Can you imagine a series of TOWIE without Amber Turner? Other than series 19 - 20 of course. And, if you can imagine it, why would you want to?
Love her or...well, feel otherwise, The Only Way is Essex would unquestionably have been a lot less fiery and interesting without Girlband's very own Beyoncé. Questioning who Harry Derbridge is, for example? Iconic.
The last time we saw Amber on our telly screens, she was taking a cab to the airport and headed for Dubai at the end of series 33 - it was giving Caggie leaving Chelsea vibes. Caggie never did return to Made in Chelsea, did this mean that Amber was gone from TOWIE for good?
Despite TOWIE producers strongly insinuating that Amber was leaving Essex with the dramatic scene, Amber and her team insisted that she had not left.
The plot thickened further when seemingly the entire TOWIE cast could be seen on socials filming the opening episodes of series 34 in Cyprus WITHOUT Amber, who was living her best life on a PR trip in Abu Dhabi.
But, to be fair, who could really blame Amber for parting ways with TOWIE after seven years? Fancy going to work every day and having to watch your ex of six years get steamy with your enemy.
So, yeah, we really wouldn't blame Amber if she decided to say 'ta-ra' to Brentwood and make a home for herself in Dubai but - hooray! - Amber then confirmed that she was back filming TOWIE.
Oh happy day.
Taking to Instagram stories (where else?) Amber shared a selfie of her ready for a day filming, see? SEE?
And, no, she was not filming another show e.g. a second turn on Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins, or a stint on Celebs Go Dating (although she really, really should go on that).
How do we know?
BECAUSE she then followed up with a shot of Dan Edgar's favourite blond, Oliver, filming with Chloe Meadows. So she deffo was back. Phew. But has now gone again.
What the heck is going on, please?
Seemingly the entire cast are filming a sports day scene for TOWIE because sure, okay. But Amber is very much not filming and is instead on another PR trip, this time in Ibiza. Maybe seeing Dan and Ella Rae Wise doing the wheelbarrow race was just too much to face. Which is fair. And everyone doing the sports day do look like chumps.
So, is Ella a 'guest TOWIE' now? Like Tanya Bardsley in the Real Housewives of Cheshire? Is she just going to take part in scenes that make her look classy and elegant i.e. not the sports day type ones? Has she LEFT?
Watch this space, TOWIE fans...
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Georgina Terry is editor of heat and Closer online and has worked in entertainment journalism for over a decade. She was invited to the TOWIE launch party at Faces in 2010 but didn't go as Brentwood felt a bit far from where she lived in Brixton and has regretted it ever since.