Once again, chapter three of the next big TOWIE novel is playing out before we've even read chapter two, but that's social media for you. Before we've even witnessed the 'gobsmacking' chaos that is the return of The Only Way is Essexmas, the aftermath of the highly-anticipated episode is playing out on social media for all to see – and Harry Derbidge is our main character, while his love life is the main plot line. Again.
Filming for the TOWIE Christmas special wrapped a couple of weeks back and while we don't know exactly what's going to go do down on 15 December, we have a hunch that Harry is going to come to come face-to-face with his ex Joe Blackman and his new boyf (and Harry's ex bestie) Junaid Ahmed at an all-cast Christmas dinner after all that series 34 drama. Ooft.
Side note, one thing we know for certain is that TOWIE legend Arg is going to make a comeback for the special; expect to see him Christmas tree shopping with the boys and singing a few festive songs.
Back to Harry.
Soon after festive filming wrapped, Harry announced he was jetting off to Melbourne, Australia and tbh, we panicked because it was giving forever.
We now know that Harry has flown to the other side of the world to meet up with the new man in his life, Jam Gaud, and since he landed, the TOWIE star has been soft launching the relationship on his Instagram, while Jam has been hard launching the relationship with clear shots of them together and thought we wouldn't find them.
Our first thought was, uh oh, Jam is a barber just like Harry's ex, Joe. Our second thought was, he's REALLY fit. Our third thought was these boys are clearly making each other very happy right now, and it's SO good to see our Harry genuinely beaming again after a ROUGH 2024.
And we're clearly not the only ones who are happy for him. Harry has been teasing the new relationship with daily Instagram photo dumps on his grid and his girlies have, naturally, been littering the comments.
Sophie Kasaei commented, 'This is everything and MORE 😍', while Chloe Meadows wrote, 'Just makes me so happy 🥰🤗.'
Then, of course, there was Elma Pazar who was, as per, all of us. She wrote, 'YES YES YESSSSSSSSSSSS.'
And fans are sharing their thoughts, too. One wrote, 'I'm sorry, but what an iconic duo', while another commented, 'Upgrade'. Savage.
While Harry has only teased Jam's hands and legs on his Instagram so far, we tracked down Jam's Instagram and found this gorgeous mirror lift shot sitting in his story and it's giving love...
And if Harry stays in Australia with him for Christmas we know it's really giving love.
Now, put a bookmark in this love story and turn back to chapter two 🙄.
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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 💅