Emmerdale spoilers: Ray's mum revealed as drug mastermind and she's a village resident
Emmerdale has unveiled the person behind the village’s recent drug operation. She’s also Ray’s mum and it’s someone very close to home with a lot...Emmerdale has unveiled the person behind the village’s recent drug operation. She’s also Ray’s mum and it’s someone very close to home with a lot of connections in the village.
This means it will have a huge impact on several characters and change multiple plotlines. It also means the drama is ramping up yet again as April finds herself at the mercy of a very nasty person indeed.
And it seems Ray is also just another dogsbody and not the king he makes himself out to be. So who has Emmerdale revealed as the drug mastermind? Read on to find out why fans are shocked at the turn of events…
April realised she almost killed Leo (Credit: ITV)
April’s stupidity almost killed Leo in Emmerdale tonight
Ray wasn’t letting April get away with not doing her drug deal on Thursday (October 2) as he called and insisted she go through with it. The trouble was she was looking after her brother Leo and it meant she had to leave him alone.
What April didn’t realise was that as she left the house in a hurry she dropped some of the pills. As they were brightly coloured and looked like sweets, Leo ate them.
April arrived home to then see her brother being loaded into an ambulance. At the hospital it was revealed he’d take ecstasy and had a bad reaction including a seizure.
April felt awful and was ready to confess. But as she told Dylan that was her plan, Ray was listening in and knew he needed to act. So he called his mum to step in.
Celia slapped April (Credit: ITV)
Farmer Celia Daniels is Ray’s mum – and the drug kingpin
It turns out his mum is none-other than Ceila Daniels. Local farmer, Moira’s mate and the nasty piece of work behind Paddy’s dog attack.
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.
Then in a shocking transformation, Celia 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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