THIS Morning’s Josie Gibson revealed her secret connection to Ashley James as they reunited on air today.
Josie, 39, and Ashley, 37, go way back as they lived together ten years ago after the Made In Chelsea star’s break-up with Matt Richardson, 32.
When things ended crimoniously with the comedian, the mumfluencer admitted she was left broke and alone until her pal moved in.
In heartwarming scenes, the pair came face-to-face again today on the ITV daytime show when Ashley appeared on screen to discuss the news with Gyles Brandreth.
Josie, who had been hosting alongside Craig Doyle, looked delighted to see her old friend.
After a discussion about barbecue cleaning, where Ashley admitted she’d only just given hers a refresh after a year, Gyles pointed out the pair were once roomies.
He exclaimed: “I’m still recovering from the news that you two flat shared for a while.
“What was it like, two girls together? Your habits are very different. Clearly they are. She doesn’t clean the barbecue for a year. You are cleaning it virtually as you are serving the bangers.”
Josie replied, “Oh, we had a wonderful time. Me and Ash did live together and we had a whale of a time, didn’t we?”
Ashley agreed, “Oh, it was so good.”
When Josie competed in I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here last year, Ashley sang her praises on Instagram.
The reality star, who shares children Alfie, three, and Ada, 12 months with her boyfriend Tommy Andrews, wrote: “Having a break whilst I’m away but I just had to come on here and wish Josie Gibson so much luck for the jungle…
“She deserves to be a queen, I’m so happy for everything coming Josie’s way. Lots of you won’t know but Josie was my literal guardian angel after a bad breakup almost 10 years ago…
“I’d only met her twice but after reading my relationship was over on MailOnline she called me to check in. I was a mess and had no money etc – within 10 minutes Josie was in a van one the way from Bristol to pick me and all my possessions up…
“I lived with her for five months and she helped me pick my life back up and helped me build my self esteem. We had a lot of fun together…
“Josie is always so giving and I’m just so happy that she is getting the recognition she deserves from just being a 10/10 human. I’ll love her forever.”
The Bristol-native went on to be crowned fourth place.
