{"id":69428,"date":"2023-11-25T10:57:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T10:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celeband.com\/?p=69428"},"modified":"2023-11-25T10:57:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T10:57:03","slug":"towie-star-confirms-shows-christmas-special-is-cancelled-in-shake-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celeband.com\/tv-movies\/towie-star-confirms-shows-christmas-special-is-cancelled-in-shake-up\/","title":{"rendered":"TOWIE star confirms shows Christmas special is cancelled in shake-up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fans of iconic ITVBe reality show The Only Way Is Essex will be disappointed this festive season as it's been revealed that bosses have axed all plans for a Christmas special. <\/p>\n

Unfortunately this isn't the first time this has happened as TOWIE's The Only Way Is Essexmas episode was also axed last year.<\/p>\n

Confirmation of the scheduling shake-up was made by the show's cast member Ella Rae Wise during a recent Instagram Q&A she did with her 292,000 fans.<\/p>\n

The reality show was asked 'is there a TOWIE Xmas special this year?' which prompted Ella to announce the sad news that there wouldn't be.<\/p>\n

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Blonde beauty Ella replied to her fan, sharing: "Unfortunately not this year."<\/p>\n

She also hinted her sadness at the cancellation of the Christmas episode as she added a series of broken heart emojis to her Instagram Story response.<\/p>\n

Last year an insider told The Sun that cancelling the festive special could have an impact on the future of the popular reality TV show. <\/p>\n

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They told the publication: "They were all told that the scheduling didn't work out and the budget is being spent on other things, but it's left them all feeling really nervous about the future of the show. <\/p>\n

"It's not a good sign for the series in general if bosses have decided it doesn't make financial sense to film the celebratory one-off."<\/p>\n

The TOWIE Christmas special has provided some of the show\u2019s most iconic moments in previous years.<\/p>\n

It was when Georgia Kousoulou and Tommy Mallett announced they were expecting a baby and also the cast previously shared an iconic rendition of Wham's Last Christmas led by Jess Wright and James Argent in 2011.<\/p>\n

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Ella went through a tumultuous time during the most recent series of TOWIE as her friendship with Junaid Ahmed and Dani Imbert broke down. <\/p>\n

All of the drama was captured on the ITVBe show but it left Ella questioning whether she wanted to quit. <\/p>\n

Ella recently opened up on how she almost quit the show when she was filming upcoming episodes in Cyprus, amid her bust-up with former bestie, Junaid.<\/p>\n

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Opening up about her 'brave' decision to continue filming on the show, Ella was quizzed by one of her social media followers about how things were going in Cyprus.<\/p>\n

Ella responded: "It's hard but I'm being very brave. I've shocked myself with not going home to be honest.<\/p>\n

"There's been a couple of moments but I've pulled through and filmed some amazing scenes with heartfelt emotions."<\/p>\n

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Last month, Junaid took to Instagram to dish about the drama between himself and Ella, after she claimed that he was the reason that she is not close with Dani anymore.<\/p>\n

He said: "I'm not the one who was the whole cause of this, the whole argument was between the two of them, [Dani and Ella] the whole fallout was to do with them.<\/p>\n

"I don't know how I've been brought into it so much and been made the problem, when the real problem is – and everyone knows, if we actually spoke the truth, was on Dani's stories last night.<\/p>\n

"Honestly, just remember there is two sides to every story and there is a lot that we can't sit there and say but I'm not gonna sit there and take s***, when, it's hilarious. Actually hilarious."<\/p>\n<\/p>\n