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Jaws dropped nationwide when the real-life Ken doll got hot and heavy in a swimming pool with Sam Fairs in April 2011. The pair shared a steamy embrace in skimpy swimwear after celebrating cast member Harry Derbridge’s birthday.
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Ever the romantic, Joey took Sam on their first date – a bike ride to the tip. After complaining she was wearing high heels, Joey told Sam to change into trainers, insisting it would be an ‘adventure’.
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Last May the 23-year-olds briefly split, after Joey was snapped leaving a club with a pretty blonde called Amber. Around the same time it was alleged Joey had been unfaithful while making a public appearance in Bangor.
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The loved-up pair got back together and kept us in suspense for what felt like forever until Joey whisked Sam off to Dubai and propsed in March 2013.
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After two on/off years together, while holidaying in Marbella in June 2013, the couple mutually agreed to end the engagement and relationship altogether following a string of heated arguments, which aired on the reality series.
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Joey was pictured kissing and holding hands with a brunette at the Yahoo! Wireless Festival – just a month after he split from Sam. The kiss caused a media frenzy with everyone wanting to know who the ‘mystery girl’ was, who turned out to be a childhood friend of Sam’s.
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The pair were reunited at the beginning of November when Joey, 23, paid £2,000 at a charity auction to take Sam, 22, on a date. Fans saw the couple rekindle their romance over a pile of rubbish when Joey took his £2k date back to the tip, and later brought her back home where he had constructed a makeshift den in the living room.
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The couple tried to rekindle their romance on the latest series of TOWIE, but it was doomed to fail yet again. In the finale episode of the tenth series, viewers saw an emotional Sam and Joey say their goodbyes before he headed down under to film ITV’s I’m A Celebrity.
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Sam has pledged her support for her former fiancé in the jungle, tweeting: ‘Heard @imacelebrity has been good. Good luck @JoeyEssex_ we’re all supporting u.”