This year, the Real Housewives of Cheshire
marked a triumphant ten years on our screens,
cementing itself as a national treasure.
It takes one to know one.
For a decade, we've been peeking behind the gates
and into the mansions of Cheshire's most bold and beautiful residents.
We have seen it all -
WAGS at war, devastating divorces, palatial parties.
And these women have argued
in some of the most beautiful locations in the world.
Tonight, we'll be reliving
some of the most incredible moments from season 18
and finding out what really went down
when the cameras stopped rolling.
What a season! What a show!
This is The Real Housewives Of Cheshire: The Reunion.
Yes! Yes! THEY CHEER
'Style is like loyalty. You either have it or you don't.'
'You can call me all the names you want.
'I wasn't listening anyway.'
'I don't stir the pot, I just add a little spice.'
'Princess? Drama Queen? I must be royally under your skin.'
'I'm a class act, and you can drop the performance.'
'I can't stand fakes, in my fashion or my friendships.'
'I give grace, I give warmth, and when needed, I give 'em hell.'
Ladies, I can't believe it, ten years on our screens.
You're like Last Of The Summer Wine with Champagne.
THEY LAUGH And surgery.
Welcome to the reunion, come on!
Whoo! Yes!
It's always nice at this part, at the start.
Hey, Lauren. Hey!
Listen, ten years later, and you are the last OG standing.
A round of applause for that. Yeah. THEY CHEER
Tell me, Lauren, what is the secret to surviving in Cheshire?
Being really, really truthful. OK.
And saying whatever you think,
however you feel and actually, just being yourself.
Yes. Speaking your mind.
Listen, a decade later,
we're still finding out so many things about you,
but please let me know the name of the Chinese restaurant
you got jiggy in just so I can avoid the Peking duck. No, don't!
No, we don't wanna know!
Oh, no, it was in Marbella,
and actually, it's closed down for hygiene reasons.
Oh, my God! Sheena!
That deserves a round of applause too.
What did you do in that restaurant?
Hello, Seema. Hello!
You are looking younger than ever. So after this, tell me your secret.
Maybe I should become a "client" at the clinic.
THEY LAUGH
Well, maybe you can.
Ell, how are you? Yeah, I'm really well, thank you.
Welcome to your second reunion. Congrats on your pregnancy.
Thank you! Yes.
Was it easier for you, coming back a second time?
Yeah, I definitely think so.
I think I felt a bit more stronger and confident,
coming back into my second season, so, yeah, it's been really good.
Hey, Lystra. Hey!
Working that pixie crop. I'm here for that.
LYSTRA LAUGHS Come on.
Hey, Rachel! Hey, Brian.
Tell me, what's worse?
Falling through the sky with Dawn Ward shouting at you
or facing a Cheshire reunion?
Tell me the truth. Definitely falling through the sky.
It was terrifying. I wish I'd never done it.
Yeah, what a fun start to the show. Thank you.
Rachel Lugo, surely, it can only get better?
Hey, Sheena! Hello, Bri.
We finally found an activity you like -
smashing things up. Oh, my God.
Well, well... I have to ask you, are you OK, hun?
I'm great, honey.
I just really like smashing the shit out of cars.
Hey, Paige. Hi!
How are you? I'm very well, thank you.
Are we expecting any fake bitches tonight?
Not from me. I'm the most realest.
- Wow! - Excuse me.
And my girl Lystra, of course.
Don't you dare, "I'm the most realest." And no fake from me.
OK, ladies, the show has only started. Keep it together.
Following last year's reunion, and believe me, I am still recovering,
this group of luxe ladies were barely on speaking terms
and in need of some divine intervention.
And what better place to try and heal rifts and realign
than the tranquil Thai island of Koh Samui?
But when the humidity was thick, patience weared thin,
and the trip of a lifetime didn't have such a happy ending.
Welcome to beautiful Koh Samui. Thank you.
It's no secret, things haven't been great between us,
but we're confident that this trip is gonna change all that.
Whoa! Jesus, I love you!
SCREAMS
- Her mouth looks like, erm... - Don't.
..a fanny. THEY LAUGH
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh!
PAIGE SQUEALS
You've said, "Should we not take pictures?"
I didn't understand what you said.
Because you weren't in the moment over there!
All I asked was about taking pictures,
and you come down my throat.
She's been irritating you... Yeah.
..is the truth. Yeah.
We're not unravelling. Here's to Zen tonight. Last night.
You and me. Yeah.
Am I not getting a cheers?
I was number one, top-paying client. We don't need your money.
Everyone respond, I'll shut up.
Why don't we just bring this all down a level?
Girls, I am sweating here because I forgot to put the bloody gas on.
Hello! SMACKS LIPS
Oh, my God.
THEY SCREAM
I'm meeting someone. Are you?!
What? He's a psychiatrist.
THEY LAUGH
I am living for the moment because I don't know what tomorrow holds,
and as long as I've got my health and I have my children,
that's all I care about.
Yeah, sometimes, my friends, but hey-ho!
Cheers! THEY CHEER
Sheena, it looked like the trip was absolutely fabulous.
Do you think everyone made the same effort
in getting the girls back to a good place?
Some of us are more tolerant than others.
Who? I love your question.
I'm like an owl, "Who? Who?"
I think Loz has got a very low tolerance for people.
- Me? - Lauren was fine on the trip.
