*WARNING – TOWIE Christmas special spoilers ahead*
Nothing gets us in the festive spirit quite like TOWIE’s annual The Only Way is Essexmas special and this year’s edition was quite the Christmas cracker.
Not only did Sophie Kasaei and Jordan Brook’s pregnancy announcement have us blubbing into our mulled wine, but seeing Diags growing closer to Jodie Wells’ son Bear well and truly warmed our hearts too.
And although we didn’t quite get the Chloe Lewis return we were hoping for, she did kinda get a mention when Diags referred to his best pal Dan Edgar being ‘very happy’. Besides, it turns out there was another Essex romance blossoming that we had no idea about.
The TOWIE cast ©Objective Entertainment
Amy Childs’ brother Wills turned plenty of heads when he joined the cast at the end of series 36, catching the eye of a bevy of Essex beauties including Saffron Lempriere, Ella Rae Wise and Elma Pazar – however it turns out he’s been getting to know another cast member entirely.
During the Christmas episode it came to light that Wills has been growing closer to Livvy Jay and the pair even shared a kiss under the mistletoe.
They chatted about their plans to spend more time together, with Wills telling ‘solid ten’ Livvy, ‘The looks, personality, you have got the full package.’
Wills Childs joined TOWIE during series 36 ©Objective Media/ITV Pictures
He added, ‘You work hard, you graft hard, your morals are there, you’ve got everything, you tick every box.’
Livvy replied, ‘I know we’ve been messaging and we’ve been having a little whatever, but I am not the bird that you could just say on that day, “Right, where are ya? Come here, da da da.” I’m quite organised, I’m quite strict.”
‘I feel like I need you to be a bit more organised. If you wanna see me, you’re going to have to plan it.’
Livvy Jay ©Objective Entertainment
The romance was definitely balanced out by plenty of drama as former besties Freddie Bentley and Ella tried and failed to hash out their feud, while he also clashed with Harry Derbidge, Livvy and her bestie Becks Bloomberg around the dinner table.
Joe Blackman and Junaid Ahmed also found themselves in the thick of the drama once again after Joe attempted to clear the air with Amy.
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Nathan Katnoria is Closer’s Senior Digital Writer and resident TOWIE expert. He’s seen all 35 (thirty five!) series of the ITVBe show and regularly reminisces about forgotten TOWIE romances from years gone by. Although he’s never been to Brentwood, Nathan has interviewed loads of TOWIE faves past and present including Sam Faiers, Chloe Brockett, Diags and Georgia Kousoulou.
