Made In Chelsea’s Liv Bentley: ‘It Was A Lot Harder Having A Relationship In Front Of All Our Friends’

The reality star tells Grazia about her argument with former BFF Julius Cowdrey and the dynamics of filming Made In Chelsea with her boyfriend, Tristan Phipps.

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by Bonnie McLaren |
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Beware: contains spoilers for Made In Chelsea.

Made in Chelsea returned to screens last month - and woah, was it dramatic. The gang are staying in a mansion in the Cotswolds, and the drama was mostly thanks to two new arrivals, the return of Miles Nazaires former best friends. But, as we saw in episode one, the pair aren't so friendly any more - and a big fight happened as Julius asked Liv why she had been ignoring his messages (she says it was because the singer had been asking her to promote his music).

'It was odd when I first found out that he was coming back to the show,' Liv tells Grazia. 'Like it didn't really think anything of it, I thought were fine and like I had seen him in the last year - we went to coffee, that was all sweet - and then we obviously got to the house, and Tiffany said that he'd been saying all this stuff.

'I was like "why is he picking up old like drama?"', she continues. 'I thought it was all left behind. And so for me when I first saw him, I was fucked off because of what happened years ago. He pretty much dropped me for a girl that I said to him at the time was questionable and I just didn't like the way he treated me, and so I sort of almost like mourned our friendship back then because we were so close, we were like brother and sister.' (Julius was dating former MIC castmate Ella Wills.)

Viewers will have to watch episode two to find out if the pair get back on friendly terms. But excitingly, since the last series, Liv has made it official with fellow castmate Tristan Phipps. And while they still seem like #couplegoals, living in a house with all their other friends put a bit of pressure on their relationship, and they have an argument in episode two.

'We have small arguments, but I think this was the first one we had surrounded by everyone,' Liv says, talking about their fall out. 'I think what was making it worse is that, instead of talking about it with each other, we sort of drifted apart. I would go and talk to my friends to try and get some sort of resolution which made it worse. I find it quite hard sometimes to really express how I feel, and so I cry, but I cry out of anger, not out of frustration because I sometimes I feel like people don't understand what I'm trying to say, and I think I was just not explaining myself well to Tristan.'

As Liv says, living in the mansion was 'intense' - especially as she had to navigate her relationship in front of all their mates. 'Because of lockdown, Tristan and I have either been living together, or not seeing each other at all,' she adds. 'It was very up and down but I think it made it a lot harder having a relationship in front of all our friends because it was just very intense. For a new couple to go from just sort of dating - we never had the sort of date night dinners and stuff - to straightaway living with each other, it does make it very intense, very quickly.'

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