So, Made In Chelsea is back and it started with a bang as the fallout from the group's trip to Bali continues. Willow Day came to the defence of Issy Francis-Baum - but was she right to?
In case you forgot: Iin Made in Chelsea: Bali, BFFs Issy Francis-Baum and Yasmine Zweegersgot into an almighty argument at a dinner party after it was revealed that Issy had kissed Harvey Armstrong. Before Bali, Yasmine and Harvey were getting close but when they arrived in Bali he gravitated more towards Issy.
So, after Yasmine called Issy out for kissing the guy she liked, Issy and Harvey revealed that all along she was dating Miles Nazaire (Of course, ladies man Miles is related to this story somehow). Yasmine continued to deny that she kissed Miles and Issy got a lot of stick for bringing it up.
Now they are back on home soil, Yasmine has admitted that there was a romantic spark previously with Miles. So, Issy's friend Willow Day pulled her up for hurting Issy - and we can see both sides of this argument.
On one hand, Willow was defending her friend and should be able to do so. Whilst out in Bali, the tense moment where Yasmine and Miles confronted Issy for making their kiss into a big deal was quite uncomfortable for many to watch. Miles got quite personal labelling her 'calculated and a f*cking child.' As Issy is the youngest cast member at just 20-years-old, it wasn't nice to see her being spoken down to by him - especially when they both knew what she was saying was true. Issy and Miles also have previous romantic history and he endedthings pretty abruptlyand really hurt her. Meanwhile, Harvey was standing there and barely defended Issy when she needed a bit of moral support.
Even though they had kissed and been on dates, the pair of them downplayed it and made Issy feel like she was crazy for even thinking they were together. It wasn't fair of Yasmine and Miles to launch at her and make Issy feel so small in that moment. Anyone with eyes could see Yasmine and Miles were constantly flirting - Yasmine even got a little bit jealous when she heard that Miles and Ruby Adler were flirting.
One might wonder why Willow is bringing this up again after the argument happened three months ago. However, as Willow wasn't in Bali and therefore unable to defend her friend, she is justified to do so now. Issy was pretty much alone during that argument. She deserved someone to have her back then and so Willow is just giving her that support now. From the looks of it, Issy is still hurt about the situation despite brushing it off at the time.
It all stems from downplaying the truth. If Yasmine and Miles had just admitted they had kissed this situation wouldn't have escalated as far as it has. When Willow called them out for hurting Issy naturally they were both quite annoyed. However, from where I'm sitting it appears that they are more annoyed at Willow calling out their white lies. The shock of being caught out seems to be the issue. Instead of owning it they are now calling Issy 'two faced' for not saying she was still upset. Once your actions start to affect your friends - that's when you should do all you can to correct it.
On the other hand, we can understand why Yasmine and Miles might have wanted to keep their potential relationship on the down low. When you're getting to know someone new - be it going out or just texting, keeping things private is quite a normal thing to do. Before prying eyes and judgement sets in (which Chelsea is famous for,) it's nice to just get to know that person intimately one-on-one before you decide to take things further.
Now, we all know Miles is famous for striking up a flirty friendship with a girl and then cutting things off prematurely - it's kind of his thing. Perhaps Yasmine wasn't sure about him yet and wanted to see how things went, which is completely fair. Just because they are friends, they are not owed details from every part of each others lives and some things can be private - but of course, that would make terrible reality TV.
It was a bit shady for Issy to kiss Harvey after Yasmine had admitted she liked him - but as they were all single, they are all entitled to do what they like. Also, if Issy was still genuinely upset and hurt about the situation she could have let Yasmine know. Yasmine seemed pretty taken off guard with Willow's anger towards her as they all seemingly made up in Bali. It's difficult when thoughts and feelings are coming through a spokesperson so hopefully Issy will speak up and reveal her true feelings towards Yas soon.
In fact, next week it looks like Issy and Yasmine's feud will only continue as they clash again at a party. It's time for this situation to be hashed out once and for all...