Emmerdale’s Luke Posner raised eyebrows on tonight’s episode, when he washed his hands in time to the Happy Birthday tune.
When Victoria Sugden (Isabel Hodgins) quizzed him about the particular song choice, Luke (Max Parker) answered: “It’s how we’re supposed to time washing your hands.”
When the coronavirus outbreak first spread throughout the UK in early March, Boris Johnson advised the nation to wash their hands in time with the birthday song.
He said: “Crucially, we must not forget what we can all do to fight this virus, which is to wash our hands with soap and hot water for the length of time it takes to sing Happy Birthday twice.”
Taking to Twitter, fans were convinced the hand-washing reference was linked to the Prime Minister’s advice, as they took to Twitter to weigh in on the conversation.
Victoria asked Luke which song he was humming while he washed his hands
One said: “Happy birthday hand washing? Is this the start of covid?”
A second agreed: “#Emmerdale did Emmerdale just predict ‘rona??”
And a third added: “#Emmerdale Assuming if he’s doing the Happy Birthday hand washing, this means this ep was filmed before lockdown and we don’t have many more episodes left. Boo.”
Boris advised the nation to wash their hands for the “length of time it takes to sing Happy Birthday twice” (Image: AFP via Getty Images)
“Well done #emmerdale on being the first TV programme to (subtly) mention the current situation,” added a fourth.
The Happy Birthday reference made a number of viewers wonder whether the number of pre-recorded episodes was starting to dwindle, creeping closer to the episodes filmed before the beginning of the outbreak.
In late March, the ITV soap opera cancelled filming in an effort to protect the cast and crew, reducing the weekly output of episodes.
Luke offered Vic some valuable hand-washing advice on tonight’s episode
ITV boss Kevin Lygo confirmed that Emmerdale will run out of new episodes at the end of May.
Emmerdale airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7pm on ITV.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
