The Geordie Shore cast were left stunned when Natalie Phillips walked out of the house during filming for the new series.
Newcastle-based barber Natalie has been on the hit MTV show for close to two years, having joined as a one of a number of newcomers alongside the likes of Bethan Kershaw and Beau Brennan.
Like Bethan and Beau she has been on screen in the last few weeks as series 21 airs on MTV but it has now been revealed that she left her co-stars behind mid-way through filming.
The signs were there that Natalie was unhappy on the latest episode of Geordie Shore, which was broadcast on Tuesday night. After telling the camera she felt ill and it was "more than just a hangover," the 30-year-old stayed in bed while the other girls headed to Chloe Ferry's mam's house for a night away from the lads.
And in a video that has been posted on Facebook, Natalie can be seen telling Bethan, Beau, Chloe and other cast members including series 21 newcomers Amelia Lily and Louis Shaw that she decided to walk away from the show.
For the first time since she's been on the show, Natalie is single but in a candid confession to the camera, revealed that she's not sure "this life is for me."
She says: "I'm not sure that getting mortal, necking on and acting single is actually for me. I'm not sure this house is for me."
In scenes set to air on Tuesday, September 1, Natalie breaks the news to her co-stars, saying: "I've had a word with meself; I've woke up today, I feel a lot better, a lot happier but I have decided to leave the house tonight."
She adds: "I know that it's my time to go now."
Her shock announcement leaves Abbie Holborn and Bethan in tears, while Chloe admitted: "She's like the big sister I never had."
Natalie broke the news to the group right before they were due to film on a night out in Newcastle and she told them: "I know I'm leaving you before a night out but I do want you to have a really good night and have a drink for me."