I'm not saying she wasn't fine, that's not what I'm saying.
No, it was fine. I went on a dating app and found my own trip.
Exactly, so there's some of us
that are willing to kind of maybe stick in a bit of the drama,
others'll go, "Do you know what? No."
Rachel, it's fair to say that after the last reunion,
yourself and Lystra weren't really in a good place.
Were you nervous at all, when you landed in Thailand,
knowing you were going to be buddying up with her?
I wasn't nervous at all.
We'd all spoken before we went and said
we're there to make sure this is Zen, to all reconnect, and we did.
I mean, Lystra showed me her vulnerable side,
and I found it really endearing.
And, Lystra, when we seen you on the sky bikes,
we seen you vulnerable.
Mm. We seen you scared.
Were you nervous at all,
showing Seema and Rachel the more vulnerable
and softer side to you?
Uh, no, it wasn't even really about showing Seema and Rachel.
It was just me fighting for my life up there.
THEY LAUGH
Seema, yourself and Lystra reached a new level in your friendship.
Tell me about that. You know what?
It was nice for me because we've never had that moment,
and, you know, for me, she's a strong woman,
but what she showed me is she's human.
Yeah. You know?
And that was really nice for me to see that softer side.
Sometimes.... She let me in.
..seeing someone's vulnerability is such a positive step.
It was positive, it was beautiful.
There's loads of different layers to me that's not been tapped into yet,
and I think when you actually do peel it back,
you will find that this is just a girl
that's always had to fight for what I want.
Lauren, on this trip,
you also picked up on simmering tensions between Seema and Paige.
What made you think that?
When Paige joined our group, they were very close.
They were like sisters.
And you could see that they weren't rubbing along so well,
and, you know, we're all away, going, "Let's have fun,"
but sometimes, you don't feel like having fun
if somebody's bugging you.
Both of them. I'm not picking sides.
Paige, your friendship with Seema
has been on quite the journey this season,
and we will get into that later in the show.
After baring her soul in Koh Samui,
Lystra prepared to return to Cheshire a different woman.
What she didn't know was
her life was about to become very different also.
# I know that I look hot
# Stop, watch... #
Afternoon tea with my queens!
I've made chicken foot souse.
ELL GASPS No, bleurgh!
I'm always, like, the strong one, and...
and today, I was very vulnerable.
Is everything OK?
I have never seen Lystra this emotional.
I feel like there's something else going on here.
Myself and wifey have decided to... end our relationship.
I'm just gutted, I'm just... I'm just really upset.
I think it's so nice that we can part ways but still be friends.
And, remember, it's good to cry. Yes! Yes!
Everything that's strong has a breaking point. Absolutely.
Obviously, losing Louis, I'm still grieving, you know.
May Louis always be remembered when you reach for that biscuit tin
and you see his favourite, a rich tea biscuit.
Listen, most of the time, I'm a bad bitch,
but you do have your down days, and I am actually going through it.
But, hey, we live to fight another day.
Lystra, was it important for you to let people know
that life isn't always perfect?
Yeah, yeah, because I don't want to show something that's not real.
I'm gonna show my reality.
When I was all loved-up, I showed that side,
and obviously came to a sad end,
and I just thought it's only fair to show that side too.
It was so lovely to hear that these ladies are here for you
and they want you to heal and they're giving you that space.
Thank you. Thank you, guys. How does that make you feel?
When the going gets tough, we are there for each other.
Yeah. You know?
We might give a bit of jabs and cuss each other out, but, yeah.
But I want that, so keep that up as well. Yeah.
Lauren, let's be honest, yourself and Lystra
have bumped heads over the years,
but I feel like you both made a conscious decision
to kind of get on this season.
How important is your friendship with Lystra?
Lystra means the world to me.
However, I won't put up with her nonsense.
Likewise. She also won't put up with mine.
So we do clash, but we wink and go, "OK." Yeah.
"We'll stop it here." Yeah.
Sheena, I love tipsy Sheena.
Whey!
Gimme some of that food! Oh, I don't like...
I'll tell you a couple of things. OK, break it for me.
First things first, I was so elated that our culture was being...
Yeah. Everybody was gonna get to see a bit of our culture.
Like, it made me so excited.
However, what didn't help that is I picked up Lauren.
Oh, your first mistake. Yeah, yeah.
It was actually really nice, just seeing you letting your hair down,
supporting your friend.
I'm here for it. You were having fun.
I was having a great night. Sheena.
Rachel, you were questioned over how supportive you were of Lystra
during her break-up with Ashleigh. Yeah.
Do you think that was fair treatment for you?
No, not at all, because Lystra knows we don't...
I don't follow her,
so if someone makes an announcement on social media,
you can't then presume people have seen it.
The minute I heard, I spoke to her at Louis' memorial.
I was confused then why when I watched at the end of the night,
you're still saying I hadn't reached out,
cos that's the first thing that left my mouth, was it not?
Yeah, you see... Yeah.
Yeah, you said that day, but the question was asked,
"Who reached out? Which of the girls reached out?" I didn't know!
You said it with your chest just now,
"Oh, I didn't see cos I don't follow her."
You know why I don't follow you.
You blocked me three times, so what's the point?
Yeah, but... What's the point? You keep blocking me.
The thing about it is...
Not talking about social media. We've cleared the slate.
