TOWIE's Sam Faiers And Joey Essex Split

The Only Way Is Essex couple Sam Faiers and Joey Essex have split up - after he was snapped holding hands with another girl last week.

Viewers of the popular ITV2 "scripted reality" show saw the pair, both aged 21, agree to go their separate ways last night after a heart-to-heart.

Joey told Sam: "I love you Sam, I love you so much."

To which she retorted: "You don't even know what love means."

Joey said: "I love you babe, but I just don't feel like you love me... I think maybe we should just finish it now."

And Sam agreed: "Fine."

Joey had been caught on camera holding hands with another girl as he left a friend's birthday party on Tuesday night.

Sam told her sister Billie: "I'm absolutely fuming. I woke up this morning to find out Joey went home last night with another girl.

"Everyone saw it, he was with her all night, he went home with her, he walked out the club holding her hand, they got in a cab just the two of them, and went home.

"Everyone thinks he's so innocent and lovely, and when you broke up with him bad Sam, poor Joey, it's b******* and everyone knows now what he's really like."

Last week we told you that Sam has not yet decided whether she will stay for the next series of TOWIE.

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