She may have only appeared on Made in Chelsea for a few episodes, but Married At First Sight Australia’s Ella May Ding certainly made a huge impact when her romance with Miles Nazaire featured on the show.
Despite hitting it off on social media, their relationship failed to take off in real life and Ella quickly found herself on a plane back home. Ella and Miles then had a bit of a social media slanging match and made some choice comments about each other on their respective podcasts.
But Ella’s love life is clearly on the up as she’s just gone Instagram official with a hunky new man – who, at least geographically, is slightly more compatible than Chelsea-based Mr Nazaire.
Alongside a series of snaps of herself cuddling up to her fitlord boyfriend, Ella wrote, “Everyone meet Normi ❤️🔥.”
Ella’s MIC pals were quick to comment on the post, with Emily Blackwell leaving a string of lovestruck emojis.
The reality star also took to the comments section to reveal that her boyfriend’s name was actually Guy, but Normi is an adorable nickname they’ve coined.
This isn’t the first time Ella’s featured Guy on her social media as she shared a couple of pictures of her Instagram when she celebrated her birthday earlier this month, but it is the first time she’s spoken out about her new man.
Last year, after all the drama surrounding her relationship with Miles came to a head, Ella took to her Instagram to set the record straight.
The Australian reality star shared a post that featured a clip of Ollie Locke dropping one hell of a bombshell about Miles messaging Yasmine Zweegers, but Ella did follow the hurtful video with cute pics from her time in London as she told her followers she had "no regrets".
In the caption, Ella mentioned Miles by name and told her followers, "Miles and I did have an amazing experience put aside the outcome," but in regards to the shows producers, Ella admitted, "...and the producers well it's a love/hate relationship!"
Was Made in Chelsea newbie Ella May Ding on Married at First Sight Australia?
There's nothing we love more than when two reality TV show worlds collide. So when it was announced that MAFS Australia's Ella would be joining the cast of MiC, we just couldn't contain our excitement.
After appearing on the ninth series of MAFS Australia, Ella became one of the breakout stars from the show, so naturally, fans were keen to see her ruffle some feathers with our favourite Chelsea socialites.
In an Instagram post earlier this year, E4 shared the news of Made in Chelsea's new addition saying "The sun may have set on Mallorca but there’s a new ray of sunshine coming to Chelsea this autumn. ☀️ @ellamayding, welcome to #MadeInChelsea #MAFSA".
After the announcement of Ella joining the show, sparks about potential love interests began to float around the internet, with many predicting a relationship with Miles. Well predicted, internet.
However despite E4's post looking like Ella was joining the cast of MiC full time, she took to Facebook saying that she hadn't "officially joined the cast" but "filmed a short appearance while in London".
“Miles is kind and wonderful, we've had such a special time filming and getting to know each other. But [I'm] ready to get home [to Australia] and get back into a good space”, she added.
Finding out that Ella was already back in Australia left many fans confused and questioning whether Ella dating Miles was purely a publicity stunt. But Ella was quick to debunk these claims on her podcast saying, “I can reassure you, it is not a PR stunt, and I think that you guys will see that when it does come to air.”
And it's now come to light that Ella was on holiday in Bali recently, which was juicy goss at the time as that's where the MIC cast were filming a special late last year.
While Ella's addition to the cast seemed a tad out of the blue, this isn't the first time that MIC have welcomed cast members from another reality show. Numerous Love Island stars, such Zara McDermott and Charlie Frederick have joined the series over the years, with Zara's infamously turbulent relationship with MiC vet Sam Thompson being followed on the show.
Fans took to Twitter and Instagram to share their excitement commenting, "Oh this is amazing news. Ella was a real gem on MAFSA. I’m predicting Ella and Miles, and he’d be very lucky" and "Called it last week! I think she will come in as a love interest of @milesnazaire".
Another added, "How wild @ellamayding is joining @e4chelsea, can't wait to see her ruffle some feathers."