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The Sun
a day ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Real reason behind Chloe Sims bitter two year feud with siblings and the new ‘sister' who has replaced them
THEY appeared to be the UK's answer to the Kardashians with a reality show documenting their big, glamorous move to Hollywood - but two years later, Chloe Sims and her estranged sisters Frankie and Demi are still not even on speaking terms after a very public fallout. While the spat between the siblings played out on their short-lived series House of Sims, now insiders are revealing the real reason things turned so sour between the former Towie brood, and the person that came between them. 10 10 Those in the know claim that 43 year-old Chloe's closeness with her brother Charlie's fiancee Georgia Shults, 33, who also moved out to LA with the gang in 2022, is the main factor behind the deep rift between the once-tight sisters. 'Frankie and Demi feel like they have been replaced by Georgia,' a friend of the family tells The Sun. SIBLING RIVALRY 'It's as if Chloe and Georgia are sisters now, and Frankie and Demi are strangers to them. Frankie and Demi basically felt like they were pushed out, and Chloe has no time for them anymore. 'They expected this fallout to have been resolved by now, but Chloe's closeness with Georgia has only made the gulf between the sisters even wider.' Chloe, Frankie, Demi, Charlie and Georgia upped sticks to LA three years ago after signing a six-figure deal deal with OnlyFans' OFTV to film a series about their efforts to make it in America. The show proved a hit with viewers, with OnlyFans renewing the show for season two and Netflix even picking up the rights to become the series' second streaming home. Fans were hooked on the drama as the sisters fell out amid the pressures of setting up their new lives in LaLa Land, culminating in an epic screaming match while filming the second series. TV BATTLE After weeks of simmering tensions, things finally came to a head after Frankie and Demi learned that only Chloe, Charlie and Georgia's names were put on the WiFi bill for the family's apartment - making it difficult for them to build a credit score in their new country. They were especially incensed as all four siblings were paying equally towards the apartment, yet Georgia wasn't contributing financially and still getting credit. There is still so much bad blood in the water. A source close to the Sims clan The ensuing clash led to drinks being thrown, Chloe branding her sisters 'evil users' and Frankie and Demi leaving LA for good - ultimately putting paid to a planned third series of the show. 'That was back in January 2024 and eighteen months later, there is still so much bad blood in the water,' explains our source. 'Frankie and Demi basically feel like Chloe got too big for her boots after they moved to the States and started to believe her own hype. When they called her out on it, she chose their brother and Georgia over them because they never stood up to her or gave her a reality check. PICKING SIDES 'It didn't help that Chloe, Charlie and Georgia all decided to stay out in the States, despite their show not coming back, whereas Frankie and Demi have no interest in returning. This has only made the chasm between them all even deeper - it's essentially become two different camps. 'Chloe picking Charlie is one thing, he's one of the siblings at the end of the day, but they feel so hurt by her tightness with Georgia, who isn't related to any of them by blood. 10 'They feel like Georgia should have done more to heal the rift between the sisters, but they believe she's made it worse because she tells Chloe what she wants to hear. 'Charlie and Georgia have always been happy to act like it's The Chloe Sims Show and the rest of them are supporting players, whereas Frankie and Demi didn't tolerate that. They believe she treated them like they should be grateful to her for their success and fame.' Pals in Chloe and Georgia's camp, however, tell a different story. Family is about more than just DNA. Georgia gives Chloe the sisterly support she doesn't get from Frankie and Demi. A family friend 'Chloe doesn't expect Demi and Frankie to kiss her a*** but she was on Towie first and did pave the way for them to have a platform, yet she doesn't feel like they have ever acknowledged that. 'SCAPEGOAT' FURY 'With Georgia, she feels like she gets the sisterly love and support she's not had from Frankie and Demi. Georgia always has her back and sometimes 'family' is about more than just sharing the same DNA. As for Georgia, she feels like Frankie and Demi are making her the scapegoat. 'Yes, Chloe and Georgia are incredibly close, but it's not her fault that the sisters have fallen out, ' explains our insider. 'She's not there to play referee in a family feud. She's always been tighter with Chloe than Frankie and Demi, but any disputes between the sisters are between them and not her. 'Of course Georgia thinks it's sad that the siblings aren't on speaking terms, yet she doesn't believe it's her job to fix that. 'She has her own relationship with Charlie to focus on, as well as own brand as a podcaster and beauty influencer, so she doesn't have time to fixate on the family tensions.' SPEAKING OUT While The Sun has reached out to reps for Chloe and her sisters, last year, Chloe admitted she had regrets over the rift. They're family and the last people I expected to have a falling out with, ' she said. 'Obviously, I regretted my actions because I don't want to be in that headspace, all stressed out and arguing. I just want a nice, easy life." She also explained that she has changed a lot since moving Stateside, saying "It sounds really weird but I've realised that Chloe from TOWIE doesn't exist any more." Meanwhile, when quizzed on whether she has had any contact with Chloe late last year, Frankie said: We are out of the loop so everything is pretty much the same as how it was.' THE FUTURE So what hope is there for that the Sims sisters might put this ugly beef behind them? 'Never say never, but right now there is no sign of a peace deal on the horizon,' says our insider. "If things carry on the way they are, I wouldn't be surprised if they never speak again." 'Chloe feels like her sisters have been really nasty to her, and she's all about the positive LA lifestyle now. She loves them because they are her sisters, but she doesn't really like them as people. She doesn't want any toxicity in her life.' 'Meanwhile, Frankie and Demi feel like Chloe has lost touch with her roots and got lose in a plastic Hollywood bubble. 'Nobody seems to want to budge or bend on this one, and as long as that's the case, it's a complete stalemate. 'Ultimately it's really sad because, even if they do make up one day, they can't get back all this lost time together.'
