Wait, what? TOWIE’s Sam Mucklow claims Shelby Tribble is LYING about their Thailand hookup

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by Catriona Watson |
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TOWIE’s Shelby Tribble and Sam Mucklow hooked up on a trip to Thailand

Sam has now claimed that Shelby “lied” about their Thailand hook-up as he says they have been “sleeping together for months”.

The Only Way Is Essex returned to our screens on Sunday 17 March and it did not disappoint.

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Maria Fowler1 of 28

Maria Fowler, series 1 - 3

Maria, on the left with Joey Essex and Chloe Sims in 2011, was in the show from the get-go but her TV career was rocked when it was alleged she'd worked as an escort. She's since said she quit 'by mutual consent' after she refused an on-screen romance with Mick Norcross.

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Maria Fowler, 2018

Maria's now a proud mummy, engaged to be married and a self-proclaimed permanent make-up artist.

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Dan Osborne, series 8 - 14

Dan Osborne, pictured here with James Argent in 2013, managed seven series on the show. He was given the boot after a series of recordings, claiming to show Dan being verbally abusive towards his ex-girlfriend Megan Tomlin, came to light.

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Dan Osborne, 2018

Dan is still in the spotlight due to his relationship with ex-EastEnders star Jacqueline Jossa. In May 2018 he described their marriage as "unhappy".

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Amber Dowding, series 18 - 21

Amber was part of a mega cull of seven Towie characters in January 2018. She claimed that she and her boyfriend Chris Clark were cut because they were happy. They've now split and Chris has reappeared on the show.

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Amber Dowding, 2018

If Amber's social media is anything to go by, she now appears to mostly be on holiday. Pretty goals from where we're sitting.

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Mike Hassini, series 16 - 18 and 21

Mike Hassini brought a hot bod to TOWIE and...not much else. He was cut in January 2018 due to a lack of storylines as he was loved-up outside the telly show.

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Mike Hassini, 2018

Mike is working as a PT, still loved-up, and still has a very hot bod. Blimey.

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Jack Rigden, series 20 - 21

Jack Rigden tried hard, so hard, to make an impression on Towie but his lack of on-screen romance and agg saw him get very little camera time. He was part of the big cull of January 2018.

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Jack Rigden, 2022

Jack now owns a Fish and Chip business called Let's Get Battered. He also has an Instagram page dedicated to his love of cooking and all things food called @rigdensrecipes.

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Jordan Brook, series 20 - 21

Jordan and Jack were brought in as friends of Megan McKenna. When she quit, they were left without any storylines.

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Jordan Brooks, 2018

Jordan is now dating Sofia Filipe of Ex On The Beach fame. Aww.

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Ricky Rayment, series 4 - 14

We still think very fondly of Ricky. His rocky relationship with Jess Wright was a huge part of the show but when they finally broke up, well... Ricky left the show "by mutual agreement"with Towie bosses.

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Ricky Rayment, 2018

Ricky now seems to mainly go fishing.

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Tom Pearce, series 5 - 13

Remember when Tom Pearce dated Lauren Goodger following her split from Mark Wright? That was an odd time. He was quietly shown the back doorof the show in 2014.

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Tom Pearce, 2018

Honestly? We're not 100% sure what Tom is actually doing these days. He used to work in the City, and his holidays certainly look pretty epic, so maybe that.

Grace Andrews17 of 28

Grace Andrews, series 11 - 12

Grace almost had a romantic relationship with Lewis Bloor (shudder) and that was the beginning and end of her time on Towie.

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Grace Andrews, 2018

Grace is now involved in a semi-permanent make-up company. Those Towie stars must really hate cleanser.

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Fran Parman, series 11 - 16

Fran's original romantic interest was Tom Pearce but he stepped aside to allow Diags to woo her. Bad luck. Their relationship was turbulent but apparently not turbulent enough for show producers. Diags stayed, she went.

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Fran Parman, 2018

Fran and Diags split and she now hangs out in clothing that does not look very practical.

Jasmin Walia, series 1 and 7 -1721 of 28

Jasmin Walia, series 1 and 7-17

Jasmin managed eight series until she was given the boot. In 2015 her agent stated: "TOWIE is very storyline dependent and Jasmin did not have much going on that we could show on screen."Ouch. She went on to audition for The X Factor. It did not go well. She also took part in reality show Desi Rascals, that lasted for one series.

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Jasmin Walia, 2018

Jasmin is still being papped, which is more than can be said for some of the other ex-Towie stars.

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Harry Derbridge, series 1- 3 and 12

Harry Derbridge was a Towie original and still holds a very special place in our hearts. He made a welcome return to the show as Bobby Norris's love interest but, allegedly, cheated on him.

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Harry Derbridge, 2018

Harry now works it as a make-up artist. Is it us, or does he look like he might have had a little help with lip fillers?

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Lauren Goodger, series one - six, 16 and 19

Remember when Lauren looked like this? She was a TOWIE OG and her on / off relationship with Mark Wright, including getting engaged in a car park, was the stuff of reality TV dreams.

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Lauren Goodger, 2018

Lauren is still much loved by the public although her recent porn admission made some fans' jaws drop.

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Pascal Craymer, 2013

Pascal Cramer walked into TOWIE series ten as the new squeeze of Mario Falcone. Sadly, Mario still had the hots for his former flame Lucy Mecklenburgh. Pascal found out when she watched the episode in which Mario admitted his feelings for Lucy. AWKWARD.

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Pascal Craymer, 2018

Pascal recently dated king of the jungle trouser snake Nick Knowles although they split before he entered I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! We do not believe that is a real guitar.

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The explosive first episode saw Shelby ‘swill’ Sam for talking about her behind her back and secretly trying to hook up with Chloe Sims’ younger sister Demi.

Sam, who is former TOWIE star Billi Mucklow’s brother, responded by calling Shelby a “sl-g”, a move which the reality TV star faced criticism for online.

Shelby and Sam spent the night together on the trip but he has since claimed that the fling in Thailand was not the first time and in fact they have apparently been sleeping together "for months".

Sam told The Sun Online: "The most frustrating thing is that she lied to everybody saying that we haven't slept with each other before.

"We slept with each other a couple of times but then she made everybody think I seduced her that evening in Thailand, had sex with her and then just give her the elbow the next morning.

"That's not what happened. I've been sleeping with her for months.

"I didn't overstep the mark, but she's made everyone believe I have, and I was leading her on to become my girlfriend, which I know she knows I definitely haven't."

The pair began as friends but Shelby recently admitted to Closer Online that the damage done to their friendship might not be repairable.

"My friendship with Sam might not be a friendship any longer. It's gone a little bit tits up and messy, it's very sad because he was a very good friend of mine.

"It all gets a bit heated."

Clelia Theodorou added: "It went from one extreme to another in such a small amount of time. There's some serious damage control needed for the friendship to be saved."

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It has been reportedly that stalwarts of the show, Dan Edgar and Chloe Sims had ‘a secret fling’ on the very same trip to Thailand that Shelby and Sam had their row.

Dan’s ex-girlfriend Amber Turner is reportedly furious after these revelations although he did phone her to give her a heads up about the “flirting” and “kissing” between him and Chloe.

A source told The Sun: "Dan and Chloe filmed filmed scenes together in Thailand.

"He rang Amber and told her and she’s gone ballastic. It’s all going to come out on the show.

“Amber reckons she knew all along."

The scenes should air this Sunday at 9pm on ITVBe.

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