Emmerdale viewers are divided over Matty Barton as he tried to stand up to his new ‘friends’.
A couple of weeks ago, Matty got friendly with two lads called Ste and Jonno who were on an opposing football team.
Villagers soon saw Matty’s behaviour change, he started being rude to friends and turned his back on Victoria when he found out she planned on leaving.
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However, Matty’s friends weren’t the nice guys he thought they were, as they broke into his house, took his money and one of them even hit Matty’s mother, Moira, in a bid to escape.
Matty found Jonno’s driving licence on the ground and realised his ‘friends’ were the ones who robbed him and assaulted his mother.
Instead of calling the police, Matty thought it was a good idea to go after Ste and Jonno and arranged to meet them. However he later returned home with a baseball bat and was clearly upset.
He revealed to Nate he couldn’t hurt them and broke down in tears saying he wanted them to take him seriously.
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He opened up saying he was sick of feeling different from all the other lads and thought he’d feel like the rest of them and be taken seriously.
However, Moira overheard and later she and Nate convinced him to call the police on Jonno and Ste.
Some viewers have slammed Matty for how he dealt with the situation.
https://twitter.com/37gina/status/1163549129672462336
https://twitter.com/joy9kat/status/1163512652905242627
https://twitter.com/LelJoyce/status/1163512008748281859
Matty why don't we leave the beating to Cain. You don't need to hit people to prove your a man. #Emmerdale
— Cirah (@Cirah_TV) August 19, 2019
Others feel bad for him and praised him for going to the police.
https://twitter.com/HumanJukeboxAsh/status/1163599323025813510
https://twitter.com/Eley01/status/1163517345798795269
Well done Matty reporting them !! #Emmerdale
— MIKE (@mikepriestley13) August 19, 2019
https://twitter.com/Eley01/status/1163517345798795269
Emmerdale is on Monday to Friday at 7pm with an extra episode at 8pm on Thursday on ITV.
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