Daily Mail
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Romeo Beckham doubles down on Brooklyn feud as he shares sibling snaps with Harper and Cruz after blocking his older brother on Instagram
Romeo Beckham has made another social media dig at his older brother Brooklyn, sharing a sibling photo with Harper and Cruz during a fun night out in Miami. Days after blocking Brooklyn on Instagram, Romeo, 22, showed off his close bond with sister Harper, 14, and younger brother Cruz, 20. The trio posed for a selfie during a night out with pals, with the group also including Cruz's girlfriend Jackie Apostel. Another sweet snap showed Harper, casually dressed in loose jeans and a black top, cuddling her brother Romeo. The siblings were celebrating a pal's birthday at Beckham family friend David Grutman's Komodo restaurant, with Romeo thanking his parents' pal for the lavish dinner. Romeo poured more fuel on the fire on Friday with a savage dig, hours after blocking Brooklyn and his wife Nicola Peltz. The model, 22, posted a picture of Justin Bieber 's new song Walking Away following his bombshell block. Not holding back with his feelings, Romeo commented 'Yup' - a particularly telling statement, given the family's explosive feud. Cruz and Romeo were still following Brooklyn and Nicola on Friday but appeared to take action after Brooklyn posted a birthday tribute to sister Harper, sharing a family photo which excluded them and which Nicola reposted. Brooklyn, 26, and Nicola, 30, are still following his parents Victoria, 51, and David, 50. Brooklyn's birthday tribute to Harper marks his first public interaction with his family since he paid tribute to his grandmother Sandra on 26 June, despite remaining silent and shunning his father's 50th birthday earlier the same month. There was much speculation whether Brooklyn would reach out to Harper on her birthday, but despite this it seems all is not well in the camp. The news that Cruz and Romeo blocked their older sibling follows Cruz's many pointed digs towards Brooklyn on social media last month. Meanwhile, Brooklyn and Romeo have been living a somewhat fractious relationship over the last few months following claims Romeo's ex-girlfriend Kim Turnbull was the reason behind their rift. Kim addressed the speculation June 16 and insisted she has only ever had a friendship with the eldest Beckham son. Sharing a statement on her Instagram page, she said: 'I've avoided speaking on this topic to prevent adding fuel to the fire, however it's come to a point where I feel the need to address it so I can move on. 'I will not continue to receive harassment or be embarrassed on the basis of lies, to fit a certain narrative. 'I have never been romantically involved in ANY capacity at ANY point with the person in question. 'Nothing between us has occurred further than a school friendship at age 16. I would like to remove myself from the ongoing conversation & set the record straight for the sake of everyone involved.' Kim had been at the centre of the row after Nicola claimed that she felt uncomfortable around her, with sources close to the US heiress saying that Kim had dated Brooklyn when they were teenagers. Which she had now denied.
