Daisy Campbell has revealed she is to bid a heartfelt farewell to Emmerdale after an incredible 13-year tenure as ITV showrunners have surprisingly decided to write out her character in shock move that the actress says she is "grieving". Joining the beloved soap at the tender age of eight as Amelia Spencer, Daisy, now aged 21, was faced with the tough reality during a secret meeting where she learned her final appearances would broadcast just shy of Christmas. Daisy, 21, told the Mirror : "It wasn't my choice to leave Emmerdale and it was a shock at first.
Being in Emmerdale is all I have ever known. I've spent the whole of my childhood growing up in the soap and it felt daunting." Currently, her character Amelia is romantically linked to the sinister Tom King - remaining unaware of his mistreatment toward Belle Dingle - and has become a young mother to two-year-old Esther, following her surprising pregnancy with Samson Dingle in 2022.
However, following the exit of Amelia's on-screen parents from the village, the series' executives conveyed to Daisy that they were unable to generate further storylines for Amelia. Daisy. comprehending their rationale, added: "Once they explained, I totally got it.
Amelia isn't part of the Dingles, her dad has left, Samson has gone now and she doesn't have any family. There is nowhere to take Amelia and I understand that. I feel incredibly lucky to have been in the soap for 13 years and to have been handed so many opportunities at such a young.