I used to be TOWIE’s biggest fan, but now it’s a flop: the fake dates make me vomit
ALTHOUGH I hate to admit it, I was TOWIE’s biggest fan.
I’ve watched all 34 series – from the ‘vajazzle’ days of Amy Childs to the now boring and overblown storylines.
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While many will never admit to liking the reality show, which is set in Brentwood, Essex, I have never been afraid to say that I will watch the show for hours on end.
But after watching The Only Way Is Essex for the past fourteen years, since my early teens, I can safely say: I’m bored. Bored stiff.
Long are the days of the iconic cast, when we saw heartthrob Mark Wright and sisters Sam and Billie Faiers partying at the iconic Sugar Hut bar.
Gemma Collins’ phrase ‘You’ll never get this candy’ will go down in history and Joey Essex’s catchphrase ‘reem’ is still used to this day.
But now TOWIE… doesn’t care – and if you ask me, the only way is OUT for the show.
Yes, okay, we still have Amy Childs, 34, and the odd scene with Lauren Goodger, 38, but the once-iconic show just doesn’t have the same feel now.
It’s getting worse with each passing season and what was once a rather funny and light-hearted show to combat Sunday anxieties is now boring enough to put you to sleep.
The Essex legends are long gone – James Argent, Mario Falcone, Danielle Armstrong, Lydia Bright, Bobby Norris, Elliott Wright, Pete Wicks and Ferne McCann – to name a few.
While I think producers thought a new generation of young people would save the show, in my opinion it has had the opposite effect.
Instead of the famous faces we all know and love, we now have so many new, young faces that I just can’t keep up with.
Luckily their names appear on the screen as most of those who haven’t made it yet all look the same too.
Some of them came at the young age of just 17, way too young in my opinion, and now even this amount of filler can’t smooth over the show’s cracks.
Five minutes of fame
Not only have the majority of fame-hungry young people undergone far too many surgeries, including 25-year-old Dani Imbert’s dangerous BBL and 24-year-old Ella Rae Wise’s boob job that left her with no feeling in her breasts , but one It is certain that they desperately long for their five minutes of ‘fame’.
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Brunette stunners Livvy and Becky took part in the show earlier this year, but if you ask me, they’re just recycled Chloe Brocketts.
With Chloe Brockett, 23, the drama was certainly quite entertaining, but with these girls they didn’t have much to say.
Mind-numbing gossip
Now every episode is pretty much the same: the same boring storylines and the same people having the same arguments over and over again, just in different locations.
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While Courtney Green bravely opened up about her cousin’s heartbreaking fatal diagnosis in a recent episode, every hour-long program is pretty much exactly the same: mind-numbing gossip.
Yeah okay, I understand it’s a reality show. It’s not a heavy news program.
But the content is such a flop. Even TOWIE legend Gemma Collins thinks the show is the only way.
The 43-year-old branded the show ‘terrible’ and narrated it The mirror how the show has lost its star current.
She laughed, “I watched it the other day and I’ll never get those minutes of my life back. What happened?
“There were about two scenes in it…There are no stars there, honey, we were stars.”
The GC insisted she would never be lured back, adding: “Being in those toxic argumentative environments… it’s a load of c**p.”
‘How is TOWIE still on our screens?’
And it’s not just the GC that’s done with the show.
After a quick look at social media, especially after last night’s overdramatized episode, it seems like fans are fed up as well.
One viewer admitted: “I’m really embarrassed to say I watch it.”
A second chimed in: “They’re making it hard for me to justify why I’m watching this.”
While someone else slammed: “This program is absolute rubbish.”
At the same time, another asked: “Serious question, who even watches TOWIE anymore? I get little snippets on TikTok and it’s so repetitive.
“It’s exactly the same storylines over and over again. How is TOWIE still on our screens?”
Fake dating
And after the recent news that TOWIE star Ella Rae Wise, 24, has split from Dan Edgar, 34, I can’t say I’m shocked.
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I spent countless hours watching their ‘relationship’ evolve until he turned around and said he wasn’t sure if he was a future with her.
I stayed huddled on the couch as she stripped down to her lacy lingerie on Dan’s front doorstep, and watching them share a pinkie vow in Bali made me feel 13 again (and not in a good way).
The rocky relationship between Ella and Dan
EXOTIC ROMANCE
Sparks flew when Dan and Amber left for a cast trip to Bali in March.
In a flirty conversation, they described their situation as two single people having a “little bit of fun.”
Awkwardly, Dan’s ex Amber Turner was on the same trip, but surprisingly she took him aside and gave the budding romance her blessing.
FALSE CLAIMS
Dan was accused of having an affair with his ex-girlfriend Hannah Rally behind Ella Rae’s back while on holiday in Dubai.
Ella Rae was said to be furious about Dan’s actions and made her feelings known to Hannah.
BITTER CATTLE
Ella Rae and Hannah became embroiled in a social media feud, bashing each other via memes and barbed wire comments.
The most cutting of these was when Hannah shared a post of a human hand holding a miniature man by his genitals.
It was accompanied by the caption: “Your husband was in my DMs again sister, I believe this is from you.”
Hannah added: “More than dms but now you can come from my love @ellaraewise [kiss blowing emojis].”
JUST LIFE
In May, a rep for Dan told us the Towie hunk was not in a relationship.
Days later, Ella Rae confirmed that the two had broken up and stated that she is happy to be single. She told fans in a Q&A session: “Yes and happily single. Focusing on myself and my brand.”
TRAVEL ABROAD
The Cypriot heat seems to be making the couple feel beaten again. They looked good while filming scenes for the reality show and even kissed during a boozy cast night out
And after reading that the couple secretly split off-screen despite continuing to “date” on the show, I’m angry.
A source told The Sun: “She may be dating Dan on screen, but off screen Ella has moved on and is secretly dating a very wealthy 21-year-old called Teddy Brunt.
“She has been to Dubai with him – she is staying in his apartment there.”
The fake dates are enough to make me vomit, but at least Ella and Dan have stopped doing it and won’t be making out on my screen anytime soon (let’s hope).
Tears, tears and more tears
But unfortunately for me, I’ll still have to deal with hours of Harry Derbidge, Junaid Ahmed and Joe Blackman drama.
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There have been eleven episodes in this latest series and in every single episode we’ve seen the same argument happen over and over again.
From tears, tears and more tears in the street to the same lines being repeated hundreds of times, after Harry, Junaid and Joe’s relationship triangle, I think I’ve had enough.
Ever since I found out that Harry and Joe were going ‘exclusive’ in last night’s episode, only to hear the wonderful news that they are now no longer together, I’ve been tired of going around in circles. .
Not to forget the terrible and over-dramatized acting and editing, with Amy Childs answering the phone with her on-screen camera, proving that scenes are clearly (and poorly) set up for viewer entertainment (or not in my case).
While Harry admitted that “now this nightmare is over” upon hearing the news that Junaid and Joe are over, I think I can agree – now my nightmare is over too – that at least their boring storyline romance has come to an end .
Like I said, TOWIE has been part of my Sunday routine for as long as I can remember, but as the WG said before, I think it’s time I open the fire exit and get out of here.
If you ask me, Essex is no longer the ‘only way’. For this weary fan, the ‘only way’ to save my precious 9pm Sunday slot is to change the channel.
TOWIE is old, done and finished. Let’s move on and find something else.
