{"id":29462,"date":"2025-02-19T19:55:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T19:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emmerdale-insider.com\/?p=29462"},"modified":"2025-02-19T17:24:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T17:24:58","slug":"emmerdale-killing-off-leyla-huge-mistake-opinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/news\/emmerdale-killing-off-leyla-huge-mistake-opinion\/","title":{"rendered":"Emmerdale killing off Leyla was a huge mistake – OPINION"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emmerdale had us all sobbing tonight (Wednesday, February 19), as the soap confirmed Leyla Harding\u2019s death. And, it\u2019s a huge mistake.<\/p>

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Reports were released a few months ago that suggested that Roxy Shahidi would be leaving her role as Leyla.<\/a> But, we\u2019ve been in denial ever since hearing the news.<\/p>\n

And, now the sad moment has finally arrived\u2026 We\u2019re not sure we\u2019re ever going to recover from seeing Leyla lying in that morgue. It\u2019s a scene that we believe should never have happened\u2026<\/p>\n

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Emmerdale: Leyla Harding\u2019s tragic death<\/h2>\n

Leyla was feeling really lonely in her final days and joined the girls of the Dales for a night out. She might\u2019ve not got them to take her up on her lunch offer, but she sure wasn\u2019t going to miss out on the chance to party.<\/p>\n

In the limo, one of the last things that Leyla saw was her ex-husband Liam proposing to another woman<\/a> \u2013 Chas, and almost sitting on her lap whilst doing so. Brutal. And, then if that situation alone wasn\u2019t enough to finish her off, crash! Charity swerved the limo and crashed it into a huge, frozen lake.<\/p>

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