Riley tender moment..

Emmerdale star's empathy with Jack praised

- TOM BRYANT IN QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

IT was one of the most tender moments of the series so far as Lisa Riley gently encouraged Jack Osbourne to open up about the death of his dad Ozzy.

Lisa, too, shared how she was bereft after losing her beloved mum Cath in 2012 as the pair quietly bonded.

Her onscreen Emmerdale husband Dominic Brunt, said it was a side to her he had seen many times before and “a real look into the real Lisa”.

“She spots things other people don't and is really empathetic,” he said. “As soon as she sat down with him, I thought, ‘Oh, this is really going to be good.