I just wanna know where we stand
because we bonded, you know, with the bike situation,
and I genuinely thought we moved forward... It's social media.
When we see each other face-to-face, I explained to you why.
So why do you think it's OK for me to following you
and you can't follow me?
Why you think that? You really need to check yourself.
You go around in circles all the time.
Me again, me again. Keep blocking me.
Keep blocking you?
Babe, this is the last time I block you.
I will never unblock you.
..I'm going to keep taking it. I'm not.
I'm not gonna keep taking it.
I do not give a shit! Oh, my God.
I reached out to you when Louis died,
and you didn't even acknowledge.
Did you reach out when my dog died the week before?
So you follow me, then? I saw it on Official Housewives.
So you could see Louis, but not Ashleigh.
Whoa!
I don't look every day. You're a liar.
OK, ladies, I think it's best if we move on.
Ell, you've spent a lot of quality time bonding with Lystra,
talking about toe-sucking.
Nice? LAUGHS
I'm not really into it myself.
Honestly, Chris is gonna kill me.
What made you... What made you click with Lystra so much?
Do you know what? Lystra's just got such a great energy.
Like, she walks into any room, and it's infectious,
and I am just drawn to that sort of energy,
so I knew that I'd get on with Lystra really well.
Lystra, you know, what's ahead for you?
Talk about the spices.
I was waiting for you to touch on that subject. Why?
I've got a surprise for you. Spices?
Jamie, would you do us a favour, darling?
Am I gonna try spices? Yes, darling.
Just for you. Ooh! Please, I love a spice.
SCREAMING
There you go, chicken foot souse, my darling.
Would you... Would you do us an honour?
You know what? I'll have a little smell first, if you don't mind.
No, you've got to suck on the toes.
Yeah, you've got to... Come on!
You've gotta pick up one with your hand and...
Do you know what? You gotta, you gotta...
Do you know why I can't? I can't. WOMEN CHANT
I... Guys! Brian!
You've got to! Go on, Brian!
CHEERING Yes! Yes!
Oh, my God! Suck on it! Suck on it!
You suck on it! Plate! Plate!
That's on the suit! It's on the suit!
Paige, would you mind for a second? I will, I would love some of this.
While I try and process what's just happened,
I think we should take a little beak... Break!
We need to take a little break. Suck on it!
Yes, Paige! Go you! Go on, Paige, that's it.
OK, now, they said it could never happen.
They said we weren't brave enough.
They said it was scientifically impossible.
And, no, not the 1969 moon landing.
The return of Dawn Ward and Magali Gorre to our screens
in the same season.
I'll be finding out exactly what went down
when our iconic housewives return to the cameras
in just a few moments.
You get a chicken foot! You get a chicken foot!
Come on! Chicken foot for everybody!
Coming up, on...
Sorry to interrupt you.
Newsflash, we've just been told that we have a special message.
Well, hello from sunny Dubai.
What about your family? How did they feel?
Sorry. Oh, babe.
Oh, are you all right?
You coming onto the show,
I don't feel you used me to get on the show...
I BLEEP hope not! It feels. I've not finished.
Welcome back to The Real Housewives of Cheshire: The Reunion.
Now, 2015, an incredible and important year in social history.
Zayn left One Direction,
every eejit on the street had a selfie stick,
and the Royal Family welcomed the birth of Princess Charlotte.
But television royalty welcomed six new pampered princesses too,
when, for the first time, we were invited
into the elusive and exclusive Cheshire Golden Triangle.
And to celebrate a defining decade on our screens,
this season welcomed back some of the most iconic Housewives
in Cheshire history.
DING
CHEERING The real queen is back!
CHEERING
Right, OK.
Do you want a mirror? I've got one. I come prepared, love.
Is my hair OK on camera? I feel like it's a mess.
It looks lovely. Does it?
Debbie! Ah!
Hold onto your hats! Your crazy chick is back.
CHEERING, SHE CHUCKLES
Tell Sheena what you do every morning.
I suck his cock.
LAUGHTER
He likes a protein shake, and then he go exercise.
And you like a protein shake as well.
LAUGHTER
But these two don't age, look at them!
You wouldn't age if someone was doing that every three minutes.
To get over one man, get under another, that's what they say.
I'm not saying I've been celibate, girls, for the last two years.
Oh! Come on, tell us.
You're the worst dancer. I couldn't be a stripper.
Come here, lads.
Hi! Hi!
Hi, babe. This is Nermina.
When you were handing me that, I was like, "Don't throw it at me".
LAUGHTER Pshh!
I threw a drink into Ester's face once.
LAUGHS
Even in the leopard print and the cheap wig, you look fantastic.
Cheap wig? Cheeky bitch!
She looks like she's having some trouble breathing.
Does no-one else get that, where you can't gasp?
It makes you look really ugly. Talk among yourselves for a minute.
If anything happens to me, don't be pulling any other birds.
Stay single.
Oh, BLEEP!
Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God!
Yeah. The queen is back!
CHEERING
Cheshire, fill me in.
Your life has to carry on as well. Yeah, yeah.
And as hard as that sounds, you need to, you know, keep yourself going.
Whenever you're feeling like life has come to a point
where I can't see a way out of it, life always changes.
It's been ten years of incredible memories with incredible friends.
Ah, here we go.
And here's to the next ten, cos I will be coming back very soon.
