Emmerdale star Lucy Pargeter on emotional fallout in Faith cancer story

18.06.2022 - 01:47 / msn.com

Emmerdale spoilers follow. Emmerdale star Lucy Pargeter has opened up about the emotional fallout in Faith's cancer story. The matriarch of the Dingle family finally came clean to her children this week about being diagnosed with breast cancer again; this time, it's incurable.

As expected with the volatile Dingles, the family will struggle with their reactions — Cain remains bitter while Chas feels betrayed that Faith turned first to Moira for support. Speaking to Digital Spy and other media about Chas's reaction to the news, the actress said: "Obviously, she is completely devastated by it. There's a mixture of everything that is going on, which is also Cain not connecting with his mum, and Faith obviously desperate to connect with her son.

"Chas is there giving Faith all the support and going to all the appointments with her and supporting her at home, trying to connect Cain to Faith. She's being piggy in the middle while doing all the supporting, and Faith is just wanting to connect with her son. "So she's got the devastation of the cancer diagnosis and having to deal with her mum wanting affection and attention from Cain, and Chas getting little, or anything, from her mum while being supportive.

"Pargeter went on: "It's not looking good for Faith. She says she's not going to go for the chemo, but Chas has talked her into it; it's not Faith's decision herself. "It's Chas saying 'come on mum you've got to do it, you can't give up' so Faith does the right thing for her daughter and goes for the chemo.

Chas, underneath it all knows it's not going to lead to a great diagnosis long term. "Many complex emotions also come into play, including jealousy from Chas about her mother hiding the truth from everyone but Moira. "She