Emmerdale’s bad boy Ross Barton actor Michael Parr joins dating app in bid to find love after split with co-star

EMMERDALE actor Michael Parr, who played bad boy Ross Barton, has joined a dating app, The Celeb Report can reveal.

The 35-year-old actor’s bid to find love comes after his split from his former co-star Isabel Hodgins.

The pair called time on their romance a few years ago after three years together.

But it looks like Michael is single and ready to mingle, and using the help of Bumble.

On his profile he is “active” and looking for a “relationship”.

Sharing a series of pictures, he includes several photos of him enjoying time out with his pals.

For his main profile picture Michael has chosen a sexy, brooding snap.

It’s believed the actor hasn’t been in a serious relationship since his split from Isabel.

The former couple broke up after he quit the ITV soap to try and crack America while Isabel (Victoria Sugden) remained on the show.

A source at the time told us said: “They drifted apart and felt it was better to be mates.

“He has been throwing himself into his social life and has just been on a lads’ hol and she is focusing on work, they’re both young and want to follow their dreams.

“They had a meaningful relationship and they’ll remember the good times.”

Isabel, Emmerdale’s longest-running actress, has played Victoria since she was 12.

SECRET COUPLE

She began secretly dating Michael, who joined Emmerdale in 2013, in real life a couple of years later.

The pair let the cat out of the bag on July 15, 2016, when each posted snaps from identical locations while on a romantic break in Paris.

Michael left Emmerdale in 2018 and moved to America to focus on other acting roles.

At the time he old us of his plans: “My granddad fought in Vietnam and got based over in Warrington, England, met my nan, who was a Scouser, shipped them over to Brooklyn, because his family are from Brooklyn.

“When he was going round the airbases my mum was born in Oregon and my mum was born in Mississippi.”