The best memories. The best!
You've not heard the last of me.
Thank God for that! Yeah.
Love you all.
Lauren, as the last OG standing - well, lying down, most of the time -
how did it feel,
having all your old pals back on camera with you?
Do you know what? It was actually quite an...
Oh, sentimental. And I don't get like that.
It was incredible to see us all back, celebrating ten years.
What makes an iconic Housewife?
I think it's somebody that is true to themselves,
speaks from the heart.
Also, accountability's important.
Accountability, yeah. No, no, no, not at all.
LAUGHTER It is, absolutely.
Listening. I don't think you need...
Listening, a good quality. Listening and accountability
are not two of the qualities I class as an OG.
Leanne started on the show with you.
What was it like, back on camera with Leanne and Tanya?
So, being with Leanne and Tanya's incredible.
The memories are still there, and we giggled, and we had so much fun.
Leanne's changed as a person.
I think she's come back much more Zen.
Magali came back as she was. Dawn came back as she was.
Actually, Nermina came back very different.
I feel like everything she's been through...
A revelation for me, this season. Yeah, it's made her stronger.
And made her realise,
"You know what? Actually, I can do anything now."
Rachel, Dawn Ward jumped out of two things for you. A cake...
Yeah. ..and a plane!
You know what? We FaceTime every Sunday morning,
and she had me convinced she was in China.
Paige, you were reunited with Hanna at Ester's hen do. Totally was.
Hanna came in... Ooh, what's the word?
Fire emoji, fire emoji, fire emoji! Hot, hot, hot.
I mean, obviously, the situation wasn't the best.
She was defending her friend, which I understood,
but at the same time, she hadn't really been there.
My friends get slated for sticking up for me,
but clearly... Day in, day out.
But when you say, "my friends", they are our friends.
Yeah, well... Don't keep saying that divide.
We all... We're learning that now.
You learn that? We're learning that now.
Cos I've been saying that from time,
but we still do "our friends, your friends".
I don't. I don't. There's still a divide.
What I think happened here is, obviously,
Seema has vented to her friends.
Which we all do, yeah. Yes.
But you guys had already made up.
We'd just had this conversation downstairs,
and then just to know that you'd gone up there, upstairs,
and then you're going on about... I didn't go to stir the pot.
I went up to say to Hanna... That's what... Because she came...
I went up to say to Hanna... No, there's history, though.
There's history with Hanna. Paige came in on a complete lie.
What does that mean? Hanna could be here for...
What does it mean? You sit there, you do a whole season for free.
Honest to God, she's full of shit.
Whoa!
What do you make of what Rachel is saying there?
Absolute bullshit.
Seema invited me for a girls' night out.
Do you think that I've actually tried to get on this show?
I don't feel you used me to get on the show.
I fucking hope not. But what feels... I've not finished.
You came in as my friend, but how we've ended from there,
to get where we are right now, that's what's hurtful. Yeah?
Do you think that's solely my fault?
Well, it's not all my fault.
I have a question for Ell.
Ell, you've said before, you've grown up watching this show. Yes.
What was it like, having the legend that is Ampika back on the show?
Oh, amazing. I love Ampika.
She is, again, just great, great energy.
And it does feel surreal to, like, watch the show for years,
and now be part of the ten year anniversary. It is crazy.
Seema, why do you think this show resonates so much with our viewers
over the last ten years?
They've followed our journey. Mm-hm.
Real friendship, and friendships have their ups and downs.
Oh, I know.
And literally, even when I'm out, people wanna know all the goss.
I wanna know! Yeah!
"Have you seen Dawn?" They can't believe Dawn's back.
Magali... Everyone wants to know our story.
Sorry to interrupt you. Newsflash!
We've just been told that we have a special message
from an iconic Housewife.
Wow! Who is it?
Well, hello from sunny Dubai. It's your old nightmare.
As you're getting older, Brian, over the last couple of seasons,
those suits are definitely improving.
I've just had the most incredible time,
being back filming on the Housewives with all the girls,
especially celebrating Rachel's 50th.
It's sort of made me realise what the show really meant to me,
to be on it for 12 seasons.
I am super proud to have been
part of a great, great ten-year anniversary.
Every single one of the Housewives, past and present,
all the crew, you should all be super proud of yourselves.
And you never know, I might be paying those lovely ladies,
all of you, a little visit in the future. Never say never.
Happy anniversary, guys, have a great day,
and please, please be nice to Brian.
He's not getting any younger. Happy anniversary.
Oh!
Ten years on screen wasn't the only milestone
these ladies reached this season.
Through birthdays, break-ups and baring all for charity,
we've seen our Housewives celebrate, commiserate and titillate,
sharing the monumental moments in their lives -
the good, the bad, and the toxic.
I'm gonna be having a baby! ALL SQUEAL
What would you like, a little brother or a little sister?
Brother! Why do you want a brother?
Cos sisters are annoying!
I'm having a little girl!
GASPS What?! Babe, are you really?
Ah! Oh, my God, are you serious? Yes.
So, I'll be like this. THEY SQUEAL
Oh, he wouldn't do that. OK, let me do that again.
To be able to stand here on stage, share my mum's story with my family,
is something that I've been scared to death to do.
But if this can help one other person
to raise a little bit more awareness,
then I think I've done my mum proud.
It's great for Shane and the lads to get together.
