James Argent has been seen smiling once more during a day at the beach after his messy split from TOWIE legend Gemma Collins.
The Only Way Is Essex star basked in the Spanish sun last weekend after jetting out to Marbella.
James, 32, was laughing and joking as he splashed about in the ocean with his friends.
Dressed in a pair of bright red shorts, James appeared carefree after a tough start 2020.
While the ITV regular appeared in high spirits, his trip could have a sting in its tail after the government pulled the ‘air bridge’ with Spain.
A shock announcement on Saturday confirmed that Brits returning from Spain will have to quarantine for 14 days upon arriving in the UK after a spike in cases of Covid-19 swept the country.
Arg has been seen relaxing in Marbella, Spain (Image: Sancho/SunshinePhotos)
The decision gave Brits just a few hours warning before the new rules came into force at midnight on Sunday.
Earlier this month Gemma, 39, took to Instagram to claim Arg called her a ‘hippo’, a ‘pig’ and branded her a ‘fat f***’ in a series of WhatsApp messages leaked via her Instagram account.
Gemma shared the screengrabs with her 1.9m followers on the social network before deleting them just hours later.
The duo locked horns after Gemma asked Arg to book a holiday.
While it is not clear how the conversation began, in the first screenshot the starlet shared she fumed: “I’ll take a mate.
“I’m not booking it. You said you would be a gentleman.”
Gemma and Arg appear to have split for good (Image: Getty Images)
Escalating the row, Arg replied: “You fat f***.
“I’ve just lost another 2000.”
A second screenshot starting half an hour later shows the row continuing – this time clashing over Arg allegedly paying for dinner with another woman.
Gemma hit out: “What man pays for another woman!!!”
Within a minute Arg simply responds: “Insensitive.”
Gemma recently leaked messages seemingly from Arg via her Instagram (Image: Dave J Hogan/Getty Images)
Not stopping there, Gemma continued: “And the woman that saved your life has to pay for herself!!!”
Arg then hit back: “You are supposed to be treating me you hippo.”
A rep for Gemma Collins declined to comment when asked about the leaked exchange.
A rep for James Argent was contacted by Daily Star Online for comment.
The couple have been on and off since dating in 2012 after Arg split with fellow TOWIE star Lydia Bright.
Despite various other relationships during their breaks, Gemma and Arg have repeatedly rekindled their love until going their separate ways just a few weeks ago.
Only time will tell if this time they are over for good.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
