The shamed TOWIE star starts party planning in an attempt to heal her rift with Sam and Billie Faiers
Ferne McCann may have landed herself in hot water after last year’s shocking voice note scandal, but an insider tells Closer she’s hoping to heal her troubled friendships as she celebrates her baby joy. The TV star is pregnant with her second child, thought to be due in the summer.
Our insider shares, “Ferne is desperate to make plans in her life that will stop people talking about the voice note drama. She’s decided that throwing a big baby shower could be a way of mending some burnt bridges.”
SCANDAL
Ferne is thrilled to be expecting a baby with fiancé Lorri Haines, 31, but the pregnancy follows a humiliating few months for the star. In November, she was embroiled in an explosive scandal, when an anonymous Instagram account posted a series of voice messages from a woman they claimed was Ferne. In the shocking recordings, a voice was heard calling former recently co-star and childhood pal Sam Faiers a “narcissistic b***h” and a “fat c**t” , and in another appalling message, labelling the acid attack victim of Ferne’s ex, Arthur Collins, an “ugly f***ing c***”.
MOURNING
Last month, Ferne publicly apologised for the drama in an interview with Holly and Phil on This Morning. “It definitely wasn’t my finest hour and it was a very difficult time in my life when they were leaked,” she said. “I need to publicly apologise to those affected, the words I used were unpleasant.”
Speaking on her show, ITVBe’s First Time Mum, Ferne confessed she recorded the “hurtful” messages because she was envious of Sam, 32, at the time. “They were from about five years ago when me and Sam had a fall-out,” she said. “I’ve lost some of my best friends. I’ve lost my whole relationship with Billie, and that really hurts.” While she and Sam have had their ups and downs over the years, it’s thought Ferne had remained close to Billie.
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