Moira’s harsh behaviour in recent Emmerdale episode has sparked flurries of speculation from fans suggesting she is dealing with a secret health battle without her family knowing
Moira Dingle has sparked concern among Emmerdale fans who are predicting she has a secret medical condition after her recent outbursts. Since the farmer’s son, Matty Barton (Ash Palmisciano) was wrongfully sent to prison by Samson (Sam Hall), she has found herself at loggerheads with husband Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley).
But this week, Moira (played by Natalie J. Robb) couldn’t hide her satisfaction when Samson was arrested for assaulting Jacob Cope (Osian Morgan). While the teen’s parents Sam (James Hooton) and Lydia (Karen Blick) were left horrified as their son was walked out of The Woolpack in handcuffs, a grin swept across Moira’s face.
This left Cain suspicious of his wife’s part in his nephew Samson’s arrest. Back at home, Cain confronted his wife over her reaction to the arrest as she firmly denied calling the police. But she soon sent a glad flying across the kitchen and into a wall.
On Tuesday (August 7), Cain asked to forget their argument from the night before but Moira soon caused more tension.
“They should throw away the key”, she commented about Samson’s prison sentence before claiming he made the situation worse by trying to toughen Samson up for prison.
“Now this is all my fault”, Cain asked before he got a sarcastic response as Moira accused her husband of turning Samson into “another thug which their family didn’t need”.
Moira’s attitude got worse during Wednesday’s episode when she told Matty to “man up” as he struggles to adapt after his prison ordeal.
Matty accused his mum to having a lack of empathy as their atmosphere between the two remained tense. But some viewers are suggesting Moira is struggling with a secret health battle and her outbursts are uncontrollable.
Taking to social media, one fan wrote: “Moira’s been really horrible to Cain do you think she may have an illness?”
A second agreed: “Aww definitely, she went like this before”, while another echoed: “Yep there’s definitely something strange going on.”
“I think something is wrong like bipolar or something. It was the way she said ‘what’ when Cain said is it safe or are you going to throw a glass at me again, seemed like she had no recollection of it,” predicted one fan.
One fan chimed in: “Maybe heading for a breakdown”, as another simply added: “Menopause.”
Emmerdale airs weekdays on ITV1 and ITVX.
