The Real Housewives of Cheshire will soon be back on our screens for an 11th series, and they'll be joined by a feisty new member of the cast.
Nicole Sealey, the daughter-in-law of the late Manchester United goalkeeper Les Sealey, had never seen the hit reality show before, but her husband Joe is a fan.
Describing herself as 'honest and direct' with a dry sense of humour, it sounds like Nicole won't be afraid of speaking her mind.
She says there will be occasions where she calls people out on the docudrama, which follows the lives of a group of affluent ladies living in Cheshire.
Asked what she'll be bringing to the show, she told the Manchester Evening News: "Chaos! No no. I am quite honest and direct, not too sure they have all got my sense of humour yet as I am quite dry.
"I do say what I think but I really have got on well with the girls. There isn’t anyone I don’t get on with but there may be a couple of occasions where I call people out."
Nicole, 45, says her joining the ITVBe show almost didn't happen. But after being approached a second time she spoke to her entrepreneur husband, who was making a bid to buy Macclesfield Town football club at the time, and decided it was the right time.
"Originally I definitely wasn’t going to do it," she told us.
"Then I was contacted again, when in the midst of trying to buy Macclesfield Town.
"Speaking with my husband, we decided it may now be the right time and a good time to take the meeting. Then I got the call and I was in the show!
"Throughout your life, if things are constantly presenting themselves, then perhaps you are supposed to be doing them."
Nicole continued: "To be honest, no I hadn’t watched the show but I had seen it advertised.
"My husband quite likes the series’, especially the American Housewives.
"He watches more reality TV than me so this is more out of my comfort zone."
Newcomer Nicole's father-in-law Les was United's regular goalkeeper throughout the 1990 and 1991 season and returned as Peter Schmeichel's understudy from 1992 to 1993.
He sadly died of a heart attack in 2001 at the age of 43.
Her husband Joe was on the books at West Ham until injury ended his goalkeeping career at the age of 21.
Nicole and her husband, who became a sports agent representing a host of big names in football and boxing, jointly established the health and fitness business Neon with gyms in Alderley Edge and Hale and the couple are parents to two daughters and son.
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On the Real Housewives she's joined Dawn Ward, Ester Dee, Hanna Kinsella, Rachel Lugo, Seema Malhotra, Tanya Bardsley, guest star Christine McGuinness and one of the original Housewives Lauren Simon, who is returning to the show after leaving the cast in 2018.
The ladies have jetted to Athens for filming together.
"I knew of the majority of the cast in some capacity before joining the show, some better than others," she said.
"I knew Christine as she used our house for a photoshoot. We met through mutual friends and we ended up chatting and getting on well.
"For Tanya, I knew her brother in law and we all went out a few times – so again through mutual friends.
"Lauren, I probably knew the best as she did a bit of work for the gym.
"Rachel, I didn’t know her too well but we went to a few of the same events and also we go to the same hairdresser."
Asked how she felt about joining the cast she said: "I was apprehensive because of the work that I do.
"The time I am in my life now, I have been doing this for 25, 26 years so I have definitely proven I can do my job.
"I am quite impulsive so once I decided, I was all in.
"For me I like to be behind the scenes and my husband is more in front and the pretty face!. I am 45 now, so I like to think that I will cope with whatever is out there."
Reflecting on how she's found the experience so far, she said: "We have recently come back from a girls trip and we had some great laughs. I really have had fun so far.
"Also, I think the show brings out a different side to me which is nice to see."
The new series of The Real Housewives of Cheshire will air this spring.
