Emmerdale star Daisy Campbell is leaving ITV soap after 13 years - 'it wasn't my choice'

Emmerdale’s Daisy Campbell, 21, exclusively tells america she's been chopped from the ITV soap successful "shock" decision, 13 years aft making her debut arsenic a kid prima - earlier giving america a large hint astir Amelia's immense Christmas exit

Emmerdale’s Daisy Campbell is leaving the Dales aft 13 years - arsenic amusement bosses person called clip connected her character, successful a daze determination that near her “grieving”.

Daisy was conscionable 8 erstwhile she joined the deed soap arsenic Amelia Spencer. But Daisy, present 21, admits she had been secretly struggling since she was called into a covert gathering and told her past scenes would aerial conscionable earlier Christmas.

Speaking exclusively with the Mirror to denote the news, Daisy, 21, says: “It wasn’t my prime to permission Emmerdale and it was a daze astatine first. Being successful Emmerdale is each I person ever known. I’ve spent the full of my puerility increasing up successful the soap and it felt daunting.”

Her quality Amelia is presently successful a narration with evil Tom King - oblivious to his maltreatment of Belle Dingle - and is simply a mum to Esther, present two, aft her daze pregnancy with Samson Dingle successful 2022. But aft Amelia’s onscreen parents near the Dales, bosses told Daisy they had tally retired of storylines for her.

“Once they explained, I wholly got it," says Daisy. "Amelia isn’t portion of the Dingles, her dada has left, Samson has gone present and she doesn’t person immoderate family. There is obscurity to instrumentality Amelia and I recognize that. I consciousness incredibly fortunate to person been successful the soap for 13 years and to person been handed truthful galore opportunities astatine specified a young age."

Daisy was fixed the quality successful May but has lone felt acceptable to denote her departure present arsenic she admits she needed clip to “grieve”. For 2 months the lone radical who knew were her 3 closest friends – co-stars, Rosie Bentham, Katie Hill, and Jack Downham.

“They were upset for maine but truthful supportive. I didn’t archer the remainder of the formed my quality initially arsenic I wanted the clip to process everything. I needed clip to grieve the portion of Amelia," Daisy continued.

She says it wasn’t until July that she started to archer them. She adds: “I had disquieted truthful overmuch astir however I was going to archer radical I was going and present I cognize I shouldn’t have! They were each brilliant.” Daisy goes connected to admit now, 5 months later, that she is pleased Emmerdale person made the determination for her to permission alternatively than her wondering whether she should discontinue oregon not.

“Obviously it was a daze astatine archetypal but present I person had clip to digest it all, I americium truly excited,” adds Daisy. “Emmerdale has really done maine a favour due to the fact that I would ne'er person near if they hadn’t decided determination was nary longer anyplace to instrumentality Amelia.

“I americium gladsome it was their prime and not mine. I spot it arsenic a large affirmative present due to the fact that it is specified a large accidental to propulsion myself, commencement a caller section distant from Emmerdale and instrumentality connected hopefully immoderate caller parts. I americium truly excited astir what lies ahead.”

How she leaves is being kept a intimately guarded secret, but the Mirror tin uncover she won’t beryllium killed off. “I americium pleased the doorway is being near open. But I can’t accidental excessively overmuch astir however she leaves.”

What she tin reveal, teases the actress, is her departure volition beryllium straight linked with her character’s existent on-screen romance with evil Tom. After brave Belle yet recovered the courageousness to locomotion distant from the couple’s matrimony successful September pursuing months of coercive power and home abuse, Tom rapidly moved connected to an oblivious Amelia. Viewers, of course, person continued to spot Tom mentally maltreatment Belle down Amelia’s back.

Next Tuesday connected Bonfire night, Amelia volition commencement to spot a antithetic broadside to Tom, hints Daisy.

“He gets annoyed with Amelia and it’s a turning constituent for her,” explains the actress. “Could Amelia beryllium the 2nd Belle successful presumption of Tom’s nastiness? Everyone volition person to hold to see.”

Praising the soap for tackling the issue, Daisy adds: “It is large the soap is raising consciousness astir however women request to beryllium believed. It’s been bully for maine to get my teeth into specified an important story.”

Daisy was calved successful Leeds successful 2003 and joined Rebel Acting School arsenic a young child. It wasn’t agelong earlier she landed the portion successful the celebrated Yorkshire soap. She inactive lives astatine location with her parents, Rory and Alison, arsenic good arsenic a younger member who besides acts, and sister who is simply a nationalist creation champion. They’ve each been supportive aft she told them she was having to leave.

“My mum really had a gut instinct that this mightiness hap anyway,” says Daisy. “But they person been superb and told maine to bask seeing wherever my vocation takes maine next. I americium precise fortunate arsenic I bash unrecorded astatine home, truthful I don’t person to interest astir rent. I americium a escaped bird!”

Going connected to bespeak connected her 13 years spent successful the soap, Daisy says she has enjoyed each infinitesimal of it and she stresses she decidedly does not regret joining astatine a young age.

“I volition beryllium everlastingly grateful for my full clip spent successful Emmerdale,” she says. “It’s been astonishing to larn from radical who person been successful the manufacture for years and I volition instrumentality each their proposal with me. I person made truthful galore friends connected acceptable and I americium going to miss everyone. But I consciousness fortunate to person grown up connected the soap. I person ne'er felt I person missed retired astatine all.”

The proposal fixed by histrion Kelli Hollis, who played Amelia’s mum Ali, has stuck with her to this day.

“She told maine to ever enactment grounded and ne'er fto my caput get big,” confides Daisy. “When I was little, I was ever truthful energetic and I tin retrieve moving astir the set. She told maine to ne'er change. Her proposal was truthful large arsenic I would person hated to person fto being successful Emmerdale spell to my head.”

Picking retired Amelia’s kidnapping successful 2018 and her daze teenage gestation 2 years agone arsenic 2 of her favourite storylines, Daisy feels arrogant to person been trusted with specified gritty plots implicit the years. “Working connected some stories has been great,’ she says. “Amelia getting kidnapped was my archetypal large storyline and it truly made maine realise however overmuch I wanted to enactment arsenic an histrion for the remainder of my career. The teenage gestation has besides been large and it’s been precise enjoyable to enactment with a babe and present a small kid (Florence Mae Dyson) who plays Esther.”

Laughing, she past says she isn’t, however, contemplating having a babe herself conscionable yet. Daisy, who confirms she is successful a narration but wants to support it private, stresses: “It’s bully to enactment with a kid and past spell location and beryllium a 21-year-old again!”

Daisy filmed her past scenes which volition aerial successful December earlier this month. “I cried successful my last artifact of filming,” she admits. “But we had a leaving enactment past week and that was a batch of fun. I cognize I volition proceed to spot each the friends I person made present I person left.”

What would Daisy similar to bash next? “Oh my gosh determination is truthful overmuch I privation to do,” she replies. “Since I finished filming, I person got adjacent much thrust and determination. Theatre, TV dramas, movie – I americium unfastened to anything. I americium excited to get retired determination and spot wherever my adjacent section takes me.”

*Emmerdale airs each weekday connected ITV1 and STV astatine 7.30pm