Emmerdale’s April Windsor has been at the centre of some horrifying trolling online, with her targeted on her social media.
Her ordeal is set to get worse in the coming episodes, as she’s bullied over the death of her late mother Donna.
Cathy Hope was seen talking with the youngster about something she didn’t want anyone else to know about, with Cathy’s dad Bob, April’s grandfather, asking what was going on.
But Cathy was quick to comment that April had posted a lovely video online in tribute to Leanna Cavanagh, who died recently.
April sadly knows all about grief, following mum Donna’s tragic death in 2014 when she was just five years old.
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But in the latest episode of the ITV soap, April was left horrified when she was the subject of cruel taunts by Cathy’s twin brother Heath.
Bob praised April for the posts online, with her revealing her hopes to help people who are grieving.
But when she was sat down with the twins later on, Heath claimed she had no friends and that people didn’t like her.
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He also suggested no one really liked her social media content, they just felt sorry for her.
Heath was clearly annoyed at Bob for paying attention to April and not him, after he scored at a football match.
He told her she was banging on about the death of her mum, “like she is the only person to have bad things happen to her”.
Referencing the death of his own mother Viv, Donna’s mum, the teen said she was too young to even remember her mother anyway.
As Cathy stepped in to defend her, Heath said April wanted people to feel sorry for her for losing her mum.
He also called her a saddo and said she had no mates, calling her desperate and saying no one cared before he stormed off.
Many viewers decided that this was enough proof to suggest Heath was bullying April, and was behind the existing and upcoming taunts online.
But others suggested it was actually Cathy, and she was pretending to support April to cover her tracks.
One fan wrote: “Cathy is so jealous of the attention that April is getting through her online page – obvious she’s the bully.”
Another said: “April still getting bullied think it’s by Cathy or her brother.”
A third added: “I think Cathy is the troll.”
Emmerdale airs weeknights at 7pm on ITV, with an extra episode at 8pm on Thursdays.