Emmerdale fans were left scratching their heads during the latest visit to the village as David Metcalfe (Matthew Wolfenden) left the village.
The shop owner went to visit Leyla Cavanagh (Roxy Shahidi) during Tuesday’s (August 2) episode to inform her that her sister Alicia Gallagher (Natalie Anderson) had suffered a nasty accident in Portugal.
He said she injured herself while taking a selfie, ended up in hospital and now needs his assistance to help her recovery.
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However, as David fled the village to help his ex, viewers at home were left confused as he recently admitted he was struggling for cash.
Taking to Twitter, one fan penned: “David was skint the other week, now he’s booking flights lol.”
Another added: “Portugal ? He was skint 5 minutes ago.”
A third person posted: “How can David afford to do to Portugal?”
While a fourth social media user said: “The other week David was struggling for money now he’s setting off to Portugal to look after an ex.”
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“Could the writers not come up with something at least a wee bit believable for David’s disappearance? He is up to his eyes in debt, yet can jet off to Portugal at the drop of a hat, supposedly to look after an ex?,” a fifth said.
David’s shop has been knocked by the Coronavirus pandemic.
Just like the Woolpack, the businessman failed to take in enough money back in 2020 due to the lockdowns.
Last year, David and his partner Victoria Sugden (Isabel Hodgins) were also away from the Dales for a considerable amount of time.
This left Jacob Gallagher (Joe-Warren Plant) to primarily run the shop on his own.
While Jacob managed, he was incredibly stressed and far too focused on everything else in the shop rather than worrying about how much money was being earnt each day.
David couldn’t bring himself to confide in Victoria about his money troubles, so he decided to speak to his dad Pollard (Chris Chittell) instead.
David explained that the pandemic has seriously impacted his business.
Emmerdale airs weeknights on ITV at 7.30pm
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