‘Such a horrible girl’ rage Emmerdale fans as they slam ‘ungrateful’ character as another exits ITV soap
EMMERDALE fans have slammed the young mum for supporting her baby’s biological dad rather than their real “father figure”.
Amelia Spencer told Charity Dingle how she is worried about her daughter Esther not having her dad around amid Samson Dingle’s sentencing in tonight’s episode of Emmerdale.
Noah Dingle was sitting right next to Amelia and chimed in saying: “I’ve always tried to be a dad to her. I’m going nowhere.”
To which Amelia responded: “Yeah but Samson’s her real dad. And now she’ll only get to see him when she visits him in prison.”
Noah said: “I still don’t think you should take her with you to prison. She don’t need him if she’s got me.”
Shortly after, Lydia walked into The Woolpack to announce that Samson has been sentenced to four years, confirming his exit from the ITV soap.
Amelia was left fuming as she realises Esther will have started school by the time Samson is released from prison.
Meanwhile, Noah tried to reassure that: “Me and you can still give her a good life. I promise.”
But Amelia appeared to be dismissive and disregard Noah’s attempts to make her feel better.
And Amelia’s mood worsened when she later found out that Noah was the one who reported Samson to the police, after looking at the call list on his phone to order a takeaway.
She confronted him and said: “You grassed on Samson didn’t you!”
Noah protested that Samson is dangerous and needs keeping off the streets.
A fuming Amelia accused Noah of not caring about justice but wanting to get rid of Samson.
Noah raged: “Well, he’s given me enough reason, hasn’t he? Do you not remember how he blackmailed me? How he said he could take you anytime he wants?
“I can look after you and Esther. So much better than he can.”
Forgotten soap storylines
The nation's soaps have had many gripping storylines play out over the years. However, some plots proved to be far less memorable. Here are some forgotten stories from Weatherfield, Walford and more...
- Ken and Audrey’s romance (2015): After the death of wife Deirdre (Anne Kirkbride), Coronation Street original Ken Barlow (William Roache) started to move on in his life. He started to develop a spark with old friend Audrey (Sue Nicholls), with then-Corrie boss saying it would be like “Ross and Rachel”. In the end, nothing ever came of it and the two remained platonic pals.
- Beth’s bigamy (2016): Despite being happily married to Kirk (Andrew Whyment), a troubling secret came to light about Beth Tinker (Lisa George). It transpired that she had never divorced from her first husband, Darryl (Paul Loughran), father of her son Craig (Colson Smith). Although Craig and Kirk were shocked – and Beth was arrested – the storyline didn’t didn’t go much further.
- Kat Slater’s secret son (2017): Capitalising on the popularity of Kat (Jessie Wallace) and Alfie (Shane Richie), the two received a spin-off back in 2017. Titled ‘Redwater’, it saw the two travel to Ireland where they met long-lost son Luke, now called Dermott Dolan, played by Oisín Stack. Despite the high-tension events during Redwater, Kat seems to have put the experience behind her as Dermott’s not been mentioned since.
- Alfie’s brain tumour (2015): Having learned in 2015 that he had a brain tumour, Alfie kept the news from Kat until their trip to Ireland. At the time, actor Shane Ritchie revealed fans would see a change in Alfie as he battled the illness. It would appear that at some point after leaving the Square, was told the tumour was non-malignant. By the time Alfie returned in 2022, fans were left confused over what had happened to the storyline.
- Kathy and Buster’s affair (2016): In 2016, Walford legend Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth) fell into the arms of convict Buster Briggs, played by Karl Howman. Buster was the long-time lover of Shirley Carter (Linda Henry) and fathered both her sons – Mick (Danny Dyer) and Dean (Matt Di Angelo). When Buster left, he begged Kathy to join him, but she refused for the sake of her family. Meanwhile Buster didn’t even stop to say goodbye to Shirley before exiting with a broken heart. Fans expected a showdown between the two women, but this never came to pass.
- Jacob’s OCD (2016): After his dad, David (Matthew Wolfenden), was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2016, Jacob (Joe-Warren Plant) developed Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). This manifested in the form of cleaning. Jacob’s OCD made a brief return one year on, after David had another scare after finding a lump. Jacob frantically searched the bins for a “lucky coin” that had accidentally been thrown away. Despite stressful situations – such as being groomed by his teacher Maya, losing his fiancee Leanna to a serial killer, dealing with mum Leyla’s drug addiction, and surviving a stabbing – the condition doesn’t appear to have returned.
- Marlon and Charity’s fling (2003): Few fans would likely remember few will remember the one-night stand between Charity (Emma Atkins) and Marlon (Mark Charnock) in 2003. The pair slept together when Charity was staying with Marlon while still under suspicion for husband Chris’s supposed “murder”.
- Alex Browning’s revenge plot (2014): Fans expected a confrontation when Dr Browning’s son Alex (Ojan Genc) mer stepmum Mercedes McQueen (Jennifer Metcalfe). After all, Mercedes, with Cindy Cunningham (Stephanie Waring) and Lindsey Butterfield (Sophie Austin) had murdered Alex’s dad, double-murderer Dr Paul Browning, after he kidnapped and attacked his new wife. In fact, the soap teased Alex would seek revenge for his father’s death upon arriving. However, he instead gave Cindy’s son Hilton (his half-brother) a life-saving transplant, became his godfather, and leaving the village soon after.
Amelia said that she had “heard enough” and ordered him to get out.
Can Amelia forgive Noah?
Viewers are left raging at Amelia’s behaviour towards Noah and branded her “ungrateful.”
Taking to X – formerly known as Twitter – one said: “Just watched tonight’s #Emmerdale and all I’ll say is that Amelia has me raging! She is one ungrateful b***h!”
Another wrote: “Amelia is such a horrible girl. Noah has stood by her, babysitting Samson’s unwanted child, then gets treated like dirt by Amelia.
“She has zero taste in men, and her daughter would be much better off forgetting Samson and focus on Noah as a father figure.”
Emmerdale airs weeknights on ITV1 and ITVX.