Emmerdale fan-favourite left devastated as he's attacked in early ITVX scenes

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2 days ago

The following article contains spoilers from an episode of Emmerdale that hasn't aired on ITV1 yet, but can be viewed on ITVX.
Vinny Dingle (Bradley Johnson) has been left utterly broken after being attacked in Emmerdale.
We know that Vinny has been feeling overwhelmed and confused ever since he tried to kiss his friend Kammy Hadiq (Shebz Miah). Because he's currently engaged to Gabby Thomas (Rosie Bentham) and hasn't previously expressed thoughts that he might not be straight, Vinny has been trying to ignore his feelings.
As far as he was concerned, if he never addressed what was on his mind, it would eventually go away.
But it hasn't.
Following a chat with Paddy Kirk (Dominic Brunt) about the benefits of support groups, Vinny found an LGBTQI+ one online. He ended up messaging a man called Mike, and even met up with him a couple of times.
Vinny was comfortable around Mike, because he was led to believe they were both in similar boats. Sadly though, Mike's true side was revealed in this evening's episode – and his aim was not to help Vinny come to terms with his sexuality.
At Vinny's house, Mike started to suggest that Vinny fancies him. He denied this and was confused, but Mike reckoned that Vinny had invited him over because he wanted them to sleep together.
It was at this point Vinny started to realise that the man he had told some very private thoughts to was a completely different person in reality. He tried to run out of the house in fear, but Mike stopped him from leaving.
The next time we saw Vinny he was getting brutally attacked by Mike. He was laying on the floor in tears, curled up and shaking, a shell of the man we've grown to love.
Mike wanted money from Vinny, but he also spied the wedding rings on the side and was very interested in them.
While this was happening, Gabby Thomas (Rosie Bentham) was just finishing a meeting with Charles Anderson (Kevin Mathurin) about the wedding, but realised her phone was still in the house.
She stood at the front door knocking for Vinny because it was locked, but he never came. Gabby got distracted in the end because Charles found the device, meaning she was completely oblivious as to what was going on.
As the episode drew to a close, Vinny looked at himself in the mirror as he tried to come to terms with what had just happened. We then flashbacked to a few years ago, when Vinny's biological father Paul (Reece Dinsdale) would physically abuse him if he tried to stand up to his dad.
Vinny stood in the house all alone in tears.
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Given the state of the house, Gabby will discover what happened to some extent, but whether Vinny says what really happened remains to be seen. More Trending
'I think he's just a confused, a confused man at the minute', star Bradley Johnson said.
'I think the connection with Kammy is definitely real, it might be pansexuality, where you fancy the personality rather than the person.
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'I know I keep saying it but he's severely confused, and doesn't know what he wants, but he knows he's got that connection with Kammy. He's confused about why that is, and he's just trying to wrap his brain around it.'
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