As far as we concerned, now we know that a Real Housewives of Cheshire festive special featuring returning Housewives Tanya Bardsley and Ester Dee is on the way, Christmas can finally begin; we can start eating festive sandwiches with our morning coffee, we can dust off Idina Menzel's Christmas album and the tree can go up – all guilt-free. The ladies are back and Christmas 2022 is here. End of.
Closer online recently caught up with iconic Housewife Ester to get all the tea on the upcoming Christmas special – which takes place on a luxury cruise shop travelling around Mexico, because that's how these iconic swanky goddesses do Christmas apparently. Well, not really, as they filmed it in September. Still.
As tends to occur in almost every episode of the show, focus soon shifted to all things Nicole Sealey, which we know she'd love. It didn't us take too long to ascertain that at least some of the drama brewing in this three-part Christmas special revolves around Nicole. Although to be fair, we didn't really need to speak to Ester to know that.
We cheekily asked the former Playboy model which of the ladies she thought wouldn't be sending each other Christmas cards this year, to which she responded, “I reckon Nicole isn’t going to send a Christmas card to… I’m not going to name, because that is all going to be revealed in the Christmas special. She’s a super naughty elf sometimes, Nicole”.
To be fair, this is Nicole Sealey, so we can't even begin to speculate over this one. Let's just assume she has a problem with everyone (captain and crew included).
Ester did, however, add, "She likes to be centre of attention, but sometimes centre of attention for the wrong reason is not the right reason. That’s why we’re coming; we put her in her place. Me and Nicole, we’re still getting on, but I think she can be annoying sometimes to people.”
She went on to say, “Some people need to hear the truth; what they are, in your face. So maybe I said a few things like that.”
Okay, so it's quite possible Nicole might have something to say when she realises she's trapped at sea with Ester and Tanya/the Ghosts of Cheshire Housewives Past. Either way, despite this event being dubbed a Christmas special, we have a feeling this cruise isn't going to be plain sailing for all...
Ester joined the show back in 2016 and decided to leave four years later in 2020 after realising she hasn't been happy for a while. So what's changed? Ester exclusively told Closer online, "I always dreamt we should go to Mexico with the show. All the time I wanted to go to America, so when the production called me and said, ‘Well, we’re thinking of cruising and going to Mexico’, the honest answer was, ‘Oh my God, I need to do it!’ I just got butterflies because I sort of said I’m not coming back. But it’s a Christmas special and it’s Christmas, so why not?"
The Real Housewives of Cheshire will be making a splash return to ITVBe and the ITV Hub on Monday 5 December at 9pm. On-board ship for this brand-new series are The Real Housewives of Cheshire’s Hanna Kinsella, Lauren Simon, Lystra Adams, Nicole Sealey, Rachel Lugo, Seema Malhotra and Sheena Lynch.
The Real Housewives of Cheshire: Christmas Cruising, Mondays from 5 December at 9pm on ITVBe and the ITV Hub