There’s a shocking blackmail plot unfolding on Emmerdale with poor Manpreet Sharma being targeted with nasty messages. After her secret was exposed in a flashback on Thursday night, spoilers have revealed that she ends up being blackmailed by someone. Next week she tries to figure out who is targeting her, with fans already predicting they know who it is. Viewers who have watched Friday’s episode of the ITV soap, available now on ITVX before it airs at 7:30PM on ITV1 this evening, will know exactly what her secret is and who knows. Warning, the rest of this article contains spoilers from Friday’s episode so look away now if you want to avoid finding out.
Viewers are divided on whether Ella is the one behind the texts to Manpreet
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Manpreet confides in Ella Forster about her secret before admitting she is being blackmailed. Recent scenes and the possible exit of Ella, before even seeing Friday’s episode, left many fans wondering if Ella would be to blame. But perhaps Friday dismisses this theory, and now fans think someone else could be behind it. A recent scene spotted by eagle-eyed viewers showed someone seemingly watching Manpreet. The person was not shown in full, concealing their identity but we did see a brown coat and black gloves, reports the Mirror. It would appear this same person is the one messaging Manpreet and her blackmailer. On Friday night’s episode, Manpreet was visibly rattled as she kept receiving cryptic texts. She attempts to keep them a secret, but her colleague Ella notices something is off. In a turn of events, viewers see the texts on Manpreet’s phone which say, “I know your dirty secret, do your patients know what you’ve been up to?” But the mystery deepens when she tries to block the sender, only to get another threatening message: “Blocking a number won’t work I’m going nowhere.”
Emmerdale Tracy is a suspect, according to some fans
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Under pressure from an increasingly suspicious Ella, Manpreet confesses about uploading private images online and moving on to a subscription site, believing it would be empowering; however, she fears these photos might now be leaked by the blackmailer. In a tense moment, she reveals the menacing texts to Ella, including a clear warning against contacting police and a chilling proof they possess her intimate images. As the drama unfolds, the texter promises more demands will follow. Viewers are guessing furiously about the blackmailer’s identity. While some feel Ella is too obvious a culprit, speculation abounds that it could be Manpreet’s ex Charles Anderson, his mother Claudette, or even Anthony Fox, who was believed to be dead. Some fans suggest the blackmailer might be Kammy, a new character set to join the show, or a recent addition to the cast.
Manpreet Sharma is shaken by the texts
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Emmerdale enthusiasts are spinning theories left, right and centre after a slew of clues. One viewer suggested: “I wonder if it’s the same website Mandy Dingle was on last year. Manpreet’s blackmailer could be Ella and this is why she leaves or Tracy who needs money. Leyla could have told Suzy who then told Vanessa who maybe told Tracy or she overheard Suzy/Vanessa talking.” Another chimed in with the thought that “Part of me thinks it is too obvious to be Ella even though she would be the perfect person? Could it actually be Tracy? Although she was blackmailed in the past so I don’t know.” Meanwhile, another fan speculated, writing: “Charles as her last words in Leyla’s flashback she said about all the little secrets she said vicar so I guess she was confessing lol.” The speculation didn’t stop there, as another fan questioned: “Didn’t that weird bloke at the memorial service not long ago have a brown coat on too?” Prompting a fellow soap detective to add: “Who was watching her when she got the text? Smallish hands in black leather gloves! Claudette?” The conversation continued with guesses including “Vicar’s mum,” and hints at involvement from “Something to do with the newcomer.” Another viewer threw their theory into the mix: “I thought Anthony as he wore a brown coat and black glove same feeling,” but countered themselves with: “Didn’t that Anthony wear gloves and a brown coat but he is dead so won’t be him. Charles wears gloves in fact quite a lot of male characters wear gloves.”
