Emmerdale favourite Beth Cordingly has opened up to her fans about a difficult day.

The actress, 48, is best known to ITV soap viewers as Ruby Miligan, and regularly shares positive, cheery updates from her private life with partner Ian Kelsey.

Beth has in a relationship with the former Emmerdale star – who rose to fame as Kim Tate’s former flame Dave Glover – for four years.

However, in her latest video, she wanted to reassure her followers that they’re ‘not alone’ after ‘she ‘cried [her] eyes out’ for ‘probably five hours’.

‘I just wanted to say in case this makes anyone feel better, which it might not,’ she began.

‘I’m having a really happy day today but on Saturday I cried my eyes out for probably five hours.’

She went on to list probable causes, from perimenopause, the fact she’d consumed alcohol on the previous evening, and a Generalised Anxiety Disorder diagnosis two decades ago.

‘It might be that I haven’t got that and I’ve got undiagnosed ADHD,’ she continued.

‘It might just be that I hadn’t had enough sleep. I’m not sure. It could be all of those things.

‘We’re all mad here aren’t we. It’s all good now, I just wanted to… you know… in case anyone’s having a bad day, you’re not alone.’

In the caption, she said: ‘I’m not sharing this for any other reason than to say: you’re not alone, this too shall pass, I feel completely mental a LOT of the time and hang in there.’

‘You’re normal. It’s normal,’ she reassured fans.

‘This is me: I’m often thrilled with happiness and other times completely disabled by panic or crying for no apparent reason. I basically think I’m a little bit insane…and that’s ok.

‘It could just be a bad day. If that’s your today then my hope for you is that tomorrow will be kinder. It was for me. Today I’m smiling. Sending y’all a big hug.’