Once the golden trio of Essex, Ferne McCann and sisters Samantha and Billie Faiers were practically joined at the arm but now their friendship is in the gutters.
The group have had an almighty falling out in recent years after Sam initially believed that mum-of-one Ferne had bad-mouthed her to mutual friends.
However, their friendship appears to have no way back after a series of leaked voice notes from Ferne making digs at Sam were leaked.
We've trawled through the archives to bring you everything you need to know about their dramatic falling out as the group break their silence.
Reality show drama
When Ferne launched her own reality show following the birth of her daughter Summer, it had a rather familiar-sounding name.
Titled Ferne McCann: First Time Mum, this bore a striking resemblance to Sam's own shows, also on the ITV network documenting her journey from pregnancy to motherhood.
The former Minnnie's Boutique owner had The Baby Diaries and The Mummy Diaries.
At the time, a source said: "Sam felt like Ferne was trying to emulate her success by launching a rival programme – and it made things awkward between them."
Ferne has previously addressed their falling out and appeared to suggest that their friendship was once again starting to blossom.
She said: "We fell out because I went ahead and filmed for this show, after the year I've had, I haven't got the energy to entertain feuds. I just want positivity around me."
But this appeared to be news to Sam, who later confessed to the Mirror: "Over quite a long period of time, we haven't seen eye to eye on a number of things. We've drifted apart from each other. We've grown up and grown apart but there's no major feud."
Bridesmaid SNUB
Ferne was left devastated when Billie appeared to snub her at her wedding to Greg Shepherd.
Sources claimed Ferne was "dropped" as a bridesmaid due to her then-ongoing feud with Billie's sister, Sam and the decision was to "prevent any disputes".
Speaking to The Sun, a source at the time said: "Billie and Ferne grew up together and spoke from a young age about how they would one day be each other's bridesmaids.
"It was a big shock to Ferne when she was excluded from Billie's list of bridesmaids but she knows it is all down to her fall out with Sam."
But a spokesperson for Billie added that the decision was down to Billie having "so many" close friends meaning she couldn't whittle them down.
Leaked voice notes
Ferne was accused of making a series of "vile" comments about her former pals Sam and Billie in September last year, with one revealing the pregnant star calling Sam a "fat c***".
In other voice notes, Ferne appeared to call mum-of-three Sam a narcissistic b***h', whilst in another Ferne was accused of hitting out at Billie for giving her son the same name as her jailed ex, Arthur Collins.
Speaking to James 'Arg' Argent on her show, Ferne McCann: First Time Mum, she said: "I think the place that I was at, Sam had it all. She had a partner she had a baby and I didn't.
"Yeah, I'm not condoning it. I did say something really nasty about her and it has affected my friendships. At the moment, my friendship with Billie... You know how much I... [cries] It's really hard."
When Arg asked if she can fix the situation and if she's contacted Billie, she answered: "Yes and no, I understand the position she's in... I've tried to message her lots but I get it.
"I'm very much mourning the loss of a 22-year friendship. It's hard. I massively regret it but I'm unable to do a lot apart from my trust in the police, try and patch things back together..."
At the beginning of the episode, Ferne admitted to feeling 'so ashamed and embarrassed' by the leaked voice notes.
But Ferne recently explained on This Morning that she will hopefully be able to share her full truth at a later stage as it's now part of a criminal investigation.
Essex Police were approached for comment.
