BFFs always know the real tea and Francesca Allen has spilled
How showbiz journalists managed before Instagram and TikTok, we'll never know. We guess they had to actually speak to the TOWIE and Love Island stars in person *shudders*. No shade, but honestly, we barely answer phone calls or the doorbell anymore – and we mean to family.
Luckily for us (and you), we don't need to worry about that in 2025, as you can't even call yourself a bonafide reality television star these days without plastering your private life all over social media.
Or if not your own, someone else's...
Take Love Island 2019's Francesca Allen's Instagram story, for example. Without one of her most recent posts, we wouldn't have this phenomenal tea on blossoming All Stars lovebirds (not to mention TOWIE co-stars) Elma Pazar and Sammy Root.
In a casual video to her 422K followers, Elma's bestie spilled the real tea onthe All Stars' history with Sammy – namely, the real reason they've never hooked up, despite months of flirting on and off camera.
Captioning her story post, ‘I said what I said, sorry,' Francesca revealed all...
Francesca said, 'Inside goss, Elma has always fancied Sammy and it’s so nice to hear that he was actually reciprocating the vibes because Elma was like, “Ah, no, he started chatting to another girl who’s on [TOWIE].” Elma’s a bit like, “If that’s what you’re going to do then that’s fine.”
'I think initially when she first spoke to him, it then went basically into friend zone because there was no discussion that one of them fancied one another, so this is like so cute because it’s like when you think someone is good looking but you don’t really want to go there because you think the time has passed, but this is the time.’
Sammy entered the All Stars villa on day 15 as a bombshell alongside Danielle Sellers from Love Island 2017 and made a beeline for Elma, taking her on a 'sleepover' date in the Hideaway and, let's be honest, it was giving sexual tension from the moments their eyes locked.
TOWIE fans will remember that Elma and Sammy had an interesting relationship during series 34. In fact, Roman Hackett said they'd been 'flirting for a while'.
Opening up about exactly how they knew each other, Sammy joked, 'We were at an event and then I walked in and Elma wouldn't leave me alone all night. Pestering me.
'Nah, I was chasing her around like a dog.'
