When stories broke about Ferne, 25, and 40-year-old Russell in November 2013, he took to Twitter to insist: “I’ve literally never seen this human.”
But luckily for Ferne, best mate Sam Faiers was on hand with a picture of them hanging out with the comedian in 2009.
She wrote: “Rus, how can you forget?”
Despite that hideously embarrassing moment, it looks like Ferne’s forgiven Russell for his less-than-friendly response.
The pair allegedly bumped into each other again this year during filming for an episode of the Jonathan Ross Show – and have been hanging out.
A source told the Mirror: “Ferne went along with her friend Carl to watch the filming and got chatting to Russell backstage after his interview.
“Just like before, they really hit it off and swapped numbers again. They’ve met up several times and she went to his house in East London.”
The insider added: “The pair exchanged countless flirty messages.”
Although the alleged romance wasn’t anything serious, the source insisted that actor Russell will NOT be forgetting about TOWIE star Ferne this time around.