Emmerdale fans left watching through their fingers as Bob Hope talks about his ‘trusty sword’

EMMERDALE fans were left watching the show through their fingers after Bob Hope talked about his 'trusty sword'.

At the beginning of the week, Bob suffered a cardiac arrest in the village and was rushed to hospital.

Then in Tuesday's episode, Bob admitted to partner Wendy Posner that he failed to recognise one of the warning signs, which is erectile dysfunction.

Bob blamed that as the reason Wendy had gone on to have an affair with Liam Cavanagh, before telling her they were over for good.

During Wednesday's episode, Bob was visited by his pal Eric Pollard, and he awkwardly opened up about the problem.

He said: "Me and Wendy we er, we haven't had a full relationship in sometime.

"Because of me...I haven't been able to...I mean the spirit has been welling and all that, but my, my trusty sword failed me."

With a chuckle, Eric said: "Can you speak that in English?"

Bob hissed back: "I've got erectile dysfunction. Words that weren't even part of my vocabulary until 24 hours ago now everybody is saying it."

While the subject matter is serious, some Emmerdale viewers couldn't help but chuckle at the way Bob delivered the news.

Taking to X - formerly Twitter - one wrote: "Bob's 'trusty sword' ... Oh FFS, why do we torture ourselves like this."

Another added: "'My trusty sword failed me'I know I shouldn’t laugh but that was a brilliant line #Emmerdale."

A third tweeted: "Bob's trusty sword" alongside laughing face emojis.

Meanwhile a fourth joked: "Trusty sword? Yay! The return of the pork sword of destiny!! #emmerdale."

Emmerdale airs on ITV1 and is available on ITVX.