Emmerdale newcomer Kammy Hadiq steps up to support Vinny Dingle in the coming weeks – realising that his new friend may be questioning his sexuality.

Kammy pulled away this week after Vinny leaned in to kiss him during a moment alone.

Although Vinny passed it off as a joke, upcoming episodes see Kammy become uneasy over what it all means for his mate’s future with girlfriend Gabby Thomas.

Shebz Miah, who plays Kammy, recently caught up with us for a chat about what’s to come…

Hi, Shebz! How is Kammy feeling after Vinny tried to kiss him?

“Kammy and Vinny have become quite close friends. We’ve seen that Kammy has been helping Vinny out this week.

“Kammy knows that there’s a lot going on for Vinny – the reason they did the recent mission at Home Farm was for Gabby and to impress her. But now that Vinny has tried to kiss Kammy, it’s like something doesn’t add up here…”

Is Kammy curious over why Vinny misread the signals?

“Kammy realises that there’s a bigger issue at hand for Vinny, because he’s been going to such extreme lengths to impress for his anniversary with Gabby, but on the other hand, he’s misread the signals and has tried to kiss Kammy.

“So Kammy does support Vinny on this journey that they go on – and it does get quite exciting.”

Kammy was quite carefree about the whole thing at first, wasn’t he?

“Kammy’s so relaxed with it. He’s so comfortable with himself that it doesn’t affect him. The only thing that does affect him is: ‘You are getting married to Gabs. You need to understand the situation’.

“So Kammy isn’t bothered about the kiss, he more feels for Vinny. Because now it’s opened up this different perspective on the relationship that Vinny has with people.

“Kammy’s trying to support him on his journey. He’s trying to understand and make it easier for Vinny and help him and guide him as to what is going on, because he is obviously in a position where he’s not entirely sure.”

Does Kammy feel for Gabby?

“Yes, Kammy does bring Gabby up. As Vinny and Kammy’s friendship progresses, they do talk about the elephant in the room. There are conversations had and Kammy and Vinny do try to address it – but in whatever way that is, we’ll have to wait and find out I guess!

“So Kammy’s reaction is not about Vinny trying to kiss him, it’s more about the repercussions of everything else after that.”

Is this unrequited love on Vinny’s part?

“To an extent, it is a bit like that. Kammy doesn’t fancy Vinny but they are very good friends. Kammy’s built this relationship with Vinny. It’s beautiful because Kammy and Vinny’s dynamic is they’re so different.

“Kammy does have a soft spot for Vinny. He does really want to help him because he understands that what happened was a big thing. Kammy does really want to support Vinny on this journey, however that is. They’ve got a genuine friendship.”

Does the situation become awkward? Could it start to stand in the way of their friendship?

“No, because Kammy’s so relaxed. Kammy’s so confident in his sexuality. It’s more that he wants to offer a helping hand, because it’s a very tricky situation now that Vinny’s in.

“We’ve got Gabs on one hand, then all the other stuff in Vinny’s life and how does it affect that? So it’s more about Kammy trying to support him on whatever that is.”

How has it been to develop this on-screen friendship with Bradley Johnson, who plays Vinny?

“Sick man, he’s so ace! He’s also a Bradford lad and we get on really well. I can’t imagine anyone else being cast for Vinny other than Brad because he is literally like Vinny in real life! He’s so funny, so playful, he’s amazing to bounce off.

“When I see his name on the call sheet – meaning we’re in scenes together – it literally just makes my day because I know we’re going to have so much fun and we just joke about everything. When we get together it’s like Dumb and Dumber!

“I genuinely do believe the fans are going to love seeing this dynamic. Kammy and Vinny are quite different, but now that they’ve got this mutual common ground, it’s just so beautiful to see those two getting up to trouble together.

“Kammy does expose him to a bit of naughtiness, but who doesn’t love a bit of a thrill, right? Brad’s amazing to work with.”

What’s coming up for Kammy?

“Unpredictability – definitely with a lot of the things happening in scenes with Vinny. But also as we know, Kammy and Sarah were a thing and we start to see an interesting dynamic being played out. There’s thrills and a lot of cheekiness, definitely. He loves getting up to mischief and trouble.”

Who would you like to have a scene with?

“I did a scene with Danny Miller who plays Aaron and it got cut out, unfortunately! So I’d love to actually get a scene on screen with him. I think I’ve worked with the majority of the cast apart from Danny.”

Have you had any scenes with Lisa Riley, who plays Vinny’s mum Mandy, yet?

“Kammy and Mandy haven’t had a conversation yet, but they have been in the same scene. Lisa is amazing – she’s full of life. I can see why her and Brad are playing mother and son because they’re both so alike.”

Would you like to see Kammy’s backstory explored?

“Of course – definitely! That’s going to be very, very interesting for the fans. We’re slowly building up to that story of: ‘What is Kammy even doing here? Where does he come from?’ Because at the moment it is unknown.

“What the producers and the writers are doing amazingly is that we are building that suspense. Fingers crossed there will be a point where we start to dive into the deeper stuff because it’s Emmerdale, right? You do need a bit of juiciness and something gripping.

“With Kammy, there’ll certainly be something but I think we’re just playing with it for now. Eventually that will happen and I can’t wait to get my teeth sunk into something like that.”