Yesterday (14 May) was a very important day in the Real Housewives of Cheshire calendar because it was the day our Cheshire ladies sat down with former Big Brother star Brian Dowling – in opulent gowns that look exceptionally hard to sit in, we might add – to film the annual series reunion.
Speaking of gowns, the legendary Rachel Lugo shared a first-look (of course) at the cast's modest reunion dresses (as if, this is Cheshire) sharing a photo of the queens gathering either side of reunion host Brian and we're taking three things away from this snap...
One, sequins are always in in Cheshire, two, gold is definitely the colour of the series, and three, we're assuming the cast divide is still in full force, as Sheena Lynch, Ellie Egar, Lystra Adams, and Paige Chohan are pictured on one side of Brian, while Nicole Sealey, Rachel, Lauren Simon, and Seema Malhotra are on the other. We're assuming this is how they're sat for the interview, too, which is very telling as producers usually sit cast members either side of an ally to avoid utter carnage.
If you've never seen a RHOCheshire reunion before, all you need to know is they make RHOCheshire dinner parties look downright dignified. And lest we forget, fans have seen a Housewife physically remove a chair from under another sitting Housewife at one of these dinner parties.
The Cheshire queens recently wrapped filming for series 17, which has already seen the ladies welcome Paige into the fold as a new cast member, the return of series one OG Ampika Pickston, and the arrival of new Housewife Ellie, and now, the reunion is filmed.
On the eve of the reunion Rachel took to her Instagram to share her, erm, excitement for the reunion, and after the season she's had, we don't blame her.
Taking to her Instagram story on Monday morning, Rachel revealed that the cast were gathering to film the series 17 reunion episode and while she didn't give away her true feelings in the explicit sense, a momentary glance to the side coupled with an awkward silence has said it all.
To be fair to Rachel, who could blame her for feeling a little apprehensive over an upcoming RHOCheshire reunion? After all, at the series 16 reunion she came to blows with then-guest Housewife Paige. And we do mean came to blows.
A furious Mrs Chohan told the OG to "go f-cking get f-cking grandmas on f-cking Instagram, you f-cking grandma" in a heated row.
Even we were left speechless by that one.
Rachel, however, wasn't. The Cheshire star then stood up, took aim at Paige with a finger (not the middle one, we should stress) and called the new cast member a "patronising little b-tch". Phwoar.
Although Rachel and Paige have since made up, we can't exactly blame Rachel for feeling a little apprehensive a year on, especially considering she has clashed with Lystra, Ellie, and Ampika this series.
Sadly, we've got a few weeks to wait until we see events of the reunion unfold on screen, as fans have still got four episodes of the ITVBe reality series left to enjoy – including episode 10, where fans will get to witness Paige giving birth to baby Nora.