TOWIE’s Joe Blackman hits back at ‘malicious comment’ after Harry Derbidge split

Joe and Harry are set to split on-screen soon

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by Eden-OIivia Lord |
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It still seems to be kicking off with the TOWIE cast (what's new?) and the latest drama surrounds none other than Harry Derbidge and his ex-boyfriend Joe Blackman.

Now, we love TOWIE at Closer HQ but one thing we're not a fan of, is that they no longer film the show weekly. Instead, they start filming months before the show airs which means we already know the tea before it's even unfolded on-screen.

Harry and Joe's rumoured split is the perfect example. During an upcoming episode it looks like they manage to get things back on track despite rumours that they're no longer together.

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first look: at joe and harry in this week's episode ©ITV

So you can understand our confusion when it was reported that Joe has not only split from Harry but is also apparently dating his ex-boyfriend's BFF Junaid Ahmed.

And now it looks like they're rubbing salt into the wound because Junaid and Joe have uploaded a joint Instagram picture featuring Freddie Bentley and captioned the photo, "Filming with my fav boys 🎥💕 The 3 gays of Essex @towie 🫶."

You can imagine how that went down - not well - and fans didn't hold back on their opinions with one person writing, "Harry is THE gay of TOWIE. Really love you guys but feel like this post is nasty on his behalf with everything that has happened 😢."

Someone else said, "What about Harry?? Let’s not forget he was on the show before all you."

Another commented, "Wow talk about making a dig at Harry...uncalled for."

Even their co-star Saffron Lempriere wrote, "The last time I checked … deffo 4 😏."

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junaid and harry are supposedly bffs ©ITV

Amid all the backlash Joe responded and said, "Everyone making out this was a malicious comment it definitely was not aimed towards anyone!

"If we get really technical there’s probably hundreds everyone needs to calm down 😕 there’s only 3 gays in the picture."

Harry is yet to respond but here's hoping it's all is discussed on TV because the cast recently revealed that filming has wrapped for series 34.

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Eden-Olivia is the deputy editor of Closer Online and she’s worked in showbiz since 2016. She has been obsessed with TOWIE since the first series in 2010 but her favourite ever cast member is Megan McKenna. Remember her infamous row with Chloe Lewis and Lydia Bright? Iconic.

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