We’ve been watching TOWIE since the dawn of time so you’d think we know everything about the show.
What the OGs are doing now? Check.
The latest on Ella Rae Wise, Dan Edgar and his new rumoured flame? We’ve got it covered.
What really went down with Megan McKenna and Jake Hall? We know it all.
However, one thing we didn’t know is that one of TOWIE’s early storylines is, apparently, completely fake.
Not Mark Wright and Lauren Goodger’s relationship. Not James ‘Arg’ Argent buying Lydia Bright a micro pig that, wasn’t in fact a micro pig.
Nope. Apparently Kirk Norcross ‘cheating’ on Amy Childs was completely fake. Made up. Didn’t happen.
The OG star opened up on The Dozen with Liam Tuffs podcast and said, “You would think that I went out with [Amy] in series one that I ‘cheated on her’ with Lauren Pope who was my girlfriend.
“Everyone thought [me and Amy] were in a relationship in series one. We were never in a relationship. The whole of series one Amy had a boyfriend that didn’t want to be on TV but they [the producers] love relationships and they loved that me and Amy were very friendly and had a connection.”
He then went on to explain, “It was all manipulated. The whole of series one, me and Amy looked like a couple but I’m single and I get introduced to Lauren. We start dating and I really start to like her.
“I told the producers, ‘I don’t know how you’re going to go about this but I’m single and I’ve met Lauren and she’s my girlfriend’.
“[They said] ‘We’re going to have to bring her on the show, Kirk.'”
Here’s where the alleged plot wise came about…
“She’s a DJ so to get her on the show, I was going to do a business meeting to book her as DJ and then the show would have progressed with our relationship.
“So all I know, Lauren is coming on and we’ve got to make out that we don’t know each other. This how f—ked up it is and listen, I don’t have any reason to lie about any of this.
“So me and Lauren met up at a restaurant for a coffee, purely to talk about booking her as a DJ - it was completely fabricated, she was my girlfriend at this time - so we’re filming talking about her doing a trial at the nightclub.
“They said they’d cut the cameras - [but] they never cut when they say cut - so me and Lauren weren’t allowed to be boyfriend / girlfriend when they’re filming, but the minute they cut I gave her a little kiss and held her hand...
"When I watched that episode back, they didn’t cut the cameras, they put romantic music [on top], they had Sam [Faiers] and Billie [Faiers] walk in and it cuts to a close up of me and Lauren holding hands. Then they’re ringing Amy, ‘We’ve just seen Kirk cheating on you with Lauren.’
“I got f—king slated on social media.”
Kirk then said that he exposed Amy’s alleged secret boyfriend while filming but that reportedly got cut from the edit.
Despite all the drama Lauren and Kirk continued to date until 2011 where they split just weeks after getting 'his and hers' surgery on their nose.
Closer Online has contacted TOWIE for a comment.