Yahoo
09-07-2025
- General
- Yahoo
There are unexpected perks to being the last kid at home, just ask my youngest son
My youngest child was sad to say goodbye to his older siblings when they moved out of the house. Initially, he struggled with loneliness but soon embraced independence and self-sufficiency. School breaks bring back some sibling rivalry, but he has also gained confidence. My two oldest kids left the nest this past fall — one to do a gap year in Israel, the other to start his freshman year at college— and no one took it harder than their 14-year-old brother. He's five years younger than his sister and six years younger than his brother, but despite the age gap, the three of them have always been pretty tight. They have inside jokes, secret alliances, and a shared love of telling my husband and I how "cringe, weird, and annoying" we are. As we packed up each kid for their individual adventure, my youngest was on repeat: "UGH! I'm going to be stuck here all alone!" "But you have us," my husband and I reminded him, only to be met with intense eye rolls. In the following months, something unexpected happened. That first week the house was so quiet, it practically echoed. The three of us tried to keep up the lively dinnertime vibes of our family of five, but our son ate quietly, sullenly, then abruptly left the table, went to his room and closed (slammed) the door. He mostly moped around sighing. He no longer had his brother to squabble with over the Switch, his sister to whisper to at night, and no one to gang up on his father and me during a family debate. He was, for the first time in his life, the only child in the house. But within a few weeks, things started to change for the better. We began to see little inklings of him enjoying solo life. Without older siblings to compete with, share with, or defer to, he blossomed into his own rhythm. He discovered the joy of having the bathroom all to himself; no need to bang on the door when someone overstayed in the shower and no one interrupting his long baths. He could play with his Switch on the big TV without anyone fighting him for the remote. He no longer had to wait his turn to talk to me or my husband — we were all ears, all the time. And no more coming home to find someone had finished all of his snacks. He also became more self-sufficient. With no older siblings to trail behind, he started taking more initiative by packing his own lunches, doing his own laundry, and cleaning his room. He also learned the art of snatching what was left behind in his siblings' rooms (a favorite blanket here, a coveted hoodie there). I saw a version of my youngest I hadn't seen before: confident, independent, sneaky in the funniest of ways. Being the "last kid standing" gave him a new kind of spotlight, and he quietly, contentedly stepped into it. Then school break arrived and my son was counting the seconds until his siblings came home. The minute each stepped through the door, arms full of duffels and stories, he lit up. For about five minutes. Then came the territorial disputes. One wanted to use the X-box and took back the seat my youngest had now claimed at the dinner table. My daughter left string cheese wrappers around the areas my youngest had straightened up, and her makeup took over the once-organized bathroom counters. Suddenly, the youngest in the house had to wait again — for the bathroom, for the TV, for our attention. "UGH! When are they going back to school?!" he yelled one night, exasperated. It was a comedic whiplash. The same kid who had mourned their absence now couldn't wait for them to leave. But I got it. He had spent months adjusting to a new normal, and maybe even enjoying it. Their return, while joyous in theory, was an abrupt disruption to the world he had carefully restructured around himself. In the end, the three fell back into a familiar rhythm of bickering, bonding, and teasing. But there was a shift: Our youngest was no longer the little brother just along for the ride. He had become his own person with his own routines and I think his siblings saw that, too. He had grown a few inches, his voice had gone down a few octaves, and they started to see him more as an equal and not an annoying little brother. The baby of our family may still miss his siblings when they're gone, but he's learned that being on his own comes with its own perks. And if nothing else, at least he knows the bathroom is his again — until the next break. Read the original article on Business Insider
Yahoo
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Funny Cat Siblings Are So Chaotic, They Deserve Their Own Reality TV Show
Funny Cat Siblings Are So Chaotic, They Deserve Their Own Reality TV Show originally appeared on PetHelpful. Many cat parents have likely tried to make their feline companion's life better by introducing another cat. The idea is that a second cat will make the first one happier. But is this true? While we do not doubt that many pet parents will state with the utmost enthusiasm that two cats are better than one, we also think that sometimes cats can be cats. Felines, being quirky and dramatic creatures that they are, certainly know how to keep things interesting. But as far as these feline siblings are concerned, shenanigans are a way of life, and what is life is siblings without a little sibling rivalry? These two are certainly not afraid of mixing it up with each other and throwing some paws if necessary. Yeah, these two are definitely siblings in the most traditional, if not juvenile, sense, will sabotage each other on the cat wheel, slap each other with their paws, tackle each other, and disrupt each other when they are trying to hide in their happy places. For one of them, this is a shopping bag, which they, quite comically, fit into perfectly. However, these fluffy cat siblings don't just get into mischief; they also like to challenge themselves with enrichment activities like mazes. The white cat was able to figure out this maze pretty quickly. But their feline sibling had a tougher time, to say the least. They kept bumping into the walls and looking around confused, unsure how to find the exit. However, eventually they were able to use the process of elimination to figure out that if every turn they had taken in the maze so far was a dead end, then the exit must be the one turn that they had not taken yet. Sure enough, it was. As these two feline siblings show, cats can be chaotic, cute, clever, and sometimes more than a little bit confused, but whatever their personalities may be, there is never a dull moment with them! Looking for more PetHelpful updates? Follow us on YouTube for more entertaining videos. Or, share your own adorable pet by submitting a video, and sign up for our newsletter for the latest pet updates and tips. Funny Cat Siblings Are So Chaotic, They Deserve Their Own Reality TV Show first appeared on PetHelpful on Jul 7, 2025 This story was originally reported by PetHelpful on Jul 7, 2025, where it first appeared.
