THE Only Way is Essex cast found themselves locked in an almighty group row as they headed to Portugal for the first episode of the new series.
Just hours into their first day, a huge row erupted between the cast which led to a number of the stars being held back as the confrontation went a step too far.
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The drama appeared to be caused over Freddie Bentley and Ella Rae Wise‘s disdain for certain members of the group failing to support her during her stint in the Celebrity Big Brother house earlier this year.
Freddie had sent a group chat message to encourage the cast to post in support of Ella in order to conjure up votes for her stay in the famous house.
But with many of them choosing not to, it left a sour taste in Ella and her best pal Freddie’s mouths.
The main targets of the pair’s frustrations appeared to be Jordan Brook and his Geordie Shore star girlfriend, Sophie Kasaei.
As Freddie and Ella spoke about the situation, Jordan could overhear them and soon attempted to get involved by moving closer.
Tensions began to reach boiling point as Freddie ranted at Jordan.
Jordan insisted that his loyalty to Ella’s ex Dan Edgar had prevented him from supporting Ella.
Ella soon made a reference to Sophie by saying that she would not be happy if Jordan went “on a bender” – implying that’s what Dan had done.
As Sophie joked back that she wouldn’t care, Ella hit back: “Yeah, because you are desperate!”
Clearly wound-up, Jordan insisted “don’t call my bird desperate” as Ella attempted to walk off.
Ella and Sophie then began to scream at each other from across the pool as they clashed over Ella’s remarks as she insisted Sophie was old and irrelevant.
Things were only just beginning as Freddie branded Jordan the problem, leading to a three-way confrontation between him and the loved-up couple.
Freddie said: “You all deserve this – you deserve to be told about yourselves.”
Turning to Sophie, he added: “If you don’t care, then go away then!
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“Don’t stand there and try and speak to me!”
Sophie then got very close to Freddie’s face as he barked back at her: “What are you gonna do about it – you f*** off!”
Stepping in, Jordan then came into Freddie’s face and then launched his body at his co-star to push him out of the way.
As Freddie stumbled, Jordan appeared to take another lunge at him as Freddie asked: “Who are you pushing?”
The cameras then appeared to cut to a group setting as the scuffle could be heard contiuning out of sight.
It seemed other cast members had got involved as a security guard’s arm could be seen holding Freddie back as Junaid Ahmed also appeared to be escorted away from the scene.
Sophie later ranted that they were “so rude” to her face as Jordan bluntly remarked: “Yeah I nearly chinned Freddie but I’m alright.”
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