Emmerdale airs exit for one character but fans distracted over 'missing' scene

30 November 2023 , 20:38

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Emmerdale airs exit for one character but fans distracted over 'missing' scene

Emmerdale viewers said goodbye to one character on Thursday night in dramatic scenes.

Soap watchers will recall that David Metcalfe recently got more than he bargained for when he found out about son Jacob Gallagher and ex-Victoria Sugden's romance. The unlucky-in-love character had been celebrating his birthday but received a rather unexpected surprise from his son and ex-girlfriend.

In recent weeks, Jacob and Victoria have been keeping their controversial romance extremely low-key in a bid to not be caught out but their recent antics were finally exposed to a devastated David. On Thursday night, a hurt David confronted Victoria, calling her a slew of insulting names to which Jacob punched his father in retaliation.

Emmerdale viewers said goodbye to one character on Thursday night in dramatic scenes

Later, a shocked and devastated David broke down in the shop, where he had a heart-to-heart with his dad Eric Pollard, where he admitted it was only him keeping him in the village and he wanted to go to London so he could be with his young daughter Amba. After encouragement from dad Eric, David decided to leave the village.

However, before he made his exit, David spoke to Jacob, where things ended very badly after the punch. As Jacob called out for his dad, David cruelly suggested Jacob no longer call him that anymore. The episode ended with David emotionally driving out of the village as his family, minus Jacob who was secretly watching round the corner, waved him off.

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Soap watchers were left distracted during the scenes as they pointed out that David has another young child, Theo, as they questioned what would happen to the youngster and if they would be leaving with David. Taking to Twitter, now X, one person said: "Did David take his son Theo? #Emmerdale", another viewer wrote: "What’s David gonna do with Theo? No mention of him going #Emmerdale" while another fan added: "#emmerdale where is Theo? David should be thinking about him rather than Jacob!"

It comes as actor Matthew Wolfenden confirmed back in September that he was leaving the ITV soap as David after 17 years after it was reported he was set to leave. The actor has bowed out of the role after joining the show in 2006 and Matthew, 43, broke down in tears on This Morning as he confirmed the reports and watched back his best bits on the ITV soap.

David Metcalfe recently got more than he bargained for when he found out about son Jacob Gallagher and ex Victoria Sugden's romance

David has been at the centre of some huge plots over the years, including his partner Maya Stepney grooming and sexually abusing his then-teenage son Jacob. David also battled testicular cancer in a hard-hitting storyline and nearly got killed off by village murderer Meena Jutla.

After watching his best bits on Emmerdale, Matthew got teary as he said: "That made me really emotional! I am so nervous about leaving, nearly 20 years, almost two decades. It feels like the right time, the door has been left open - they're not killing me off, I've been promised. Who knows, I might be back [in the future]. Yeah, but we will see."

Matthew then struggled to speak as he got choked up again, saying: "I'm still really emotional watching that" to which he was given a tissue, he added that Emmerdale is a "massive" part of his life."

Emmerdale airs weeknights at 7:30pm on ITV1 and ITVX, with an hour-long episode on Thursdays. *Follow Mirror Celebs and TV on , , , , and .

Olivia Wheeler