Emmerdale fans vent fury over Samson’s dramatic personality change

Emmerdale fans couldn’t believe how ‘decent’ Samson Dingle turned into a ‘twisted monster’ and ‘bitter’ after watching Wednesday’s episode.

The teenager, played by Sam Hall, faced the wrath of Charity (Emma Atkins) after she discovered that he had been blackmailing her son Noah, who had given his cousin all of Esther’s trust fund.

Samson was unrepentant, refusing to repay the thousands of pounds after being confronted about his misdeeds in a shouting match in the street with Charity and her father Sam.

He also didn’t mind Sam’s threat to throw him out of the house if he didn’t pay him back, and then told his father that he had packed his bags.

As Samson told his father that he was not much of a role model himself and, unlike him, dreamed of being rich, he threw his keys in the street, refusing to pay Noah back.

Fans watching were unimpressed by Samson’s radical change in character and joked that it was almost as if an alien had “taken” him.

One wrote: ‘I hate the way they created a monster with Samson as a personality transplant over the past year! I actually hope he keeps the cash and leaves now! I hate the conceit of him!!!!!!!!!’

Another viewer chimed in: ‘The writers really screwed up Samson’s character. He used to be decent. He is now a vile little blackmailing sociopath.

A third said: ‘Samson has definitely been taken over by an alien!’ while a fourth added: ‘I hate what they’ve done to Samson’s character.’

It comes after fans rejoiced when Noah exposed his cousin’s blackmail plot to his mother Charity during Tuesday’s episode.

When Samson and Amelia’s (Daisy Campbell) daughter Esther was born last October, Samson shocked the town when he refused to have anything to do with her.

But recently, Samson became interested in Esther after learning that Amelia’s boyfriend Noah (Jack Downham) had been awarded a trust fund worth thousands of pounds.

Previous episodes saw the villain demand more money from Noah, in exchange for staying out of Amelia and Esther’s lives.

But their evil plan seems to be unraveling as tensions rise when Charity questions why Noah didn’t want to help pay for Esther’s childcare with his money.

‘So give him the money, it’s not like you don’t have it,’ Charity yelled at her son.

‘I really admire that you turned your life around, Amelia is trying, she’s going to college, don’t you want the same for her?’ she asked.

Revealing the truth, Noah said, “I have no money left.”

A confused Charity replied, ‘What do you mean? You can’t have spent it all.

‘I’m being blackmailed! Please stop asking questions because it will make everything worse,” Noah exclaimed.

Charity replied: ‘Is it someone you’ve crossed paths with on the inside who is blackmailing you? Is that why you’re afraid?

Noah told his mother that the blackmailer was actually his cousin Samson, to which she raged: ‘There’s no way he’s going to get away with this!’

‘Mom, please, all I care about is getting Amelia and Esther back, if you go and tell them now, I’ll lose them!’ pleaded Noah.

Emmerdale airs Monday to Friday at 7:30pm on ITV1 and ITVX.