Ross Barton (Michael Parr)

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I still don't think Michael Parr has left.

Regards to what was said in that first article

\"He said he was desperate to change his look and get rid of Ross Barton’s slicked back hair and beard.\"

That could be a request for Ross' appearence to just change a bit, which to be fair they did in the last few episodes. After Ross' jump into the water, his hair went curly.

However, asked if this meant he was leaving, he teased: “You’ll have to wait and see.”

This certainly doesn't confirm he has left

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And of his badboy character, he added: “It’s been fun to play but it was always going to come to a head at some point.”

This bit could just simply mean Ross will re-evaluate his life and look to change for development.

None of what was written confirms he has left. None of what was written confirms he has left.

I agree that Mike Parr's interview quotes in the Daily Star from August 7th are unclear and could have double meanings, but he must have confidentiality clauses in his Emmerdale contract which limit his media release of privileged insider info regarding scripts and storylines.

As kennedyfan86 wrote before in this thread on 09-08-15,

Actors are good at keeping secrets, they're lying for a living to start with so lying to viewers and media is a sinch.

This isn't the only newspaper article which he has been in recently. Another one appeared in the Daily Star on August 3rd, in which he seems really fed up with his bad boy role in Emmerdale, as it has become a reason for at least some of his fans to hate him. He has played Ross now for about 2 years and maybe it is time for him to try something else? Having said that, he does not seem to have any clear acting or other role lined up at present, as indicated by his Twitter account.

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Emmerdale: Bad guy under fire as fans call Ross the 'scumbag'
MICHAEL Parr claims fans have stopped loving his soap villain character Ross Barton and call him “a scumbag”.

TV viewers will see Ross try to wreck his brother Pete’s wedding day in tonight’s episode.

He has been having a secret fling with bride-to-be Debbie Dingle (Charley Webb, 27).

And a recording of the pair talking about their romps gets played at the reception at the village hall just before a helicopter crashes on top of the guests.

Bosses have teased that “two or more” stars from the ITV show will perish as a result.

Parr, 28, claims that until recently, fans had loved him being a baddie but now they hate him.

He says: “Whenever I went out I was ‘Ross The Boss’.

But now people call Ross ‘a scumbag and a snake’.”

The soap star claims he will get rid of his “Ross look” when he leaves Emmerdale.

He reveals: “When I leave I want to get rid of the hair and change my look as much as possible to get more work in the future.”
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Source: http://www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz-t...ss-the-scumbag


His Twitter account follows up on this on August 10th:

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Michael Parr ‏@MikeParrActor Aug 10

Only just realised what it means when you call someone a scumbag. You're calling them a condom. Absolutely rank. #mindblown
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Source: https://twitter.com/MikeParrActor/with_replies


The Emmerdale episode spoilers say Emma reports Ross missing to the police (on Friday 21st). I'd expect her to give them a description and/or photo of Ross, plus Emmerdale village is so small and seems to have a regular local set of policemen who would probably know Ross in person already. Cain gets told by the police on Friday 21st August that a body has been found and the police think that the body is Ross'. I would have thought that the police would be more-or-less sure in thinking the body is Ross' for them to say this, particularly when the body would be only two weeks old then if it is Ross'. It isn't clear if Emma goes to check the body for identification purposes on the same day but it must be this or soon after the following week. Emma's visit to identify the body should be just a confirmatory formality that it is Ross, we'll see. But this is Emmerdale soapland with PC Plod Emmerdale and secrets and surprises around most corners.

I too want Ross to be alive, but the signs aren't too good now for that it seems. Time will tell if Ross gets another chance through resurrection or is just another young Emmerdale bad boy gone too soon.