Ella Rae Wise confronted Dan Edgar about his new relationship on camera after whispers spread through the cast while they were in Vietnam, a tense exchange teased in a preview for next week’s episode.
The Only Way is Essex returned for series 37 on April 26, and episode two was set to broadcast on April 27 at 9pm. The group’s getaway in Vietnam provided the setting for the feud: Dan Edgar is in a fresh relationship, and Ella — who split from him a week before she entered the Big Brother house — has been airing her doubts to friends.
“I asked him about his new girlfriend, or bird, was it a girlfriend or whatever it is I don't know,” Ella says in footage cut for the show, naming the subject that has followed them from the villa to the beach. The remark came during a chat with castmates in which she repeatedly returned to regrets about the breakup.
Ella is blunt about how she felt the moment they split. “That's not because he's met someone else because I'm not going to lie I regretted it as soon as I did it, but I just thought that he'd come back for me. But he didn't,” she tells her friends, a line that underlines how raw the situation remains.
In scenes previewed for viewers, Junaid tells Ella plainly, “You've got massive feelings for him Ella and sometimes in life you just have to go with your heart,” pushing the conversation toward a possible reunion. Ella replies with a string of conflicted lines, at one point saying, “No it's actually s***,” and later, “I actually hate it.”
The friction is pushed to the foreground in the clip showing Ella and Dan alone on the beach. Dan is shown asking her not to break down — “Please don't get upset” — and Ella answering, “No I'm going to because I love you.” The preview promises their talk will air in a future episode.
That preview matters because it captures two competing storylines: Dan’s new relationship and the chorus of whispers that he and Ella had been flirting while the cast were away. Production footage and cast talk fuelled speculation, but Dan refuted the flirting rumours, and told producers he “needed to have a conversation with ex Ella to clear up their situation.”
The tension is simple and personal. Ella has said she wanted Edgar to come and get her back after the breakup; he says he needs to clear the air now that he is dating someone new. The narrative on screen therefore pits a fresh relationship against unfinished feelings — and it’s unfolding in public, on a show that returned this week.
For viewers wondering about the dan edgar girlfriend question the show has raised: yes, the cast and production confirm Dan Edgar is in a fresh relationship, and that new partnership is the reason the pair’s reunion now looks complicated rather than tidy.
What comes next is laid out by the show itself. A preview for next week's episode shows Ella Rae Wise and Dan Edgar talking on the beach, which promises a direct confrontation and, possibly, a final reckoning. Dan has signalled he wants a conversation to “clear up their situation,” and the episode due on April 27 at 9pm on ITV2 is likely to deliver it.
On screen, then, the answer to the headline question is not whether feelings remain — they do — but whether those feelings can overcome the fact that Dan is already in a fresh relationship and that Ella regrets how quickly she ended things. The clip suggests she still hopes for him; he wants clarity. The programme will tell whether clarity leads to closure or a renewed claim on a relationship both parties left unresolved.
