Ex-Emmerdale star Daisy Campbell has said she ‘scarified’ many parts of her childhood for the ITV show, before being brutally axed in 2024 after 13-years.

The actress, 22, joined the soap as Amelia Spencer at the age of seven and featured in many high profile storylines over the years, including a shock pregnancy and relationship with villain Tom King.

Despite insisting her time on the show was ‘such a privilege’ Daisy confessed: ‘I feel like I did miss out a lot during my childhood with friends and stuff. I used to want to stay at school with my friends rather than be on set.

Daisy explained that her character was written out when a new producer took charge with the decision leaving the actress ‘upset’ and in a ‘dark hole’.

‘When it’s been ripped away from you, because that’s what it genuinely felt like, it was so out of the blue, you do just get into a bit of a hole of, oh god, like, can I do this?’.

Daisy said that despite a brief appearance in Casualty she has struggled to find work, before finally turning her back on acting to open a Pilates studio.

She told The Sun : ‘I found it hard, I love my acting, I do, but I wanted something stable for myself, because I’m so, like, wanting to keep myself busy all the time. I was like “What can I do that’s gonna make me not just want to sit at home all the time?”‘.

Daisy will soon use her Emmerdale earnings to open That Pilates Place in Pontefract, and while she has not ruled out a return to acting she said her business was now her main focus.

Last year Daisy revealed that bosses admitted that they had run out of storylines for her, after her character’s parents previously left the dales leaving her all alone.

She admitted she had been struggling filming her final scenes after ITV bosses called her in to tell her about her exit.

She told The Mirror: ‘It wasn’t my choice to leave Emmerdale and it was a shock at first.

‘Being in Emmerdale is all I have ever known. I’ve spent the whole of my childhood growing up in the soap and it felt daunting.’

After finding out about her exit, Daisy revealed to the publication that she only told three of her closest friends and co-stars.

She explained how co-stars Rosie Bentham, Katie Hill, and Jack Downham were left utterly devastated by the news but had been supporting her behind the scenes.

Daisy said: ‘They were upset for me but so supportive. I didn’t tell the rest of the cast my news initially as I wanted the time to process everything.

‘I needed time to grieve the part of Amelia’.

It comes after Emmerdale sparked a wave of Ofcom complaints after Mackenzie Boyd was killed off in a ‘violent and tasteless’ death scene.

John Sugden recently claimed his last victim, which in turn left viewers heartbroken.

The episode, which aired on August 21, saw Mackenzie brutally shot in the back with an arrow.

His harrowing death came after he found out that John had killed Nate Robinson months ago.

In the shocking pre-watershed scenes, John was seen shooting Mackenzie in the back with an arrow, after an argument.

John then hit a helpless Mackenzie over the head with a huge rock, before his body was covered with a sheet and wheeled away into the back of John’s blood-stained van – confirming his death.

Following the episode, Ofcom data shows 158 complaints were received from viewers.