ITV Share By Jade Brown Nov 11 2025 By Jade Brown Nov 11 2025 Emmerdale star Jaye Griffiths admits ‘sadness’ over upcoming Celia exit scenes as she’s written out of soap Celia has a shelf life Celia Daniels Share By Jade Brown Nov 11 2025 By Jade Brown Nov 11 2025 Emmerdale star Jaye Griffiths has shared her sadness over Celia Daniels’ upcoming exit scenes as the character is being written out of the soap. Celia arrived in the village earlier this year as a neighbouring farmer to Moira. But she was soon revealed to be the boss of a major crime ring . She was dealing in drugs and modern slavery, amongst other things. As is often the case with baddies, the character of Celia has an expiry date – and Jaye has confirmed that evil Celia will indeed be exiting the soap. Celia will be leaving the soap (Credit: ITV/Mark Bruce) Jaye Griffiths confirms Emmerdale exit Speaking about her character’s exit, Jaye confirmed that she knew it was coming. She said: “I knew it was finite, which I am very sad about, because I would like to stay forever, but it’s such a strong arc.” She described working at Emmerdale as ‘heaven,’ adding: “It’s one of the nicest places I’ve ever worked, and I’ve done a little bit of work before! It is gentle and kind and professional and funny, and people care that it’s good. People care that we tell the story properly. It’s a joy to come to work.” article continues below Read all the latest spoilers Jaye also shared her joy at being able to play a character like Celia. She explained: “I usually get the upstanding, morally robust people. Doctors, police officers, lawyers – not that they’re all morally robust, but you get my drift. Whereas Celia, her compass is buried. She doesn’t need one, she just needs to make money. “It’s just so wonderful to explore someone who doesn’t mind whether you like them or not, because your opinion is of less than no value.” However, despite her exit, she hopes her character has left a mark in terms of raising awareness to modern day slavery. “It’s not happening somewhere far, far away, it’s happening next door,” she said. “It’s horrendous. Hopefully, maybe conversations will start to be heard. Maybe a question will run through people’s minds.” Fans were shocked when Celia slapped April (Credit: ITV) Celia’s reign of terror in Emmerdale It was clear Celia wasn’t the nicest of people when she first arrived in the village and immediately offended Moira. She was then less than sympathetic when her dog attacked Paddy. But no one predicted the depths of her evil, with one shocking moment coming when she slapped April and revealed herself as the boss of the county-lines drugs ring. Together with her son Ray, they run a tough operation – manipulating teens like April and Dylan into delivering drugs and encouraging April to sleep with clients. More recently it was revealed that they were keeping people – including Paddy’s dad Bear Wolf – as slaves. Speaking about the storyline, Jaye added: “She has a line to Ray, ‘we never take local.’ You don’t take people who will be missed, you take the waifs and strays, and you give them purpose. You give them routine, and that lulls them, and you don’t give them any options.” Will taking ‘local’ man Bear Wolf prove to be Celia’s downfall? Read more: Who’s leaving Emmerdale? All the cast exits, arrivals and returns Share Good to Know Share By Jade Brown Nov 11 2025 By Jade Brown Nov 11 2025 Previous Story Next Story
