TOWIE’s Ella Rae Wise gives her verdict on ex-boyfriend Dan Edgar’s new romance with Chloe Lewis as the cast open up about ‘incestuous’ dating in Essex

TOWIE‘s Ella Rae Wise has given her verdict on her ex-boyfriend Dan Edgar and Chloe Lewis‘ new relationship. 

In an interview with the Daily Mail on Friday, Ella, 25, said she thought the romance was ‘cute’ – even though she had felt threatened by their closeness when they were still an item. 

Ella dumped her on-and-off boyfriend Dan in January 2025 – a week before she entered the Big Brother house, citing trust issues. Dan and Chloe’s relationship was confirmed earlier this week. 

Ella was interviewed alongside castmates Harry Derbidge, 32, and Dani Imbert, 28, who all joked that dating in Essex can be ‘incestuous’. 

Dani said: ‘That just sums Essex up. Essex is such a small place – it’s impossible to date someone that hasn’t got with someone that you know. It’s our reality.’ 

In an interview with the Daily Mail on Friday, Ella, 25, said she thought the romance was ‘cute’ – even though she had felt threatened by their closeness when they were still an item, (pictured, Dan and Chloe) 

Ella, 25, dumped her on-and-off boyfriend, 35, in January 2025 – a week before she entered the Big Brother house, citing trust issues

Harry added: ‘It’s always a hard one. It’s never easy to see someone go with someone that you’ve been with.

‘But, you know, [it’s] a lesson, it makes you a bigger person and a lot stronger.’ 

Hinting at what’s to come in the new season, which is mostly filmed in Vietnam, the trio said that it is full of drama. 

Harry said: ‘There’s a lot of drama, a lot of arguments [and] a lot of snappy behaviour.’

Ella and Dani also said the drama in the new season is heightened by its location because the cast were away from their home comforts. 

However, it’s not all drama and fallings out on the show, which began in 2010, enters its 16th year.  

Ella, Harry Derbidge, 32, and Dani Imbert , 28, (pictured) all agreed that dating in Essex can be ‘incestuous’

However, it’s not all drama and fallings out on the show’s new season and Ella and Harry repair their friendship after famously falling out at his 30th birthday party in 2024

Following their prior falling out, Harry admitted that this season will also see him begin to repair his relationship with his former best friend Ella. 

The duo famously fell out at his milestone 30th birthday back in 2024 because of information he shared about Ella and Dan Edgar’s relationship to the so-called ‘Girl Band’. 

Harry said: ‘I feel like it’s like a good progression [in this series], like I’ve always had a lot of love for Ella, and I know that we’ve had our differences. 

‘But we have never argued to the point that it’s never, could never return. In this series, you will see us obviously get a little bit closer, like we spent a lot of time with each other as well away from the show now. 

‘I feel like we’re on the road [to being friends again]. I mean being in the same room right now.’

The new season of The Only Way Is Essex airs on Sunday at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX.