If you're a fan of The Real Housewives of Cheshire then you won't need little old us to tell you that 2025 is set to be a huge year for our fave Cheshire queens, as it marks theten-year anniversary of the show.
Yep, the RHOCheshire first graced our screens way back in the year 2015 – TEN YEARS AGO – when David Cameron was still Prime Minister, Fifty Shades of Grey was in cinemas, and when literally everyone was reading The Girl on the Train.
The series is on a break right now, but we know for a fact that series 18 (set to start filming in January 2025) will be celebrating the milestone; we're not quite sure how yet, but the likes of Tanya Bardsley and Lauren Simon have been keeping us suitably teased (even though we're almost certain they shouldn't be). What can we say? Closer online is your number one source for RHOCheshire news 💅
Anyway, while we wait for further updates, we're keeping an extra-close eye on the cast's socials to ensure we don't miss a single drop of series 18 tea being spilled. We're also keeping an eye on the socials of former Housewives yet to return to the series, as we're pretty certain producers are going to recruit one or two big names for the milestone season.
So naturally, when we spotted a former cast member on Seema Malhotra's Instagram recently, it set off all sorts of alarm bells at Closer HQ.
Taking to both her grid and her story, Seema (an OG of the show) shared videos and snaps of herself with none other than Ester Dee – who joined the show in 2016 and left in 2020 – captioning the grid post, 'L👀k who’s back in Cheshire !!!!!
'Thank you so much for checking in on me ❤️🩹.'
Okay, so it's not bullet-proof evidence that Ester is returning to filming, but there's every chance to be honest – after all, in the last couple of years Ester has returned for the specials Christmas Cruising and Pride.
From what we can tell, Ester was simply momentarily back in Cheshire (she lives in Wales now) visiting Seema and checking in on her at her home. Due to medical reasons, Seema could not join show besties Rachel Lugo, Hanna Kinsella, Nicole Sealey and Lauren on a girls trip to Turkey (not for the show - although what a missed opportunity).
Ester commented on Seema's post, writing, 'Love you sister 😍', to which Seema replied, '@esterdee thank you so much for passing by and checking in on me hun ❤️🩹.'
Ester then added, '@seemaforeverunique You will heal in no time, I send my energy your way 😍.'
Fans were clearly elated to see the girls back in Cheshire together, with one fan commenting, 'Ester back on RHOCH?? 😍😍🫣', and another writing, 'My 2 faves ❤️.'
We just adore this friendship.
Sending all our love to you from the Closer team, Seema – get well soon.
WATCH: Tanya Bardsley and Lauren Simon spill the tea on RHOCheshire series 18
Ben Pulsford is a digital writer for Bauer Media, writing for both Closer online and heatworld. When he's not getting paid to gossip about Big Brother, Love Island and The Real Housewives of Cheshire, he's storming the London LGBTQ+ scene as drag queen, Beary Poppins. Both Ben and Beary are awaiting an invite to join The Real Housewives of Cheshire for series 18. The budget's not there, but the drama is 💅