{"id":55091,"date":"2026-05-13T18:55:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T17:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/?p=55091"},"modified":"2026-05-13T15:53:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T14:53:41","slug":"real-reason-charity-giving-dr-todd-emma-atkins-admits-even-darker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/news\/real-reason-charity-giving-dr-todd-emma-atkins-admits-even-darker\/","title":{"rendered":" The real reason Charity is giving in to Dr Todd as Emma Atkins admits: ‘It’s going to get even darker’"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019ve been left wondering why the great Charity Dingle is letting Dr Todd blackmail<\/a> her in Emmerdale, you\u2019re not the only ones.<\/p>

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Charity would usually eat someone out to get her for breakfast. But this time she\u2019s just rolling over and seems to have lost her fighting spirit. Has she forgotten she\u2019s a Dingle?!<\/p>\n

Emma Atkins, who plays Charity, has insisted it\u2019s all about \u201csurvival\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Charity giving in to Dr Todd and her blackmail in Emmerdale<\/h2>\n

After falling pregnant with Ross Barton<\/a>\u2018s baby when she was supposed to be carrying a surrogate child for granddaughter Sarah and husband Jacob, Charity has done all she can to keep quiet. She has given birth, told Ross to back off and handed baby Leyla over pretending to everyone it is Sarah\u2019s baby.<\/p>\n

Only evil Dr Todd knows the truth. And she is using it to her advantage.<\/p>

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