Emmerdale star Lisa Riley has issued a message to Emmerdale fans following the heartbreaking Paddy Kirk scenes in last night’s episode of the show.
Lisa plays Paddy’s ex-wife and friend, Mandy Dingle.
This week’s episodes saw Paddy return to the village following his self-imposed exodus.
But, in a heartbreaking twist, it was revealed that Paddy planned to end his own life.
Paddy bids farewell to friends and family
Thursday night’s scenes followed Paddy as he reconnected with his friends and family.
However, none of them realised that Paddy was bidding them all a secret farewell – as he planned to take his own life not long afterwards.
This comes amidst a spiralling mental health crisis for the struggling vet.
Discovering Paddy’s suicide note, dad Bear realised what Paddy has planned.
In tonight’s episode of the show, the village mobilised to find Paddy before he could go through with his plan.
Lisa Riley issues message to fans
Following Thursday’s episode, co-star Lisa Riley shared a message of solidarity over social media.
An Instagram story and post showed Paddy at the peak of his depression.
In the caption to the post, Lisa wrote “”
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