Plus, it's nice to just get a family photo.
Nice, just in there for me.
I think we might move out.
Seriously? Yeah.
I love having a big family around me,
and I just don't wanna say goodbye to my boys.
I've got a big milestone coming up, I'm turning 50. OK.
And I don't want to carry on feeling how I feel.
You've been through some really, really difficult life experiences,
and you got through them.
Rachel Lugo, you made me cry this season
when you went to see your therapist.
Were you nervous at all of opening the door to us, and showing us that?
Yeah, but it was helpful, it really was.
What about your family, friends and loved ones,
how did they feel?
Did they perhaps treat you differently at all?
Oh, babe. Oh, you all right?
Sorry. No, take your time, honestly.
Erm... My family and friends know everything. OK.
But putting it on camera, I'm not very trusting of people.
I know that, and I know I need to work on that.
But sometimes, it's proven right,
and then sometimes, I think that I've judged people wrong,
and I can hold my hands up to that.
But there are reasons for that, that I think you've all seen.
Ell, we've seen you film with your mum...
Yes. ..for the first time.
How was that experience for you? Erm... It is so hard.
Like, it's the situation I deal with, day in, day out,
that I do sort of, like, push down,
and I sort of say to everyone, "It's fine, everything's fine."
So, I think being, like, that raw and that emotional
was really, really difficult.
And I think for my mum as well, I knew...
Sorry, I'm getting upset now.
I knew what a big deal that would be for my mum.
Now, what does your mum think of the show?
SIGHS
She thinks it's carnage most of the time.
Does she? LAUGHTER
No, do you know what? My mum is...
She thinks all the girls are amazing,
and she thought all of you were, like, so supportive
and so lovely at the charity event, so she only has nice things to say.
Does she ever say, "Darling, cover your nipples"? No, never!
She knows that I dress a bit risque. Free the nipples, I'm here for it!
You're also planning a wedding. Yes.
Well, I have actually made a decision
that I've not told the girls,
that I have decided to postpone the wedding.
Oh, you have? Yeah.
OK, is this a Cheshire exclusive at the Reunion? It is.
I wanna be present during this pregnancy.
I wanna be really present when I have the baby.
And I really wanna be in that bubble.
And I don't wanna be consumed by trying to rush a wedding
when really, like, what is the rush?
Enjoy the moment. One step at a time.
Good for you. How does Chris feel about it?
Chris was like, "We're still getting married."
I was like, "Yes, we're still getting married!"
Well, a round of applause for that, cos that's amazing, that's amazing.
Sheena, a real moment for your family,
taking your children to the Boyzone documentary.
Do the kids realise that Daddy is an icon?
I mean, they know, but they just don't care.
Kids are cool.
So, you know, they're doing their own thing.
I mean, to them, we're dinosaurs.
Seema, have the boys moved out yet?
I mean, they must be nearly 40 by now.
Will you let them go? LAUGHTER
I think they'll be 60 and still be living in the...
Cut the cord. Just get this woman a scissors.
Yeah. Do you want them to leave?
No. Why?
Cos it'll just be me and Sandipops. Ah! Is Sandipops the problem?
Sandipops is a problem. Sandipops wants to move with them.
So maybe it'll just be me in the house.
You move in with me! I'm coming. You can come and live with me!
Listen, I'd watch that reality show. LAUGHTER
Rachel, I am so sorry, I actually owe you an apology.
I'm sorry I could not make the calendar shoot.
I was so busy with the girls and all my commitments in Ireland.
But I have been working on March 2026.
LAUGHTER And I do believe that this is...
I'm glad you picked mine. This is the best.
Brian, you've got great legs. Thank you. Take it in!
Honey, hang it on your wall. Put it under your pillow.
Now, you guys pour yourself another glass of fizz,
because after the break, we'll be discussing
who's the glue holding this friendship together,
and who's just a little tacky? Ugh!
Stare at it. Doesn't it look gorgeous?
Let me see his face. Fabulous!
Next, on The Real Housewives of Cheshire: The Reunion...
From one queen to another! Yeah! Oh, my...
Stand up and take a bow. Oh, my God!
Ell, do you think Lauren was being perhaps a little bit two-faced?
You're a snake, and you have shown it multiple times.
You sit down. Wow!
A huge welcome back to The Real Housewives of Cheshire: The Reunion.
This season, the friendships amongst our hot-headed Housewives
have had more ups and downs than Paige's backside on a paddle board.
Darling, you know it's true.
Where some grabbed onto their friendships,
others just grabbed the mic.
Some were persistent, and some remained resistant.
You know what they say - you can lead a Housewife to water,
but you can't make her drink Champagne... Hey!
..with someone they think is an attention-seeking little baby.
Wah!
Ell, it kind of seemed that you would get frustrated,
the way Lauren would talk about Paige.
Yeah. Do you think Lauren was being perhaps a little bit two-faced?
I think Lauren's very vocal on her opinions about Paige,
and she doesn't hold back.
I wouldn't really say Lauren's two-faced,
because she doesn't sort of act any different in front of Paige.
I think it's just a case of she's not showing much warmth
to build a friendship with Paige.
Did you find you found it quite hard work,
trying to get everyone back together on the one page?
Pardon the pun. THEY CHUCKLE
Yes, definitely. Yeah.
