Mums In Turmoil!

Emmerdale stars Natalie J Robb and Lucy Pargeter on the very different ordeals facing Moira and Chas…

Emmerdale stars Natalie J Robb and Lucy Pargeter on the very different ordeals facing Moira and Chas…

Life is never easy for our favourite soap mums, and Emmerdale’s Moira Dingle and Chas Dingle are both going through life-changing events.

Moira recently discovered that daughter Hannah is now living life as a man called Matty, but despite her efforts to connect with her son, this week it looks like Matty has given up on her.

Pregnant Chas, meanwhile, has been given the devastating news that her and Paddy’s unborn daughter, Margarita, has the condition bilateral renal agenesis, and is unlikely to live beyond a few hours. She’s trying to approach the future with positivity but is rocked to think that Paddy isn’t on the same page.

We caught up with stars Natalie J Robb and Lucy Pargeter to talk about their emotive storylines...

NATALIE J ROBB ON MOIRA’S SHOCK DISCOVERY

‘All of a sudden, Hannah is someone else; a stranger…’

Can you sum up Moira’s feelings when hannah returned as Matty?

It was a total jaw-dropper. She was like, ‘What is going on?’ and she felt like she had failed as a mother.

Was the bigger shock for Moira that he’d kept all of this a secret?

Exactly. She has taken it all very personally. That he felt he couldn’t come to her is a failure in her eyes.

Moira has gained a son but lost a daughter – how is she coping?

She’s grieving. She feels that she has missed out on so much and now, all of a sudden, Hannah is someone else; a stranger.