Coronation Street's Jude Riordan has issued a tribute to his Emmerdale dad.
The St Helens star is renowned for his role as Sam Blakeman on the long-running ITV soap. The 12-year-old hails from a talented family as his dad, Paul, leads a successful career as a television director.
He broke through in a behind the scenes role in Hollyoaks before he went on to earn directing credits for popular soaps such as Emmerdale, Casualty and Coronation Street. Jude's mum regularly keeps the young star's 83.8k Instagram followers informed with updates from his exciting life as he forges an impressive career in showbiz.
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Jude has taken to social media to send a special message to his dad on Father's Day as he described him as "the best". He shared snaps of the two together as he said: "HFD to all especially the best @paulrio27 #happyfathersday #thebest."
Fans took to the comments to praise the post. Elayne said: "Have a lovely day with your Dad Jude . Hope you've been spoiling him"
Janette commented: "Great photos... Have lovely day with your dad"
Shelley posted: "Beautiful photos hope your dad has a great day."
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