Sam and Billie Faiers break silence as Ferne McCann 'mourns' friendship trends now

Sam and Billie Faiers have broken their online silence following former friend Ferne McCann telling James Argent why she made cruel comments about Sam.

Former TOWIE star Ferne, 32, couldn't contain her emotions as she discussed her fallout with her best friend, 33, who she had known since her school years, after leaked voice note scandal.

In the series premiere of ITVBe's First Time Mum, Ferne confessed she recorded the 'hurtful' messages because she was envious of Billie's sister Sam, 32, at the time.

Since the emotional scenes aired on Wednesday evening, Sam has been silent on social media but has now returned to Instagram.

Posting a throwback snap, Sam said that she was living her best life with her friends as she posed alongside her friends - without Ferne.

Elsewhere, Billie also broke her social media silence as she took to Instagram to share a sweet family snap after Ferne's admissions.

On the show, Ferne claimed to know who was behind the leak, which saw an anonymous Instagram account, called Lady Whistledown after the Bridgerton gossip sharer, post a series of voice messages from a woman they claimed was Ferne last year.

One heard a woman's voice label one of acid attacker Arthur Collins ' victims a 'silly b****' while another saw Ferne accused of body-shaming Sam Faiers.

She said during the episode: 'I'm so ashamed and embarrassed and I know the words are very hurtful. It was from a time when I was really hurting, and in a very vulnerable and bad place,' she explained while sat reflecting in her car.

'They were from about five years ago when me and Sam had a fall out. It's very hard for me to talk about this because I don't want to bring up the past. Would I say those things now? Absolutely not, but those I absolutely apologised for.

'But now because of this hate campaign and this person that has held onto them for five years, to weaponise them against me, I've lost my... I've lost some of my best friends.

'I've lost my whole relationship with Billie, and that really hurts.

'She has been my best friend for so many years, and that plays into where I don't feel whole, I feel really lost. Friendships are so important. And you say things where if you're angry, or if you're hurt, you say things.'

In a confessional, she told viewers that she knows exactly who leaked the voice notes, but alleged they had been edited 'to removed their context'.

She said: 'When I heard the voice notes, I immediately remembered who I'd sent them to but I believe they've since been edited to remove their context.

'Why? Because I think that someone is trying to destroy me and to inflict as much damage into my life as possible. There's only one person that I know would want to inflict this amount of pain and damage onto my life. They destroyed me.'

Elsewhere, the influencer revealed she found the school run 'traumatising' following her leaked voice

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