Long-term TOWIE fans will know that show veteran James Bennewith – or 'Diags', as he's more commonly known - hasn't had the smoothest of rides when it comes to relationships over the years, even by TOWIE's standards.
He did, however, give it a pretty good go with Fran Parman; the reality stars dated for three years between 2014 and 2017, but it's fair to say that things got pretty cringe by the end. Again, even by TOWIE's standards.
Do the relationship maths and you'll spot that the pair have now been separated for far longer than they were ever together, which of course means the drama has to be over, right? Wrong. Five years on, shade is still being slung across social media and it's petty savage. That'll be hilarious in a minute.
The latest shots were fired by Fran via TikTok (the latest weapon of choice for all active shaders).
Hopping on a TikTok trend where users confess to the pettiest thing they've done after a break-up, Fran revealed to her 15,500 TikTok followers, "So, during my whole relationship with my ex, he played FIFA. He wouldn't take me out – FIFA. Was more obsessed with FIFA than me. Loved FIFA more than me.
"So, I hacked his account and I relegated him to the lowest division. Took me hours, but was so worth it and then he had loads of millions of pounds – it's not real by the way, it's not real money – I used it all on terrible dance moves. So when they would score a goal the old Gangnam Style would come out."
She continued, "I'm still proud of it years on, because I know it hurt his heart. I'm like, 'You hurt my heart - I will hurt your heart twice as hard' Don't f**k with me."
We do our best to stay as neutral as possible when reporting on these types of celeb rows (even the petty ones), but we have to say, that's petty amazing, Fran. See? Funny.
Of course, we have to point out that Fran doesn't actually reveal which ex she is referring to here, but fans are convinced it's Diags.
One fan commented, "Hahaha instantly thought Diags 😅."
Another wrote, "😂😂 please tell me this is Diags haha."
Let's face it, we ALL pictured Diags when Fran was telling that beautiful fable of petty revenge.
Fran actually continued her reign of pettiness by interacting with followers in the comments, adding gems such as, "I wanted him to suffer longer. Sign in, think he's about to play his game and little did he know it was all gone 😂." She also responded with an "👀" emoji to one fan who flat-out asked, "Diags?".
This is one dark, unforgiving cloud of shade.
This isn't exactly the first time Closer Online has reported on these exes taking a hefty swipe at each other. Early last year, RuPaul’s Drag Race UK queen A’Whora spoke to the TOWIE cast about Essex shenanigans in TOWIE: Dragged Out (a stroke of production genius if you ask us).
In the first ever episode, Diags, Chloe Sims, Nicole Bass and then newbie Rem Larue discussed whether or not they’d turn up to an ex's birthday party (Frankie Sims and Harry Lee, we’re looking at you).
“Is there cake there? If there is, I’m there,” said Diags, to which Chloe cut in, “You liar, you wouldn’t go to your ex’s party!”
“No, I personally wouldn’t,” he conceded. “But if I had an ex who was cool and that, and it wasn’t sore or anything and we were still getting on great…”.
Ouch.
Chloe teased, “Ahh so this is about imaginary exes. If it’s an imaginary ex, of course you would show up."
“I wouldn’t go, I wouldn’t go,” he eventually said. “I’m getting off the fence, alright? You wouldn’t see me there.”
Fran first joined the show in 2014 as Diag’s roommate and started seeing Tom Pearce (throwback) but after things didn't work out she started dating Diags.
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1 of 11Mark Wright and Sam Faiers
Mark and Sam's on/off relationship goes all the way back to when she was 16 and they met on MySpace (aw, those were the days). They briefly dated during their time on TOWIE but were never able to give things a proper go before he quit the show in 2011.
2 of 11Kirk Norcross and Amy Childs
Kirk and Amy's flirtationship was one of the main storylines during the first season of TOWIE and they eventually briefly dated before splitting in 2011. In a 2013 appearance on This Morning, Kirk admitted, "I will still love Amy until the day I die - she is literally like the girl version of me. When it didn't work out, it broke my heart really... and it wasn't her fault, it was both of our fault."
3 of 11Gemma Collins and Charlie King
Gemma and Charlie briefly dated in 2012 but split after she grew concerned about his friendship with Bobby Norris. Two years later, Charlie came out as gay during an appearance on This Morning. He's still friends with Gemma and even admitted in 2017 that he would consider being the GC's sperm donor if she asked.What a turn of events that would be.
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4 of 11Lauren Goodger and Tom Pearce
Remember the days when Joey Essex's BFF Tom Pearce romanced basically every woman within a 10 mile radius of Brentwood? Lauren Goodger became one his many conquests following her split from Mark Wright but they hit the rocks when she caught wind of him bragging about their rendezvous.
5 of 11Mario Falcone and Chloe Sims
It's fair to say Chloe Sims has been unlucky in love over the years but things looked up for her when she began dating close pal Mario. Things moved quick for the pair and she even admitted she loved him - causing friction with BFF Lauren Pope who'd previously dated Mario - but he wasn't ready to settle down and called things off.
6 of 11Harry Derbidge and Bobby Norris
After three years away from the TOWIE scene, OG cast member Harry Derbidge returned as Bobby Norris' boyfriend (in some very skimpy swimwear, nonetheless) during the cast's annual jaunt to Marbs.Their relationship ended in tears though when Harry confessed to sleeping with his ex while on holiday in Tenerife.
7 of 11Dan Osborne and Lucy Mecklenburgh
They've now found love with soap star other halves Jacqueline Jossa and Ryan Thomas but before that, Dan Osborne and Lucy Mecklenburgh were an item.They began dating in 2013 but called it quits amid claims he knew about his ex Megan Tomlin being pregnant before getting with Lucy.
8 of 11Charlie Sims and Ferne McCann
Ferne McCann's on/off relationship with Chloe Sims' brother Charlie provided LOTS of dramz on TOWIE over the years, with rumours she cheated on him cropping up more than once.Eventually Charlie publicly quit the show AND dumped Ferne at the same time in a series of tweets in 2014. Awks...
9 of 11Dan Edgar and Kate Wright
Before she wed footballer Rio and became Mrs Ferdinand, Kate Wright joined TOWIE as the ex of Dan Edgar, who reportedly dumped her to star in the show.She took him back after his romances with Lauren Pope and Jess Wright but it wasn't to be and they eventually split for good.
10 of 11Shelby Tribble and Tom McDonnell
Tom McDonnell joined TOWIE alongside a whole host of newbies including Harry Lee and Chloe Brockett in 2019 and soon caught the eye of Shelby Tribble following her split from Sam Mucklow.Sam soon came back on the scene though and Shelby dumped Tom to reunite with her ex. Sam and Shelby later quit the show together and are now expecting their first child.
11 of 11James Argent and Jasmin Walia
In between his long-running relationships with Lydia Bright and Gemma Collins, James Argent was set up on a blind date with Jasmin Walia and they appeared to hit it off. Things seemed to move too quickly for his liking though, causing him to run from her house after being introduced to her parents. Oh, Arg...