The Guardian
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
I thought my sister and I had the worst fights in history. Then I asked the internet
How normal is sibling-on-sibling savagery? It's a question I asked myself last week while watching two small children fight, Mike Tyson-style, on Instagram Reels. The kids, maybe four and two, wore boxing gloves and squared off on a grippy, padded floor. The older sister was thumping her brother like her life depended on it. His retaliation attempts, while honourable, were largely futile – age was on her side. Still, his spirit didn't break. Every time she totalled him, he got back up, ready for more. It was addictive to watch – not just for their agility, but because it transported me, like a whiff of forgotten perfume, to my childhood. Growing up, my older sister was my archnemesis. I can pinpoint the moment it began: my fifth birthday. I went to the toilet, and when I came back, all of my friends were gone from the lounge room. I panicked. Had they gone home? Without saying goodbye? No. Worse. They were in my sister's bedroom, hanging out with her instead of me. My heart sank. I knew I'd lost them. As any younger sibling will attest, you'll never be more entertaining than an older sibling with a cooler room and a lava lamp. Her version of our villain origin story would read differently. She'd probably say it started when I stole her Motorola Razr, opened the 'voice recordings' folder and found a clip of her breathily singing Jessica Simpson's With You. It was the kind of blackmail material a younger sibling can only dream of. I played it to Mum and Nana. They both laughed – a rare reaction, given they'd hate for either of us to feel embarrassed for expressing ourselves. Unfortunately, despite their empathy, a tone-deaf rendition of 'with nothin' but a T-shirt on' was comedy gold. My sister walked in and her face went so red it almost turned purple. She was livid. And so, in her mind, it began. Our fighting got progressively worse as time wore on. The smallest of slights would set off explosive brawls. A front seat 'dibsed', a remote control hogged, a McDonald's french fry secretly snuck before we got home. Each petty win kept the flame of our feud alive. On rare occasions, our altercations would spill out on to the street. This was typically when my sister would refuse to drive me to school. Banshee-level screaming would ensue, followed by some light kicking through the window. I genuinely thought no siblings in Australia were capable of fighting as ferociously as we did – until I posted the boxing toddlers to my Instagram Story with the caption: 'Me and my sister over a Kookai top.' The post exploded. My DMs lit up. Suddenly, I had hundreds of similarly harrowing tales. When I mentioned chasing my sister with kitchen scissors, someone replied: 'Endless leg kicks when they're above you. Only way to win.' Some stories unlocked repressed memories. 'My brother used to chase us with a knife, then smear tomato sauce on himself and play dead,' said one person. 'I think that's why I'm great in emergencies.' Me too! I once staged my own murder scene so my parents would think my sister killed me before they got home. Early-2000s technology was a major trigger. Rows over the family computer were common. One sister smashed her brother's Xbox and scattered the pieces across a 4km radius, so Xbox fragments haunted him wherever he went. One girl broke her sister's finger while watching Charmed, but only let her cry during the ad breaks. Psychological warfare was rife. One woman's sister told her a bath bomb was a tablet she 'had to consume'. A four-year-old was convinced by her brothers to 'take a shit in the backyard at a family BBQ', for reason unknown. She followed through, quite literally. Another sibling was told he'd been found at a servo wrapped in a Subway footlong. While all of these stories sound borderline deranged, almost everyone who submitted them sounded glad to have had the experience. The white-hot panic of being chased around the kitchen island with a sharp object? That must breed resilience. I'd like to think it was character-building. I truly feel like no one can hurt me as badly as my sister did. There's power in that. Even at our worst, there was always one rule: only we were allowed to terrorise each other. When some boys stole my bike from the milk bar in primary school, my sister chased them down, gave them a spray and retrieved my two wheels. Years later, on one of the rare occasions we went clubbing together, we were each other's bodyguards. I'll never forget the rage that bubbled up from somewhere deep inside me when I saw a man grab her for a dance against her will. I kicked off and he got kicked out. My sister and I danced in peace and, naturally, argued in a taxi home. Is it possible to move on from this dynamic? For full-on, lifelong fighters, sometimes it takes a family emergency for you to call tools down. It happened for my sister and me during Covid. Our dad – the man whose incandescent temper we surely inherited – was diagnosed with cancer. It shifted something in the family dynamic. Fighting, while at times horrible, was our default setting. When we were forced to reflect on the possibility of losing him, a new normal emerged. It finally became clear that we wouldn't always be fortunate enough to spoil the peace of our nuclear family, however dysfunctional. The decision to form a truce after 26 years of full-pelt warfare wasn't intentional. It wasn't acknowledged with some grand gesture, a big apology or by 'hugging it out'. Our hatred just silently slipped away. I guess I felt as though my parents finally deserved to experience having children who didn't hate each other. My dad is fine now. And my sister and I? We are even better. Lucinda Price is an author and comedian who goes by the name Froomes
