TOWIE favourites Junaid Ahmed and Joe Blackman have landed a huge new opportunity away from the show amid the show’s bloodbath.
The stars have launched their own podcast called Polished Chaos, which goes live on Thursday with the first episode.
The newly-engaged couple said that podcast had been in the pipeline for a while as they addressed the show’s recent axing of their fellow co-stars.
But fans won’t have to worry as Junaid and Joe have survived recent show axing and will be BACK for next series as they plan their wedding.
Bricklayer Josh Francis admitted he was but said he understood the decision due to the lack of storyline.
Long-term Towie star announced she would be stepping away from the show after 10 years, while Becks Bloomberg also quit after feeling like a “spare part”.
Speaking for the first time about their co-stars exit, Junaid said: “We are back! We’re quite lucky with Towie as every single series we get an away trip.”
Junaid shared: “We love Josh, with anyone leaving Towie whether we get along with people or not, it’s always sad to see someone leave.”
Joe echoed: “It’s always sad, Towie is like a big dysfunctional family, there’s always some sort of level of respect where you do feel do for somebody if they do want to leave.
“And sometimes they just want to move on and live their next life and next chapter.
“I wish everyone that has left and has gone on to do other things the absolute best and there’s no hard feelings.
“We do love Josh though.”
Junaid shared: “No one really knows what really happens, it’s like a job, we’re all called for meetings.
“But we wish everyone the best.”
Responding to Courtney’s exit, who they’ve had a rocky friendship with over the years, the boys insisted that there is no hard feelings and wish her the best.
“I’m sure Courtney has a great life away from the show and there’s no hard feelings. We wish everyone the best. It can be a stressful situation sometimes and when you come away from it, people can change anyway, we wish her all the best, I’m sure she will smash life,” Joe said.
The duo admitted that the show is forever changing and these shake-ups are expected – but it always reminds them to be “humble”
Junaid shared: “There’s always been change with Towie, the show’s been going for 16 years, there’s always going to be changes, we kind of know that anyway.
“When we come back every series, we know that they’re is going to be changes, it’s just what you sign up for.”
Junaid continued: “We would never like to go.”
Joe said: “Towie is our life, where we give so much to Towie, it would be strange for us to not wake up and go and film.
“I think it’s always good to be humble.
“Whenever we know there is changes, me and Junaid are the first people to be like ‘oh my god, what’s going to happen?’
“But I’m a big believer that everything in life happens for a reason and when your times done, your times done.
“It doesn’t mean your life is over, it means you’re available to do something else.
“You don’t always get a yes, sometimes the answer is no, but it means you’re free to do something else but life’s not over.”
The pair said they understand how storylines are important for the show – but said they’ve never had to force anything as they’ve only ever been “authentic” in a bid to share their message with their fans.
“With me and Junaid, we just bring our real life to the show. Naturally, there is people we get on with and naturally when we’re around people things just happen for me and Junaid. We’re not told that we have to ‘bring this or bring that’, it’s just organic,” Joe explained.
While Junaid added: “Naturally doing our jobs and being a reality show, that’s something I have always pride myself on since joining the show. There’s nothing I’d never give to Towie because my whole purpose and mission in life is to inspire other people that come from my sexuality and my background.
“If I’m not authentically going to be me, then I can’t be that role model. So there’s no conversation that’s off guard with us, if Towie wants to cover it.”
Junaid and Joe will be baring all on their new podcast – from opening up about their love life, to rows at home and sharing emotional moments in their life.
Speaking ahead of the first episode, Junaid shared: “It’s the perfect opportunity for people to get to know us on a deeper level.
“We love Towie and everything about it but obviously that’s an ensemble cast, whereas this is just the two of us.
“It gives people a real insight into our home, our relationship. We are a couple, we do row a little bit.
“We really dig deep into our personal life and stuff you won’t see in Towie, we really dig deep into our families, you got so emotional, I got so emotional.
“It’s nice for people to understand more about us rather than just surface level.
“We’re going into wedding life, we’re planning the wedding and so much of the wedding is on here – where we’re doing the wedding, the guestlist.
“People will see us in a brand new light.”
Joe said: It’s a big deep dive, there are so many layers to it.
“There are also things in there that people don’t know about us, things we’ve been through and why we are who we are.
“It wouldn’t be me and Junaid if there wasn’t a little bicker there.
“It’s very unfiltered and just from the heart and it’s just me and Junaid having a chat and it goes to some wild places. We did have a good cry.”
Joe and Junaid did not have smooth start to their relationship but the pair are ready to
Episode one is talking about how me and Joe used to hate each other but we dig deep into it. I think what people didn’t get to see, there is a lot there that we speak about, because you really understand us as a couple.
Joe said: “In episode one, you’ll also see the real dynamic of our relationship, like the catty comments we throw at each other. But ultimately it brings our relationship together. We have this saying ‘if we’re not being horrible to each other at some point during the day, it means we don’t really love each other’we have those moments and it is really funny. There are even times we have disagreements on the podcast, but it’s so lighthearted, just silly things.
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