We have to say, Freddie Bentley has fast become one of our favourite TOWIE cast members and he's barely a year in to his coveted gig as a fully-fledged TOWIE cast member. He's a bit of all of us, you know? He's certainly a bit of us; we too like to get on with everyone, while being privy to any and all available gossip, and, of course, we're partial to a witty one liner.
Seriously, we're getting, 'Well, let's go skating' embroidered onto a pillow.
Freddie's also not afraid to tell it how it is – as we recently learned when him and Junaid Ahmed paid us a visit at Closer HQ – and throw a bit of shade when needed. Take one of his recent Instagram Q&A answers which saw him seemingly throw shade at, well, virtually anyone who has ever been on TOWIE ever.
When asked which cast members he would bring back if he could by a fan, he candidly replied, 'None of them! I think our cast is the strongest TOWIE has had in a very long time.'
He accompanied the blunt reply with a snap of him pulling a resting b*tch face that would force Michelle Visage to up her game (and we say that with the upmost respect, cause she is everything to us).
To be fair to Freddie, we have to agree with him. It's been a rocky few years for TOWIE, but ITVBe seem to have found the perfect combination of seasoned returning OGs (Harry Derbidge, Amy Childs and Lauren Goodger) and flippant, unpredictable and iconic newbies (plenty, but definitely Freddie). And bringing back the Christmas special... well, that was just long overdue.
During the same Q&A, Freddie also spoke out about his feud with series OG Harry, insisting that the pair are moving on and healing.
He told his followers, 'Me and H have had a lot of conversations off screen, anything neggy that's happened between us has been left in the past and we've moved forward!
'We've known each other for a long time, since I was 14! Me and the girls was around his a few weeks ago having his famous chicken pasta. We even turned up to the Xmas special in a matching suit.'
Freddie joined the series as a new cast member for series 33. He joined the reality show as Ella Rae Wise's bestie soon after she returned from Bali and has remained part of the furniture ever since.