Some of the girls, obviously, have very strong opinions,
and wanna stand where they stand, and don't wanna budge on anything,
but from my perspective, I'm trying to bring the whole group together.
I think mine and Rachel's friendship took huge steps. Yeah.
And I just sort of wanted to see that within the whole group,
and especially see Paige get that sort of same treatment, really. OK.
Lauren, it seems like your opinion on Paige would kind of flip-flop,
kind of back and forth.
Where do you stand with her now?
I actually like Paige, but I still remain
that she does like to be the centre of attention.
She feels the same about me.
And if she isn't the centre of attention,
then she will do something like throw a comment in.
Let me ask Sheena about something you had said.
You hit it straight to Paige, you said, "They just don't like you."
To me, it's just the vibe I got off some of them.
Do you understand why, though? It's not about not liking Paige.
Because I would never have had her as a friend from day dot.
I do like Paige.
Sometimes, some of the things that she does...
Maybe some of the things I do, you don't like.
I was just about to say, darling. Which I can accept. I can accept.
It wasn't very palatable, sitting at the table,
to hear you say, "She was just a client."
She said it first!
She said at the table.
Someone asked me a question. You say it in a very derogatory way.
You knew what you were doing it. No, no, no, no.
Paige said, "I do come to the clinic, I'm a client,
"and I've spent tens and thousands of pounds in your clinic."
Yeah, I have. So that's fine to say?
In that moment, I was very angry.
I don't look at a friendship for money. Money...
I was very angry in that moment. Money does not turn me on.
So, when I said the "high-paying client",
a lot of the people on this stage
don't really know the history behind our friendship.
So, there was a phone call in the summertime,
before we went to Thailand, where Seema made a comment that,
"We don't need your money, we don't need you in the clinic."
Oh, Paige, you just bore me. That really offended me.
But when Seema said the client comment,
she said it in a way because she was trying to put down our friendship
and say, "She was just a client. Don't really know her."
I never said that! There's a big difference of context.
Did she not say that? Yeah.
She did say that. Sheena, I said to you....
She did say that. She did.
And you can actually see it, I said, "The girls hit the nail on the head.
"She is a client." You said, "She's got a point there."
"She's got a point there," that's what I said.
And you did say you don't really know her. Watch it.
If I were you, I would shut up
and don't even worry about them because guess what? I don't!
Since you came in here, you have held it down.
Caused chaos! Yes, and good.
You know what makes a good House...? Oh, here we go.
You know... You know... You know what makes..?
Oh, a crown. So boring.
You know what makes a good Housewife?
This is what makes a good one.
You came in for free, as they're telling you,
and you worked your ass off.
Oh, boring.
And here you are, from one queen to another, yeah!
Oh, my God! Yeah, one queen, stand up and take a bow.
Stand up and take a bow. Hang on!
Take a bow. Yeah! Yeah! How ridiculous.
I'll curtsey. Why, thank you. Yes, Queen Paige. You deserve it.
As Lauren would call it, The Paige Show.
Seema, when you and Paige had that showdown in the cocktail bar -
it was iconic, by the way - you literally got straight to it.
You obviously had told Rachel that Paige had called your friends toxic.
Yeah. Who do you think she was referring to at that point?
Yeah, she meant the outer group.
But was that told to Rachel,
that it was your friends that weren't on the show?
Yeah. Because Rachel seemed to think it was about her.
And I did say to Rachel.
The way the conversation was in the car is,
"Your friends are toxic. If Rachel and Lauren behaved like that,
"you would be behaving completely different."
I said to her... It was said in one sentence.
You said to me, "I'm fine to accept the girls screaming and shouting,
"but as soon as you say something, I just... blah! I just go for it."
I have to correct you on that.
That entire conversation was about me and you and the outside friends.
None of these girls. You did! You spoked about...
No, I didn't. It's on camera. You did, about Thailand!
As Brian said, it's on camera.
I did say to the girls, when that was said,
I turned round to you lot and went, "She did not say it meaning you."
Oh, I actually text Rachel.
You could have gone,
"No, listen, let's not add fuel to the fire here."
Yeah, but when I told her... We were driving to....
She told me the conversation, my name was brought into it.
And you carried it on, and you held onto that so...
No, I didn't carry it on. At that moment, you did.
There was loads you did after that.
You can't own, you can't own the fact that you were wrong.
I text you, you ghosted me. I said it was never about you.
I'm sorry if you felt that way, but I can tell you,
it was never about you.
You did plenty more.
You decide to blank me and then carry it on.
But, Paige, you do the same. What? Blank?
There's times when I message you, you don't reply. Yeah, I own that.
You don't reply! I don't reply.
You don't. I didn't want to reply after that message.
Oh, but it's fine for you not to, but then you should
No, but I corrected. One rule for one, one for another.
Can we just go back to Rachel? It's a different scenario.
Why weren't you annoyed at Seema for getting it wrong in the first place?
Seema didn't get it wrong. She did get it wrong.
I told you how she said it to me. Whatever.
You didn't correct Rachel. It carried on for weeks.
I don't need to correct her.
You did, because you completely got it twisted! No.
Paige, Paige, your behaviour...
I think also what's frustrating is...
Actually, I'm gonna come to you, Sheena, as our voice of reason.
Oh, Jesus, no.
Do you think Rachel was looking for an excuse to be angry with Paige?
Yes. No, I had plenty.
