The character has been receiving deep fake porn images of him and his ex-wife Rose Jackson (Christine Tremarco) in recent weeks after they fell back into each other’s arms before she disappeared from the village last month.

Will had been adamant that Rose was behind the campaign against him, but had to rethink after seeing a picture of her in Ibiza and realising the phone number that had been harassing him did not ring with an international dial tone.

An obvious suspect had been Will and Rose’s daughter Dawn Taylor (Olivia Bromley), after it was recently revealed she had known all along what happened to her mother following her ‘disappearance’, believing her father was covering something.

However, many fans now think Will’s wife Kim Tate (Claire King) is actually his blackmailer.

A new thread has popped up on Reddit called: ‘I think it’s Kim who’s blackmailing will 100%.’

Kim Tate in Emmerdale

Has Kim been targeting her own husband? (Picture: ITV)
One fan said it was ‘pretty obvious’, explaining: ‘The finance guy she is meeting with is to help her get out of the marriage without giving Will a penny.’

Another said: ‘I’ll be surprised if it isn’t Kim. She’s got him by the short and curlys which is why she keeps asking him has he anything to tell her.’

Another theorised: ‘That’s what I thought..she can judge from his reaction and behaviour if he has anything to feel guilty about…’

‘I’m just watching it now and came straight here to see who else is thinking the same!’ another viewer posted.

‘It’s obvious when she keeps saying is there any other surprises you’re not telling me like not subtle at all!’ another said.

Rose and Will kiss at Home Farm in Emmerdale

Rose and Will had a night of passion before she left the village
One fan also pointed out: ‘Why else would Kim tell Lydia she didn’t want to hear more about Will and stay out of her marriage? She already knows and is playing her long game.’

After Kim drove Rose out of the village upon discovering Rose and co-conspirator Ruby Fox-Miligan‘s (Beth Cordingly) plan to wreak her marriage, Kim and Will both became suspicious of each other.

They both believed the other could have subsequently killed Rose, after her belongings were found at the side of a road.

While she is now known to be alive and well, at the time of Rose’s disappearance, Kim warned her husband not to make her regret trusting him, as she chillingly pointed out she ‘does not do well with disappointment’…

Could Kim have found out about their night of passion and is now exacting her revenge?