Kerry Wyatt destroys daughter Amy’s wedding to Matty Barton in Emmerdale – as the truth explodes?
Emmerdale’s Kerry (Laura Norton) seems to have the Sadim touch whereby all she has to do is stand near something for everything to go wrong.
Ever since she arrived back in the village she has been a calamity waiting to happen – as it is her arrival back was under terrible circumstances after she was accused of stealing while on board ship, which she absolutely did do.
For Amy (Natalie Ann Jamieson) and Matty (Ash Palmisciano) though, this unfortunate superpower of Kerry’s could cost them their beautiful wedding day.
The couple have already run into a few issues, whereby transphobic Claudette ruined their initial plans by banning their ceremony from the village hall due to Matty being trans.
It was a painful outcome and one that led Matty to realise he needed to live his authentic self, and having the wedding as a magazine spectacle whereby they got everything free in exchange for him being the poster boy for trans weddings, was not what he wanted after all.
They downscaled to the village hall, but after Kerry’s nose was put out of joint when Amy asked Pollard (Chris Chittell) to give her away, she offered to stump up the full cash for a decent wedding in a bid to be involved in it.
The issue with this plan being, which is no surprise to anyone, Kerry doesn’t actually have any money to put where her mouth is.
All she has is the necklace, which she is relying on selling to make the money needed. However, no one is willing to pay what she needs.
Kerry attempts to get a second opinion but is forced into hiding from Suzy (Martelle Edinborough), who wants her overdue payment. Savvy Suzy tracks Kerry down and gives her one last chance to cough up, or she’ll be forced to call off the whole day.
Kerry prays she can get a better price for the necklace in time, while Suzy and Leyla (Roxy Shahidi) begin setting up the venue at Home Farm.
They are waiting for Kerry to arrive with the cash, but so far, she’s a no show. Matty and Amy have no idea what’s going on in the background, joyfully arriving for their rehearsal. Kim (Claire King), however, shows up to spoil the peace – demanding payment.
Kerry receives some seriously bad news; her necklace gets her just a fraction of what it’s worth and Pollard is shocked to learn she cannot afford the wedding. Kerry starts to steel herself ready to reveal all to the wedding party.
In her usual dramatic style, Kerry waits until the actual day to tell them she can’t pay and Matty is beyond crushed that their magical day has to be called off.
But at the eleventh hour, Leyla receives a mysterious call. The wedding is back on, and Kerry is out in the cold. Who stumped up the cash?
Producer Laura Shaw recently teased that episode is ‘one that [she’s] most proud of.’
Speaking at a press event, she said: ‘It encapsulates everything that Emmerdale does best; the humour, drama and more importantly its full of heart and warmth.’
‘From my point of view it shows to anyone out there who’s watching, who may have gone through something that Matty has gone through as a young trans person, that there can be a happy ever after
‘Well – it might not be happy, this is Emmerdale!’
One to watch: Wednesday April 19 at 7:30pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
