ITV Emmerdale fans slam Paddy Kirk’s ‘vile’ behaviour after Mandy Dingle blunder
Emmerdale viewers were left furious at Paddy Kirk on Tuesday night as they slammed his 'vile' behaviour towards girlfriend Mandy Dingle at the veterinary event
Emmerdale fans were quick to slam Paddy Kirk’s ‘vile’ behaviour towards girlfriend Mandy Dingle on Tuesday night.
During the latest episode, Mandy arrived at the vets social, dressed in an extravagant Elizabeth Hurley inspired outfit complete with safety pins. However, it wasn’t long until loud-mouthed managing director, Jules, rudely teased her about her black dress, leaving her blood boiling.
Things went from bad to worse when partner Paddy pandered to him and refused to introduce Mandy as his girlfriend. Later, Paddy opened up to Mandy about his insecurities around Jules, leaving his girlfriend hurt but she decided to support him at the event nevertheless.
But it wasn’t long until Mandy overheard Jules lambasting his PA, Ella, to which Mandy consoled her. Later, when Jules made some more rude comments about Mandy, a furious Ella poured a drink over him declaring she was quitting her job. Returning to the group, Paddy mistakenly blamed Mandy for the chaos, leaving his girlfriend both humiliated and devastated.
Paddy furiously yelled: “What have you done? Can I not leave you alone for two minutes? Save it, I don’t want to hear it! Do you always have to kick off like an old washerwoman?” to which a devastated Mandy ran out of the event.
After being told that it was actually Ella responsible for the commotion, Paddy rushed after Mandy, who refused to forgive him and pointed out he would never have treated his ex Chas Dingle like this, demanding that he leave.
Soap watchers were left horrified by Paddy’s behaviour, insisting Mandy deserves better. Taking to Twitter, now X, one person said: “Paddy is horrible, how nasty of him. #Emmerdale”, a different account put: “Mandy deserves a million times better tbh, Paddy should know what it feels like to be belittled, do better mate. #Emmerdale” while another viewer wrote: “I’d never speak to Paddy again if I was Mandy…#emmerdale”.
Elsewhere, a different account put: “Paddy is being absolutely vile as usual, screaming at Chas now screaming at Mandy! #Emmerdale”, a different account wrote: “Paddy you have been disgusting tonight ashamed of him tonight. And I love the character. #Emmerdale” while another added: “Wow paddy. What an idiot #Emmerdale!”
It comes as former Coronation Street star, Paula Lane, made her debut as Ella during the scenes. Outside of her new role in Emmerdale, Paula is best known for playing Kylie Platt on Coronation Street from 2010 to 2016. Since the cobbles, the actress has gone on to star in Call the Midwife as Vera Sands in 2021, as well as appearing in Father Brown as Emily Harris in 2022 and more recently taking on City 17 as Chell.