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Emmerdale fans horrified as Moira Barton rejects her son Matty for being transgender
Farmer Moira didn't cope well with the news that Hannah was now Matty after he returned for his birth certificate
EMMERDALE viewers have been left disgusted by Moira Barton after she rejected her transgender son Matty in tonight's episode.
Matty - who was last seen in the village as Hannah Barton - has stayed away from his family in order to transition but when he returned tonight to get his birth certificate, he was caught by Cain Dingle.
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He was knocked out by Cain who didn't recognise his step-son, but after threatening him and preparing to attack him, Moira arrived just in time.
"Hiya mum," said Matty and Moira immediately recognised her son.
But far from the happy family reunion viewers expected, Moira couldn't handle Matty as Matty and even tried to keep him away from baby Isaac because he would "confuse him".
"You look so different," Moira said as she struggled with Matty's emotional reveal.
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"I'm living as a man now, as Matty, because that's who I am mum," he told her.
But when Matty revealed that he had been living just over the Pennines in Manchester in order to transition Moira refused to see it froim his perspective and kept calling him Hannah instead even when he asked her not to.
"Oh so I've let you down, I've disappointed you, well join the club Hannah," she said again.
But as Matty tried to say hello to his little brother Isaac, Moira sent him away with Faith, devastating Matty who tried to tell his mother that being trans "wasn't catching".
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"I just don't want you confusing him," she said before ordering him out of the house.
"You lied to me, again and again," she said adding: "The Hannah I knew wouldn't have lied, and wouldn't have cheated me out of all these years without telling me why.
"I'm trying really but all I can think is how awful you've been. You missed Holly's funeral, I had to come to you when Adam was on the run. You knew I really needed you and you still stayed away when you were so close.
"You just didn't care so you should go, it's what you want and you only do what you want these days.
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"My Hannah was sweet and kind and she would have been there for her family in our year from hell but you abandoned us, you abandoned me.
"Now I can't even recognise my own child anymore so go, it's not like you want to be here."
Viewers were sickened by Moira's reaction to her son and took to social media to slam her behaviour.
One wrote: "Moira I know you're in shock but stop being so f***ing transphobic."
A second added: "Moira needs to realise that this just isn't about her...she has a son who needs his mum at the most vulnerable time in his life. Rejection was the one thing he feared and now Moira seems to be doing just that #Emmerdale"
Another tweeted: "Moira's always been vile. I never understood why she's such a popular character #emmerdale"
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