ITV Emmerdale’s Jacob Gallagher left reeling over new sad David Metcalfe bombshell
Emmerdale's Jacob Gallagher is left reeling over a new bombshell about his dad David Metcalfe next week following his exit last year
Emmerdale’s Jacob Gallagher is left reeling over a new bombshell about his dad David Metcalfe next week.
Soap fans will recall that David left the village last year after a heartbreaking betrayal. Prior to his final scenes, David got more than he bargained for when he found out about son Jacob 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.
Jacob and Victoria had been keeping their controversial romance extremely low-key in a bid to not be caught out but their antics were finally exposed to a devastated David. In November before his exit, a hurt David confronted Victoria, calling her a slew of insulting names to which Jacob punched his father in retaliation.
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.
Emmerdale’s Jacob Gallagher is left reeling over a new bombshell about his dad David Metcalfe next week (
ITV)
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.
In upcoming scenes, Jacob is left reeling after an update from his father. The character is left crushed next week to learn that his dad is never coming home. The bombshell leaves Victoria struggling with guilt as she finds it difficult to juggle her happiness with Jacob but upsetting others with their romance.
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.
