Emmerdale fans ‘work out’ who drugged Chas and it’s a shocker

Calli Kitson

Published March 27, 2025 9:31am Updated March 27, 2025 9:38am

Chas Dingle looking shocked in Emmerdale. — Chas Dingle ended up in hospital last week (Picture: ITV)

Shortly after Liam Cavanagh (Jonny McPherson) was told partner Chas Dingle (Lucy Pargeter) had taken an overdose of drugs in Emmerdale, it didn’t take him long to decide his ex Ella Forster (Paula Lane) was responsible.

He arrived at Dale Head to confront her but during this moment, Chas’ engagement ring fell out of Ella’s bag. The troubled character admitted that she stole it out of jealousy and revenge, but definitely didn’t drug her enemy.

Sadly, because of Ella’s past, as much as she’s protested her innocence, no-one has really believed her.

Desperate to prove she wasn’t responsible, Ella concluded that Chas had developed a painkiller addiction and therefore overdosed on the tablets herself.

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She put this theory to Liam, and planted a seed of worry in his mind when she said that he missed Leyla Harding’s (Roxy Shahidi) addiction to cocaine back in the day.

Liam previously noted to Aaron (Danny Miller) that if Chas had developed a reliance on her medication, her prescription would’ve run out quicker. As a result, it certainly suggests that Chas was spiked – but that doesn’t mean she definitely wasn’t responsible.

A new theory currently floating around among the Emmerdale audience is that Chas deliberately took the overdose herself, knowing she could accuse Ella afterwards and get rid of her.

Chas finds Liam looking through her cupboards in Emmerdale — Liam currently thinks Ella was responsible (Picture: ITV)

‘I think it was Chas herself and she wants rid of Ella so perfect way to do it’, a user of a Facebook page speculated recently.

‘I said that last week, something doesn’t seem right’, another added, agreeing with the theory.

It would be an awfully dark twist if Chas revealed she conjured up the idea herself, just to see the back of Ella. But did she really do it?

Or was it someone else?

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Another name at the top of the theory list right now is the mysterious John Sugden (Oliver Farnworth).

After opening up to Vic (Isabel Hodgins) about how he thinks Chas doesn’t like him, John was the first person to find her collapsed in the pub. He set about helping her and rushing Chas to hospital, but was this all part of a plan to look like a good guy?