We’ve all seen the Kardashian sisters do battle when it comes to owning the spotlight, but the Faiers sisters aren’t much different – in their eyes, anyway.
An insider close to Billie and Sam tells heat that there is some friendly rivalry between the two sisters now that Billie is doing Dancing on Ice. While the sisters clearly get on well – as seen in their show The Mummy Diaries - it seems Billie’s new exercise regime for the ice-skating competition has got her feeling anxious, and Sam’s not that happy about it either.
“Like most women, they both have insecurities and they’re both very focused when it comes to their exercise and diet regimes,” our insider says of the former TOWIE stars. “Billie has been trying to tone up a bit as she’s going to be in sparkly see-through costumes soon, and she hula hoops round the clock to keep herself fit.
But what’s really got her worried is the fact that in rehearsals, she’s been told that she needs to start carb-loading for DOI, otherwise the training will really take it out of her.
She doesn’t want to start getting bulky but at the same time she knows she has to be strong for the show. Meanwhile Sam has been feeling extra self-conscious right now, and she’s worried that it’s only going to get worse once Billie goes on the show. She really wishes she was also doing something active and is trying to ramp up interest in doing some kind of reality show or challenge where she exercises as she wants to be able to keep up with Billie."
Check out: TOWIE stars then and now
heat TOWIE stars then and now stacked
1 of 20Lauren Goodger in 2011
Lauren Goodger takes on the red carpet at Essex Fashion Week back in 2011, a year after the show launched. Stripes and fake tan for days.
2 of 20THE GLOW UP - Lauren Goodger now
Oh YASS, the glow up is real.Check out Lauren Goodger in 2018. We don't know what magical moisturiser she is using but we are well jel - she looks younger. She briefly returned to TOWIE and has since launched her tanning brand LG Tan.
3 of 20Harry Derbidge in 2010
TOWIE's sweet heart and cousin to TOWIE royalty, Amy Childs, at the afterparty of a film premiere. Looking so young and fresh faced.
4 of 20THE GLOW UP - Harry Derbidge now
After quitting the show TWICE in 2014 (so, extra) he followed in his cousin Amy Childs' footsteps and opened his own boutique which later closed down. Now, he is a social media influencer and make-up artist and slaying the game. He has also announced his adoption plans with his fiancé Dean Rowland.
5 of 20Gemma Collins in 2011
Do you remember when she was a brunette? Yeah, no one does.
6 of 20THE GLOW UP - Gemma Collins now
"So, girls"She later ditched the bangs, the brunette hair and the excessive tan.After becoming TOWIE's most meme'ed star, she's launched her own TV show Diva Forever, dropped a podcast and she continues to be in an on/off relationship with James 'Arg' Argent.
7 of 20Amy Childs in 2010
Amy Childs in her signature red hair back in 2010 - on the red carpet for the launch of The Only Way Is Essex.
8 of 20THE GLOW UP - Amy Childs now
After being the first one to quit the show, she stormed the showbiz world with her own reality TV show, starred in Celebrity Big Brother and she is now reported to be worth over £5 million. She's also a mum to Polly and Rich.
9 of 20Mark Wright in 2011
Other than being an immediate TOWIE heartthrob / major palyer, he also used to model early on in his career.
10 of 20THE GLOW UP - Mark Wright now
Mark is now happily married to Michelle Keegan. He has his own radio show, he used to be the face of Take Me Out: The Gossip and he ventured across the pond to work with Mario Lopez on Extra.
11 of 20James 'Arg' Argent in 2011
This is what he looked like in 2011, a year after TOWIE launched.
12 of 20THE GLOW UP - James Argent now
Following his break-up from his on screen love, Lydia Bright, he took sometime off from TOWIE. He appeared on and off for a number of series but in 2020 he opened up about his cocaine addiction and eating disorder. He is now in an on/off relationship with Gemma Collins.
13 of 20Lydia Bright in 2011
Lydia opened her own boutique as soon as she joined TOWIE. She left the show after major drama with co-stars James Argent and Gemma Collins.
14 of 20THE GLOW UP - Lydia Bright now
Lydia's now mum to a little girl, Loretta.
15 of 20Sam Faiers in 2010
Quintessential Essex glamour is the best way to describe this picture but she definitely wins the best glow up...
16 of 20THE GLOW UP - Sam Faiers now
She 100% glowed up the most. Her life changed drastically since she first appeared on TOWIE. After leaving the show, she became a mother to Paul and Rosie. She followed Amy Childs' footsteps and joined Celebrity Big Brother and she has her own show The Mummy Diaries. You go girl.
17 of 20Kirk Norcross in 2010
He is a TOWIE original. He left the show three years after first appearing on our TV screens.
18 of 20THE GLOW UP - Kirk Norcross now
Not much has changed, except he is a dad to two children now.
19 of 20Maria Fowler in 2011
She had a very short time on TOWIE after she was dubbed "just a f***ing extra" by Kirk - harsh, right?
20 of 20THE GLOW UP - Maria Fowler now
We use the term 'now" very loosely with Maria, this picture is from early 2017 - that's because we can't find any recent pics as she is keeping it on the down low. We do know that is she is a makeup artist now, she's married to Kelvin Batey and they're expecting their second child later this year.
Sam, 29, shared last year that she has stepped up her fitness regime, especially as she has to fit it around being a mother to Paul, four, and Rosie, two. Explaining that she was, “not exactly where I want to be weight wise”, in an interview last year, she admitted she would squeeze in training sessions before her kids even woke up.
While having to contend with Crohn’s Disease, Sam is clearly dedicated to keeping fit as she revealed last year, “I do three hour-long sessions a week of interval training and cardio.”
Whereas Billie, who once said she was, “never really a gym bunny”, has already been showing off the results of her fitness in skating rehearsals for DOI. Billie – who is mum to Nelly, six, and Arthur, three – once said that on TOWIE she was always known as, “Sam’s sister”, but that she was proud now that the sisters were, “popular in our own right”. And her star is only set to rise further once Dancing on Ice hits our TV screens, let’s hope Sam is ok with being known as, “Billie’s sister” from now on.
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