Yes. Things have gone too far...
Right. ..with Rachel and Paige for anything to make amends.
So I think by that point,
I don't think Rachel would even listen to anything.
Don't like liars. Because by then, she's at her peak.
Lystra, you talk about the sisterhood a lot.
Why is the sisterhood so important to you?
I am just sick and fed up of this two-faced nonsense.
You sitting down over there, and you talking about, oh, smiles,
but you are the most slippery, cunning person I've ever met.
Yeah, snake, whatever.
You slither your way through. Yeah.
But that little smile and that fake thing that you do to everybody,
you do it so well.
But I see through you. That's fine.
I see through you! Your opinion doesn't mean nothing to me.
It won't mean anything because, darling, you can sit down there
with all that chip on your shoulder, but what I'm trying to say to you...
I sit here proud. ..you are a cunning, slippery snake.
You are cunning, slippery... Well, your opinion...
I will respect your...
You is the serpent they talk about in the Bible. Fine!
You're a serpent! Fine.
OK, I think that's the best place to leave it, OK?
We were doing so well.
Time now for another break.
But join us for the final part of tonight's show,
which, like one Rachel's role play fantasies,
will be full of electricity, shocking facial expressions,
and an applause for a job well done.
See you after the break.
Coming up on The Real Housewives of Cheshire: The Reunion...
I'm a snake. Ssss!
Paige can handle herself.
Well, stop being the headmistress, then, darling.
You've had issues in the past with numerous people,
and you've moved on - is it possible to move on with Paige?
Welcome back to the final act of tonight's reunion,
where we've already been treated to manic monologues,
the drama of a Greek tragedy,
and a scene-stealing performance from me.
You're all welcome.
As the story of Season 18 draws to a close,
one of our heroines just can't seem to turn over a new page.
Is anyone really the villain here,
or could Paige and Rachel live happily ever after?
I've met you a couple of times,
but it was a bit of a frosty kind of energy.
Who is she?
I definitely wasn't frosty. OK.
I really thought you could be more mature in that situation.
You patronising little cow!
Oh, freaking get your grandmas on fucking Instagram,
you fucking grandma.
CHEERING, GREETING
What the hell is she doing here?
You bring in someone that has frigging attacked me, what I do!
Time's a great healer. No-one says to me, "Know my place"!
I guess the elephant in the room is whether, like, whether we're OK.
You manipulate everything.
You're playing into every narrative possible
to paint me look like a bad person.
You're exhausting to listen to, to be around. It's all about you.
Are you finished?
I could go on.
I know my place with you now, and we're not gonna be friends.
I tried, and that's all I can do.
So, have a good night, and I will see you around.
Seema, why is it you think they just don't get on?
Do you know what?
I really don't have a clue, and I really don't care right now.
I'm just focusing on me. I'm done. I'm done. I'm a snake.
Ssss!
Sheena, what do you make of this clash between Rachel and Paige?
It can be resolved but not right now and not yet.
Do you think Paige kind of hasn't helped herself,
and she's been poking the bear a little bit?
Er... Come on, you've seen it.
I mean, she even said, "How did they react to the invite?"
When I didn't give a reaction, and Ell said she just went, "Oh,"
she went, "Jealous little cow."
Can you not see any of that?
That didn't come out of nowhere. Paige gives as good as she gets.
Exactly! What was I giving?
And I think that's allowed. What was I giving?
Exactly. If she's backed in a corner, she's gonna give...
It's what you do to get me to react.
You've just hit the nail on the head.
Give it time. Don't keep rehashing.
Ell, let me come to you.
Do you think Rachel has ever really tried to get to know Paige?
When we went for a drink, we had a conversation, and I said,
"Listen", I said, "Paige doesn't want a fight, she doesn't want war.
"She actually wants to all get on. She wants to build bridges."
And I did sit there, and I just said, "Do you wanna do that?"
And you were hesitant, a bit like...
What has she slipped in your drink, Ell? Seriously! Oh, my God!
Are you actually gonna sit there
and make out like she hasn't done a thing? I want the whole group...
You want me to be the big bad devil. Does that make you happy?
If I just say, "Yes, I'm the Devil"?
What does she want me to be? You don't wanna see the good.
Let me ask you, following on from the lunch from hell,
Paige said to you she wished you had defended her a bit more. Yeah.
I think there was times where I could be a little bit more vocal
in that situation.
What had I done that you need to defend her?
I think because it went from a zero to a hundred so fast.
And who caused that? It wasn't in a bad tone.
I don't feel like she came at you aggressively.
I would agree with that.
And then I was put on the back foot, cos then it was a bit of like,
"Ell, this lunch is an ambush,"
and I was like, "Oh, my gosh, no, it was never."
Sheena, you say you agree with it, but if you actually watch it back.
There's no talking to any... Your face tells what you don't say.
As if to say, "Ooh, shit, is she going there?"
My face tells the fact that it was really uncomfortable,
but I will 100% say Paige started that conversation very calmly.
It's irrelevant! She started it with very good intentions,
but it wasn't received in that way.
Can I say something? Go for it.
Rach honestly felt that she was there without her close friends.
I was ambushed by the lot of them. They all discussed it.
It wasn't an ambush. No, we all didn't discuss it. What?
Well, she felt that. She felt that.
But it's not true! Feelings aren't facts.
