TOWIE's Harry Derbidge breaks silence on 'absolutely mental' group chat drama

One of the most explosive The Only Way Is Essexcast rows in the programme's 15-year run is about to hit screens.

The ITV2 reality seriesmakes its comeback on Sunday (August 15) with series 36 as the Essex crew jet off to Portugal for some sunshine and drama.

But there was chaos during the getaway which has been branded as "dramatic".

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Amy Childs, Lauren Goodger, Harry Derbidge, Ella Rae Wise, Dani Imbert, and Elma Pazar turned up to the ITV Reality bash in London last week to give fans a taste of what's coming in the new series.

Harry, who featured in the programme's debut series back in 2010, revealed: "I feel like the Portugal trip is going to be the juiciest part because there's so much that happens.", reports OK!.

"So much happens in our lives in between filming so when we go back to filming them first eps we're all reliving about what happened in the gap.

"It's stemmed from a very juicy group chat which I feel everyone is going to be quite buzzing to know about."

Ella, who recently appeared on Celebrity Big Brother, remarked: "I wasn't even here."

Harry went on: "We had a group chat basically and it's gone absolutely mental, everyone is going crazy in this group and she didn't even know about it because she was in the Big Brother house."

Ella added: "I came out and i was like 'oh, it's all gone wrong'. I've gone in there to boost my career and it's all gone wrong."

Amy revealed: "Me and Lauren [Goodger] were sitting there. I had a little glass of Prosecco and she's like 'this is too much' and I was like 'this is a lot'."

It's still unclear who features in the group chat and what precisely the drama concerns, but the cast assured viewers they won't want to miss the unfolding chaos.

Ella ended things with co-star boyfriend Dan Edgar prior to entering the CBB house, and the blonde beauty has disclosed that their split will feature heavily throughout the series.

She revealed: "There's confusion and potentially a lot of unfinished business but it all unfolds in the new series."

TOWIE returns to ITV2 and ITVBe on Sunday, August 17 at 9pm