We have to give it to ITV, they scarcely leave us waiting for new reality television to obsess over. While we're all enjoying the Love Island drama in South Africa, producers are busy working behind the scenes recording new episodes of both TOWIE and The Real Housewives of Cheshire to ensure that by the time Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu inevitably wins All Stars (let's be honest, after that fire pit performance with Curtis Pritchard she deserves to) and the series wraps up, we'll won't be without at least one of our reality telly faves.
As we type, key members of the TOWIE cast are filming in Bali as part of their traditional trip abroad to kick off the new season, and predictably, the drama is already drama-ing before the footage has made it to the editors – at least according to the cast's socials. Why producers don't confiscate their phones on these trips à la Love Island we'll never know.
One of the key cast members currently filming in South Africa is Junaid Ahmed, who from what we can tell, is sticking fairly close to his boyfriend Joe Blackman in Bali, given that, well, the majority of the cast can't stand the pair of them after what went down with Harry Derbidge. Not us, btw. We adore them all equally.
And fair play to Junaid, because even when the entire cast has beef with him, he's not afraid to expose the drama and spill the tea with thousands of TOWIE fans.
In his first few hours in Bali, Junaid took to his Instagram story to not only expose 'TOWIE's biggest diva', but brand the trip as 'horrible' (well, one element of it anyway).
Sharing a snap of his boyfriend Joe fanning himself on their bed, Junaid wrote, 'One hour into filming and TOWIE's biggest diva already had enough 🤣🤣🤣,' and why? Have you been to Bali, hun? Actually, we haven't (we're more the Butlins type), but we know the heat and humidity over there is something else and the jet lag is even worse.
In a separate post, Junaid wrote, 'Been wide awake since 2am, this jet lag is horrible 😭.'
No doubt these factors are only going to add to the agitation when Junaid and Joe inevitably come face-to-face with Harry and his legion of supporters on the trip. We obviously can't wait.
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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 TOWIE, 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 💅.