The mastermind behind the drug operation revealed and fans' jaws have just hit the ground
They did not see this coming.
Emmerdale fans were in shock tonight after the mastermind behind the drug operation was revealed.
April found herself in trouble after her brother Leo took an ecstasy pill that she’d dropped, but before she could talk to the police, she was stopped in her tracks by Ray’s boss.
As Celia Daniels slapped “ungrateful little wretch” April, fans’ jaws hit the ground.
Leo’s life was in danger in Emmerdale tonight
April Windsor was left in charge of Leo. She attempted to bond with him by suggesting they make a video together. But then she received a message from Ray, telling her he needed her.
As she rushed out, the pills Ray had given her fell from her pocket. Leo then saw them and picked them up. When Rhona and Marlon returned, Rhona was heard screaming for Marlon to call an ambulance.
At the hospital, Marlon and Rhona were told that Leo had had an adverse reaction to ecstasy. The doctor said they found a bag with an ecstasy pill in his pocket and warned that it was too early to tell if there will be any long term damage to his heart.
The doctor also informed Leo’s worried parents that as drugs were involved, they had to notify police and social services.
Marlon and Rhona asked April about the drugs, leaving her feeling terrified that she’d be in trouble with the police.
Celia revealed as mastermind behind the drugs gang
At the hospital, Celia pretended to accidentally bump into April. She offered compassion to the teen and took her to get a hot chocolate so she could get a level head before talking to the police.
April made a big mistake and decided to confide in Celia, telling her all about dealing drugs. Celia acted concerned and warned April that drug dealers can be dangerous people – “not the sort you’d want to betray by talking to the police.”
Then in a shocking transformation, Celia abandoned her compassion and violently slapped April. Celia called her an “ungrateful little wretch,” before adding: “You lost Ray thousands of pounds, and this is how you repay him?”
Celia then revealed that she is Ray’s boss. She threatened April, telling her they’d retaliate and come after April and her family if she told the police the truth.
With Emmerdale exploring the blurred line between truth and lies, April opted to lie to the police. She told them she’d found the pills on the floor in a park and had picked them up and pretended they were her to look cool in front of her friends.
Later, it was also revealed that Celia played a big part in raising Ray and he even calls her Mum. Celia reduced him to a cowering wreck as she called him “a useless, pathetic, weak little man” for allowing April to humiliate him. She warned him to be tougher with April from now on.
Fans shocked at Celia twist
Emmerdale viewers couldn’t believe this latest twist. One fan wrote on X: “This reveal was just INCREDIBLE with Celia being Ray’s boss, that slap absolutely SENT ME.”
A second fan said: “I haven’t been gagged at an Emmerdale moment like that in YEARS. Celia is taking it.” While a third fan said: “Ray calling Celia ‘mum’ was such a twist.”
A fourth fan added: “CELIA IS THE WHAT OF WHOOO??!!? NO WAY.”
Speaking about the twist, Jaye Griffiths, who plays Celia said: “At last the audience have seen the familial link between her and Ray and the fact she is the mastermind behind it all.
“There is lots more drama to come but I feel that the context of the whole operation is now apparent and so the audience will now be fearing how trapped these kids are as it’s very clear Celia and Ray are not beginners at this.”
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