Ferne McCann has spent the last few months gushing over new boyfriend Lorri Haines on Instagram. Telling fans he’s “forever” and that “when you know, you know”, it seemed that the former TOWIE star was finally happy.
But last week, her world was rocked when a shocking video emerged of Lorri holding a small bag of suspicious white powder. In the video, a friend of the 30 year old can be heard saying, “No, no Ket. No Ket,” and then, “Put the Ket down.”
“Ket” is usually an abbreviation for the powerful anaesthetic drug ketamine.
Businessman Lorri was said to have spent the day partying on a yacht – without Ferne – in Dubai, where he lives, before carrying on the party at a friend’s pad. He has denied he was taking any drugs, arguing that he was simply “joking around”, but a source has said that Ferne will be “stunned” by this video regardless.
As heat previously told you, Ferne, 31, has been planning to move to Dubai part-time to be able to spend more time with her new beau. The mum of one – who has recently been holidaying in the Maldives with Lorri and her four-year-old daughter Sunday – showcased her love for her new boyfriend in a recent romantic Instagram post for Valentine’s Day.
Check out: TOWIE - 11 of the worst love triangles EVER
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1 of 11Mark Wright, Lauren Goodger and Sam Faiers
The OG TOWIE triangle. When we were first introduced to the Essex lot, Mark was dating long term girlfriend Lauren but from the very first episode it was clear that he was less than committed by his outrageous flirting with one Sam Faiers.
2 of 11James 'Arg' Argent, Lydia Bright and Gemma Collins
Gemma and Arg have had more ons and offs than a light-switch at closing time, but before Gemma was Arg's long-term love Lydia. It's been ongoing with Arg and Lydia regularly hanging out, and Arg often talking about how 'close' they are when he was still with Gem.
3 of 11Lauren Pope, Chloe Sims and Mario Falcone
TOWIE OG's Lauren and Chloe formed a close bond during their lengthy reigns as Queen Bees, but in 2014 hit the rocks when they were both played by love rat Mario. But in a sisterly twist, Lauren ended up standing up for Chloe in a showdown with Mario in the penultimate episode of that series.
4 of 11Jake Hall, Chloe Lewis and Lauren Pope
Jake Hall and Chloe Lewis had been dating for an impressive six years when a kiss with Lauren led to them nearly splitting up in 2016. As is often the way in reality telly land, soon after joining the cast as a couple, temptation called and after his rendezvous with the glamour model he lied through his teeth about it for months.
5 of 11Chloe Sims, Amber Turner and Dan Edgar
Dan and Amber had a turbulent relationship from the beginning but during and on/off period in 2019 Dan and Chloe crossed the line from friendship to romance after a holiday fling in Thailand. However, it wasn't long before Dan went back to Amber, leaving Chloe hurt and humiliated.
6 of 11Harry Lee, Frankie Sims and Chloe Brockett
First Chloe and Harry were dating, but after they split in 2019 Harry began cracking on with Chloe Sims little sister Frankie. But WAIT; in October 2019 Harry was caught flirting up a storm with his ex Chloe, leading to a series of blazing rows and the eventual demise of Hankie. Chloe later told Closer, "Harry is a good looking boy. I am close to him."
7 of 11Gemma Collins, Rami Hawash and James Argent
It seems nothing ever ran smoothly with Gemma and Arg. In 2013, Arg was distraught when Gemma got engaged to businessman Rami but their betrothal was short lived and they split in 2014. Cue six years of back-ing and forth-ing with Gemma and Arg, before they eventually split "for good" in 2020, with Gemma now back dating Rami.
8 of 11Shelby Tribble, Sam Mucklow and Tom McDonnell
Shelby and Sam are now proud parents to a bouncing baby boy but it wasn't always smooth sailing between them. During series 24 (and that fateful Thailand trip) Sam and Shelby grew romantic but when Sam had his head turned by Demi Sims, Shelby ended the series snogging Tom.
9 of 11Charlie Sims, Ferne McCann and Jasmin Walia
Charlie and Ferne were an established couple but the series ten trip to Las Vegas certainly rocked their foundations when Charlie gave in to temptation. After sexting Jasmin, Charlie found himself alone with her and the two shared a snog, with him later coming clean to Ferne who was at home in Essex.
10 of 11Diags, Fran Parman and Tom Pearce
This one got VERY complicated, given that Diags and Tom were best mates. While Diags couldn't admit that he was in love with his then housemate Fran, Tom decided to intervene by romancing Fran himself to try and give Diags the kick up the bum he needed. It was looking a bit iffy for a while there, but Diags and Fran ended up dating for three years with his friendship with Tom in tact.
11 of 11Mark Wright, Lauren Goodger and Lucy Mecklenburgh
It was clear it was doomed from the start, wasn't it? In between (!) his flirtations with Sam Faiers and his actual relationship with Lauren Goodger, Mark was romancing a teenaged Lucy, and brought her to Lauren's charity fashion show. Cue tears and lifelong insecurity for our Loz. Sob.
Alongside a video of the pair cuddling and kissing on a beach, Ferne wrote, “Don’t ever be afraid to show your vulnerability. Don’t ever be afraid to share your past. Don’t ever be afraid to be yourself.
“In my opinion, everything you’ve ever been afraid to share is actually the key to your happiness and future. Never give up on love. Thank you for showing up for me. Thank you for showing me what a meaningful relationship looks like. Thank you for showing me integrity and honesty. Most importantly, thank you for showing me true love. I love you.”
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Ferne had previously been dating model Jack Padgett, but the pair split up after six months. In her TV show First Time Mum, Ferne had said the break-up was “really abrupt” and “such a shock”.
She added that Jack had found it hard to deal with her celebrity lifestyle, saying, “You’ve got to have someone that’s on board. I’m not saying come and be in the public eye. But every guy that I’m with is either hiding behind a menu or saying, ‘Sorry, you’re not on brand for me.’”
Before Jack, the Essex native’s last public relationship was with Sunday’s father Arthur Collins, who is currently serving 20 years in prison for injuring 14 people in an acid attack in an east London club.