How Emmerdale’s Amy Nuttall exposed husband Andrew Buchan’s affair with co-star Leila Farzad
HEARTBROKEN Emmerdale and Downton Abbey star Amy Nuttall discovered her Broadchurch husband Andrew Buchan was cheating — when he bought sexy lingerie that wasn’t her size.
The Sun revealed Amy’s devastation yesterday after love-rat Buchan — also well known for his appearances as Andrew Parker Bowles in Netflix drama The Crown — left the family home for his co-star on BBC1 thriller Better, Leila Farzad.
And today friends tell how Amy’s suspicions were first aroused when she discovered the suspicious pre-Christmas purchase.
The actress, 44, turned detective and went on to confront her husband of 11 years over receipts and paper records of hotel stays in London — when she had believed he was working away on set.
A source said: “The penny started to drop over a period of time.
“He was away a lot, which wasn’t unusual because of the nature of his work, but at one point Amy realised he had been staying in hotels very near to home — and wondered why.
The source continued: “As time moved on, there were some tell-tale signs that he had become close to Leila — just something in his mannerisms and in their social media posts together.
“But the final straw was the lingerie — that’s what clinched it.
“Amy just knew instinctively that it wasn’t meant for her.”
The Sun told how 44-year-old Buchan had left the family home in December and has now moved on with Oxford University-educated Leila, 39 — who is also understood to have been married.
The pair met while filming five-part police drama Better which is currently airing on BBC1.
Both of their characters embark on a passionate affair.
Leila plays a corrupt detective trying to go straight and turn her life around after she became enthralled to Buchan’s enigmatic crime boss Col McHugh.
Yesterday reports told how Amy choked back tears when asked about the break-up, and insisted she is not yet ready to talk about the betrayal.
Buchan has been a regular on a host of hit TV shows, including Jane Eyre, Party Animals, Cranford, An Honourable Woman and Agatha Christie crime thriller The ABC Murders.
He is also the voice of adverts for Sainsbury’s supermarkets.
