Emmerdale actor James Moore has said he does not listen when people make negative comments about his disability, and that he is living his “best life”. The 26-year-old joined the ITV programme last year, and won the Best Newcomer prize at the National Television Awards this week after a public vote. @OfficialNTAs @Emmerdale #NTAs pic.twitter.com/OMk6UIBWLZ— ITV (@ITV) January 22, 2019He said: “People have been saying they’ve been inspired by my story, and that means the absolute world to me. “People make comments and people ask me how I deal with it, and I say just don’t listen,” Moore said. “Disabled people are desexualised and you don’t see them having a love interest.

Source: Irish Examiner January 26, 2019 10:52 UTC