred by his GP to a specialist at Manchester Royal Infirmary.<\/p>\n

Emmerdale airs Monday to Friday at 8:00pm on ITV1 and ITVX<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zoe Henry has been married to her Emmerdale co-star Jeff Hordley for over two decades. Joe Crutchley Screen…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256355,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[8081,93,61,60,117756,127670],"class_list":["post-256354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-emmerdale","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-jeff-hordley","tag-zoe-henry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}