James ‘Diags’ Bennewith and Fran Parman have quit The Only Way Is Essex following a series of rows, according to information received by heatworld.
We've heard that Fran gave her boyfriend an ultimatum: her or TOWIE, and he choose her.
Aw.
An ITV insider told heatworld: “They've been rowing all series because she got no scenes.
“He had to drop out of Scotland (where TOWIE’s Christmas special, The Only Way Is Essexmas, was filmed) because of it.”
However, a TOWIE spokesperson denied that Fran has quit.
Diags became part of TOWIE in series 4 in 2012, introduced because of his friendship with Joey Essex.
His main storylines have revolved around, err, goofing around with Joey before his exit in 2013, a weird, unreciprocated crush on Chloe Sims, and goofing around with James ‘Arg’ Argent whenever he was on a break from Lydia Bright.
Fran became part of the cast in series 11 in 2014, and became Diags’ housemate.
She initially dated Tom Pearce but eventually succumbed to Diags’ charms.
Fran has had beef with a fair few members of the TOWIE cast, including Georgia Kousoulou and Tommy Mallet, but of late she’s hardly been seen on screen.
And it appears that Fran’s lack of screen time has come between the couple, with the pair of them turning their back on Brentwood because of it, according to our source.
“Diags has quit TOWIE,” the Essex insider told heatworld.
"It was the show or Fran and he chose Fran.”
Another show source told us that things aren’t looking good for new cast member, Kate Wright.
“Kate's so nice but she'll have no scenes next series unless she can start a beef with someone,”
they said.
Cor – the world of TOWIE is brutal.
Merry Essexmas, everyone.