Kit went on a date with Gabby and planned to see her again

Laurel and Gabby eventually discovered that they were seeing the same bloke. To their surprise, Kit actually tried to talk them round, but Laurel and Gabby dumped him.

Kit left the village shortly after this, due to his deceit being made public.

Stars Charlotte and Rosie recently discussed how history appears to be repeating itself with Laurel and Gabby.

‘She’s clearly going through a menopausal sexual awakening. And why not?’, Charlotte said.

Rosie added: ‘We’ve been in this situation before, haven’t we? With Kit. Gosh, that was what? Two, three years ago? Something like that. That was a rather awkward, funny story.’

Rosie then pondered over how this storyline with Ross actually hits Gabby a bit harder than the one with Kit.

‘It makes her go, “yes, we’ve been here before”, but men are just not something that’s going well for Gabby at the minute. And it’s just the ultimate rejection, really.

‘Gabby and Vinny ended that relationship quite a while ago now and she’s seen him move on, he’s obviously happy with Lewis. She’s in a little bit of limbo right now. She’s obviously focused on work and everything like that but is still craving that male validation, but also wants to take control of her life and be that young businesswoman, and be successful and all of that. I think she sees Ross as a little bit of fun.

‘I don’t think she wants a fully-committed relationship, but she’s also very easily led by attractive young men. I don’t know if you remember what she was like with Nicky, but it was very similar.’

Revealing that Ross’ rejection will lead Gabby down a dark path, Rosie explained: ‘Ross is giving it back to her. He’s flirting. Just a bit of fun flirting, but little does she know he’s obviously doing it everywhere else as well. He says something like, “there’s obviously been a miscommunication here,” and she’s like, “you’ve literally been flirting with me non-stop”, what it feels like to her for however long.

‘It’s disappointing, and she is obviously completely humiliated, but that propels her into wanting to take control, forget men, and she wants to be the best version of herself. She starts trying to eat clean, and body image starts becoming really important to her.

‘I think obviously with that rejection, and seeing Vinny all over the village absolutely fine makes her be like, “let’s take control of our life, we don’t need anybody else”, and unfortunately that does become a bit obsessive, but I’m not quite sure where that’s going to go yet.’

Rosie added: ‘I feel like she’s always had that want to prove herself. She’s a 24-year-old girl and so social media and everything is so, especially at the moment, you’ve got to shrink yourself to feel validated and feel part of society and find your place.

‘Then getting rejected on top of that, it spirals and I think she’s looking for something else to put her focus in and what can be seen as quite a healthy thing, investing in your health and everything, at what point does that become an obsession and unhealthy? So, it’s where that’s going to go, which I actually don’t know yet, but it will be exciting to see.