Did Stephen Mulhern go out with Emma Barton?

Stephen Mulhern’s ability to keep his personal life away from the media is second to none.

Emma Barton, on the other hand is quite open about her relationships and has been married once.

From 2002 to 2005, Emma Barton was married to lawyer Nigel Stoat.

After the divorce, Emma Barton and Stephen Mulhern dated but they kept their relationship secret until it had long ended.

Stephen Mulhern and Emma Barton are believed to have met back in 2008 after they were both cast in a pantomime production of Snow White at the Marlow Theatre in Canterbury.

Emma Barton played Snow White, and Stephen Mulhern played her best friend Muddles, and they reportedly hit things off straight away.

Emma Barton and Stephen Mulhern got together shortly after, and dated for around three years before splitting in 2011.

Stephen Mulhern revealed that their romance came to “a natural end” and their split is understood to have been amicable and a mutual decision.

In 2021, Stephen Mulhern spoke to Celebs Now and stated he hadn’t been on a date “for about four years”, adding that “I need to stop working so much!”