Emmerdale stars cash in with secret side hustles – with some charging fans £47 for a message

EMMERDALE stars have cashed in with ‘secret’ side hustles as some are charging £47 for a personal message.

A number of actors from the long-running ITV soap have turned to selling the video messages.

Stars including Lisa Riley, Charlotte Bellamy and Matthew Wolfenden have all signed up to the special platform.

It allows fans of the Emmerdale actors pay a fee in return for their own message from their favourite characters.

The Mirror reports that Lisa, 47 who plays Mandy Dingle and James Moore, 30, who stars as Ryan Stocks are charging £47 per video.

33-year-old Jay Kontzle who plays Billy Fletcher is also on the service, charging £39 for a hello.

David Metcalfe’s Matthew Wolfenden offers a modest £35 per video.

Daisy Campbell and Roxy Shahidi are also understood to have recently signed up to the platform.

It comes as Jeff Hordley recently revealed he has another job when he’s not filming the Yorkshire-based ITV soap.

Jeff has been in Emmerdale for two decades as the show’s resident bad boy, Cain Dingle – but it appears he has another side to him.

In a recent interview with Lorraine Kelly, Jeff revealed that, aside from acting, he spends his time DJing as a backup career – in case his character is kicked off the ITV soap.

The 52-year-old told Lorraine he’d be performing in both Manchester and Charlton over the summer.

Wanting to know more about his musical talents, the ITV host asked if he plays different types of music at events.

He replied: “Yeah, I mean, it’s kind of soul, funk, reggae, old 60s stuff, it’s everything really, but that has been my out-of-work acting job.”

Emmerdale airs on ITV1 and ITVX.