Billie Faiers and her husband Greg have walked away from The Family Diaries (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock)
Billie Faiers has waved goodbye to the ‘best home movie ever’ The Family Diaries after ten years and six series.
In September, it was claimed the former The Only Way Is Essex was leaving the ITVBe reality show but now the 34-year-old has officially confirmed it will be no more.
The show followed Billie and her husband Greg giving viewers a warts-and-all insight into their marriage and home life and featured their children Nelly, nine, Arthur, six, and Margot, one.
The end of The Family Diaries has devastated fans who are still coming to terms with Billie’s sister Sam Faiers, 33, stepping down from their massively successful show, The Mummy Diaries, after seven years.
On Instagram, staceymilburn commented: ‘End of an era 😢❤️ but the most wonderful memories and achievements x x x x.’
Echoing their sentiment, one_fourfive wrote: ‘Watched you from the very beginning, gutted this is the end 😭 xxx.’
riamandry said: ‘Oh no, myself and my children have loved watching from the beginning. Will miss the show x.’
Billie described the show as the ‘best home movie ever’ (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock)
natooxxx added: ‘This is heartbreaking news to me😭.’
Billie announced the end of The Family Diaries on Instagram, and described the show as a ‘journey.’
She wrote: ‘After almost 10 years of filming for The Mummy diaries and @familydiariesofficial We can officially announce our journey has come to an end ❤️🥹.
‘And what a journey it has been !! From giving birth, raising our children, the highs and lows of parent hood, tears and tantrums, celebrations, fun times, tough times, hen and stags dos, a house build and of course getting married 🫶🏼✨.We are so grateful to have been able to capture all of these memories and share them with you all!
The fly on the wall show followed Sam and Greg building their family (Picture: ITV/REX)
The Family Diaries followed Billie celebrating milestones with her children (Picture: ITV / Billie and Greg: The Family Diaries)
‘Thank you @suziewells_ @chatty.dave for being involved every step of the way ❤️ and thank you to everyone that has supported us over the past decade , it means so much 🥹🫶🏼🙏🏼. A special thanks to @itv for the best home movie ever!!
‘But now feels like the right time for the next chapter ✨🫶🏼 Thank you again for all of the love and support over the years 🥹❤️ lots of love Billie, Greg, Nelly, Arthur and Margot xxxx.;
According to a source in The Sun, Billie decided to walk away from The Family Diaries to allow her children to grow up out of the spotlight.
They said: ‘Billie has loved her time on the show and had loads of fun, but thinks it’s time she let her kids grow up away from the cameras for a bit.
Sam and Billie have forged a media empire since Towie (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
‘She adores the memories she has made and will treasure them forever, she’s so grateful to the production company, but is excited about exploring new options with ITV.’
The insider added: ‘There is no bad blood and the sky is the limit.’
Billie and Sam became household names in 2010 when they joined Towie, which Sam left in 2014 before Billie dipped out in 2016.
The ITV show catapulted them to fame, with millions becoming invested in their lives and keen to follow them online during Towie’s heyday when the likes of Amy Childs, James ‘Arg’ Argent, Jess and Mark Wright, Kirk Norcross, Lauren Goodger, Lauren Pope, and Lucy Mecklenburgh starred.
Sam and Billie have gone on to appear on various other hit shows since, with Sam appearing on Celebrity Big Brother in 2014 and Billie on Dancing On Ice in 2021.
In November 2021, they began co-hosting a podcast, The Sam & Billie Show.
The Family Diaries is available to stream on ITVX/
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