Emmerdale fans left sobbing at Rishi Sharma tribute after character's sudden death
Emmerdale fans have taken to social media to share that they were left sobbing as Wednesday night's episode of the ITV soap paid tribute to fan-favourite character Rishi Sharma, who was abruptly killed off last week.
Tom shared the gift, revealing that Rishi had digitised all of their family pictures and put them onto a USB stick, which Jai later sat down and watched with his family.Taking to Twitter to share that they had been left in tears at the sweet scenes, one fan wrote: "The photos were lovely I was crying with Jai #emmerdale"
Others shared that they were still rather angry at the decision to kill off Rishi, as one argued: "Rishi [four crying emojis] What a disastrous decision from the top to kill him off. Following the character's death, Bhasker Patel, who played Rishi for 12 years, appeared on Lorraine, where he discussed his exit from the long-running soap, revealing that it hadn't been his choice to leave.