Binky Felstead, Lucy Watson and Rosie Fortescue have spoken about why no other Made in Chelsea stars are in the new spin-off.
The E4 show Beyond Chelsea aired its first episode on Tuesday (October 29), with a second set to round off the reunion of three of the Made in Chelsea fans' favourite former cast members.
The trio spoke exclusively to Digital Spy ahead of the show's release and Binky explained that their chemistry was crucial to making the show "as real as possible".
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"I think it would be obvious if we didn't hang out with someone who was on the show," Binky said. "It would obvious on camera because there would be no rapport. There would be no organic-ness."
She added: "Obviously we're not like a gang, we're not going to not let other people in. Whoever was interested we would obviously want to have in."
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Rosie went on to point out that the first season is only two episodes, so there was a limited on the number of cast members and scenes. She added: "It's also not just a follow-on from Made in Chelsea. It's a different show. It had to be different."
Binky added: "I don't feel this is a spin-off. I feel it's going to be it's own big show."
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Having watched the first episode of Beyond Chelsea together at a pre-release screening, Lucy also spoke about how well the dynamic between the trio works on screen because they're all "really different" individuals.
"We all have different things going on in our lives," she said. "I hope that there's people out there that can relate to at least one of us or one of our situations. And it worked well because we all get on.
"Equally I think if there were other people from the original cast that wanted to be involved, I don't think that would have been a problem."
Beyond Chelsea airs on E4.
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