The facts are, it wasn't an ambush, and we didn't discuss it.
Seema, do you feel that Rachel was ambushed,
having watched the show back?
I wouldn't have liked to it there, and everyone just be, "Why?"
But not all of us weren't like...
We weren't like that. It wasn't an ambush.
It was just me speaking to her. The girls kept quiet.
You always need an audience, someone with you. I don't.
Yes, you do. I'm happy to say what I feel to your face.
I'm not afraid of you, I'm not afraid of anyone in this room,
I will say exactly how I feel to you directly.
ULULATES MOCKINGLY, PAIGE COPIES
So disrespectful! Slow down, I can't hear you.
Can you understand why Rachel may be resisting
a genuine friendship with you,
if she feels like you're constantly digging her out?
I didn't just start with digging her out.
I never did. It came after I'd been on the defence, and you know what,
I got to a place in my mind, thinking,
"Well, if she doesn't like me, then I might as well wind her up."
Why not? It's funny. Oh! She doesn't like me.
What's the point? You are just about the drama.
And you're exhausting to be around.
OK. I've never met anyone so toxic in a group.
That's what you think. Do you feel that way?
Absolutely not. Do you think that way?
I don't. No. And the relationship that we had? Definitely not.
Does this stem back to Paige's first reunion
when she said to you at the reunion, "Know your place"?
I've moved on from that. Sheena, do you believe Rachel?
No, I think she's still holding onto that.
Oh, God, you three, honest to God. the Paige cheerleading squad, whoo!
No, I think you've had an issue with me since day one.
I think you're the first person to jump into every single argument.
We can say the same about... Exactly.
The same about your cheerleading squad.
She jumped in with mine and Lauren's...
But we're proper friends. She jumped into mine and Seema's.
What does that mean? We speak every day on the phone.
We are together all the time. So do we. So do we.
What the hell are you talking about? How dare you? How would you know?
Stop talking out of your arse. OK? Thank you.
Don't speak to me like that, that's not nice.
Yes! Stop talking out of your arse! Because you wouldn't know. Stop it!
No, don't raise your voice. You don't know. Like, stop it!
Rachel, you've had issues in the past with numerous people,
and you've moved on - is it possible to move on with Paige?
When people show a bit of understanding
that I am just reacting to them, and we have a proper sit down,
and we hash it out, one-on-one, then yeah, there's always a way forward.
Paige, do you believe what Rachel is saying here, that it is possible?
I don't know how I can be friends or move forward with someone
if they wanna list the dictionary of all the possible villain names
they can call me. I know a lot of words.
So it's like, well, how can I move forward from that?
OK, thank you, that's fine! OK, so are we moving forward?
Clearly not. Are we moving forward?
If me and Rachel can sit down. Rachel and I.
Oh, don't be petty.
She talks about me being a dictionary.
You know, let's use proper English. Rachel and I.
This is what I'm saying.
You both give as good as you get. I know!
You both do. Yeah, but then you'd want to put it like if it's all her.
Oh, Lystra, stop. Just stop it.
There wasn't any beef between you and I.
Could you stop? Just stop.
You go, "Rachel and I". Just stop.
Paige can handle herself, don't get involved.
Oh, I know she can, I absolutely know.
Stop it, then. Stop being a headmistress, then, darling.
Let's just leave it there. Let's leave it there.
This has been a phenomenal season,
featuring more Housewives than ever before,
for a truly iconic tenth anniversary.
A decade on, and the Real Housewives of Cheshire keep upping the stakes
with more drama, more glamour, and more hilarious moments.
This season has seen more laughs
and life-threatening activities than ever before,
and truly cemented Season 18 as one for the history books.
Well done, my beautiful Housewives! Give yourselves a round of applause.
Come on!
Get the shots in!
Ooh! Ooh! LAUGHTER
Think my nipples might be trying to escape.
Oh, am I getting in? Oh! Can that fit in?
You weren't supposed to be here yet!
I like your jugs!
I get to eat some Caribbean flavour!
Whoo! Brake, brake, brake, brake.
On the brakes, that's it.
I think I need to get... High five, Mark!
Do not high five her! Do not encourage that, Mark!
You know, Chris is quite... likes a toe, every now and then.
Ah! LAUGHTER
You know what you're having here, don't you? It's trout sperm.
Ugh! Yeah.
'The first mention of sperm, Lauren's straight on her back!'
LAUGHS
I'm off skiing, and I thought that it would be quite good to go
with a nice tight vagina. LAUGHTER
It's a topless calendar shoot.
What?
You got this, you got this, baby, you got this.
You got this, baby girl. You got this.
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
From the bottom of my heart, on behalf of the whole family,
I thank you so much for being here and making this event possible.
And throughout it all,
I couldn't have done it without all your support.
APPLAUSE
Tonight is about women in business
and empowering each other and all being here.
To Rachel and Ell! Ell and Rachel!
You guys have done amazing. Well done.
This group of girls, we do have our ups and downs,
but when we need to, we do pull together,
and that makes me feel so proud.
CHEERING
And I love you all, I love you all. I love you all.
Aw! Love you.
Let's raise a glass to another fantastic season,
and here is to the next ten years,
where Lauren will still be only 45 years old.
And we will see you soon on our new home of ITV2.
Thanks for watching, cheers!
Yes! Cheers, cheers, cheers, cheers! ALL CHEER
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