Now, Brown's former bestie turned nemesis Dawn Ward reveals how she really feels about her departure from the show, admitting that their feud over an alleged unpaid loan remains in the hands of lawyers.
“Me and Leanne don’t speak, everything is with the lawyers. One day we’ll get everything sorted out, hopefully sooner rather than later,” she told Manchester Evening News.
“I don’t see Leanne. I haven’t seen Leanne. I don’t really think about Leanne. All the other things are with both sets of lawyers and it will get sorted out.”
So how does Dawn feel about Brown's exit from the show?
“I don’t really think anything. I just concentrate on me and my family, and that’s all I can do. I’m not one to gossip, I’m not one to speak about Leanne,” she continued. “The important thing for me is that I’m in a good place, my family are healthy and happy, we all work hard and they’re my concern, nobody else.”
Last month, when Leanne confirmed her departure from the ITVBe hit reality series, she admitted that with the financial row with Ward, she found it too hard to continue on the show and decided to leave.
“I just couldn’t be in her space, or talk about what she’s saying any more in the show,” she told Manchester Evening News at the time. “I had to stand back and I realised the full truth would never get put out there.”
If you may recall, Leanne Brown and former bestie Dawn Ward have been feuding for the past two seasons due to an alleged unpaid load. As previously reported, Ward and Brown have been feuding over an unpaid £500,000 loan, which played out during Season 5 and 6.
The feud began when Leanne and her ex-Man United hubby Wes lent t£500,000 to interior designer Dawn four years ago. But they were said to be furious that nothing has been repaid and feel she taken advantage of their kindness and has no intention of giving it back, reports The Sun.
The publication claimed that the couple hit Dawn with a legal letter threatening legal action.
“Filming has been really hard because they don’t want to be near each other,” a source close to production told the publication at that time. “They’re even avoiding going to the same events in case they bump into one another. Leanne feels deeply hurt and betrayed, while Dawn is reeling that their rift was splashed all over the national press.”
Despite the drama, Leanne admitted that she had no regrets about being part of the show.
“It has given me a platform, and the space to find myself, it wasn’t all bad. But looking back, I can see that doing that show, it’s been such a journey for me from start to finish, moving away from Dawn has allowed me to become who I am and stand on my own two feet. And just be my own person and do my own thing. It has been quite inspiring to me to find how strong I can really be.”
“When I was filming I was becoming a different person - I was getting upset talking about it, and the frustration that the truth was never 100 per cent out there, that’s down to legal reasons and I can’t get away from that.”
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