27 July 2023 , 18:40
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The truth about the identity of Jai's biological father was revealed on Emmerdale tonight.
Fans have been speculating who Jai's biological dad is after Rishi admitted he had adopted Jai. The revelation about the adoption was made when Jai was hunting out some paperwork after him and Laurel got engaged. It was then that he discovered some dusty paperwork and old photos, which in fact confirmed that Rishi was not his father.
Since learning of Rishi's deceit, Jai has been freezing out him from the family, and at one point, even refused for him to attend the wedding. He later backtracked on that, and said Rishi could attend for the sake of Jai's children.
As they got ready for the wedding, Rishi and Georgia came to visit Jai and Laurel at their home, where Rishi apologised for what had happened over the last few days whilst Georgia implored him to tell the truth about Jai's dad.
"Is it just me or could we talk about this on - I don't know - another day?" Laurel asked, as Jai stepped in to say: "Believe me, I'd be happy to, but once again they come in here and make it all about them."
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Jai has been struggling after learning Rishi wasn't his biological fatherGeorgia then chimed in to say Jai had made it clear yesterday that neither of them were welcome at the wedding if he didn't know the truth, but Jai fumed at them as he said they were still no further on in knowing what had happened. Rishi told Georgia he couldn't reveal the man's identity as he had made a promise, but Georgia insisted he needed to tell the truth.
"Who is it, who is it?" Jai shouted, as Rishi admitted: "It's my brother. He had an affair with Georgia and he's your real father."
Chris Bisson - who plays Jai - previously teased how the secret about his father was "life-changing".
"Laurel mentions the divorce certificate, Jai needs to go find the divorce certificate from Megan," he told The Mirror and other press, "Because Tom King has moved into Holdgate with Rishi, Rishi has moved loads of stuff around and piled boxes and all sorts of stuff into one room and has seemingly mixed up Jai's old paperwork with his old paperwork and all the stuff is just in the one place.
"Jai goes to find this divorce certificate, knocks over a box and finds some old photographs. Also contained within that box is a very long-standing secret. It's one that's life-changing for Jai. He had no indication of it before now."