TOWIE: Danielle Armstrong comes face-to-face with Yazmin Oukhellou following James Lock split – Daily Mail, Daily Mail

She left the reality show three years ago after her relationship with James Lock came to a dramatic end.

And Danielle Armstrong is now set to make a shock return as she comes face-to-face with Yazmin Oukhellou in an emotional chat on Sunday’s upcoming episode ofTOWIE.

Having both dated James Lock, former TOWIE veteran Danielle, 31, meets an emotional Yazmin, 26, to offer some words of consolation.

On Sunday’s episode, Danielle returns to Essex following her three year break from the popular reality show.

The blonde bombshell oozes confidence as she struts through Brentwood high street and meets up with close friends Chloe Sims and Georgia Kousoulou.

Danielle updates the girls on her current loved-up status as she spills the beans on her blossoming romance with her new beau and plans her latest business venture.

Later on, Danielle goes to meet Yazmin and while the heartbroken star appears to tear up, the pair embrace in an awkward hug.

Meanwhile, a teaser clip reveals Yazmin and Danielle’s ex James visiting a local tattoo parlor with his best pal Pete Wicks and TOWIE newbie Jayden Beales.

James reveals he is getting is tattoo dedicated to Yazmin removed as it is a constant reminder of their relationship.

Speaking about how Yazmin will react when she finds out he removed the tattoo, James tells Pete and Jayden: ‘I can imagine her being quite hurt by this because it was quite a sentimental thing … but we need to cut all ties. ‘

James then goes on to reveal that things aren’t as Yazmin has made them seem following their breakup.

Past episodes of the new series of The Only Way Is Essex have shown Yazmin shutting down James and ignoring any of his advances to try and speak to her.

He confesses: ‘We know the truth. She hasn’t left me alone. We’ve both blocked each other, so she has been calling me with no caller I.D. It’s relentless and draining. ‘

Pete attempts to hit the nail on the head by saying:’ You’ve both been trying to make something work that probably should have been finished a long time ago. ‘

Later in the episode, Yazmin confronts Lockie about removing the tattoo and accuses him of doing it as a dig towards her.

Meanwhile, Vas Morgan returns to give his own take on Dan Edgar’s behavior, and Pete finds himself in a confrontation with Dan and Amber about his outspoken opinions on Amber.

In an explosive showdown with Chloe Sims in earshot, Pete accuses Amber of speaking to people in a derogative way.

Elsewhere, Chloe’s sister Frankie grows closer to Harry Lee at the cricket match, but things turn awkward when Harry’s ex Chloe Brockett turns up.

Danielle’s highly-anticipated return on Sunday’s episode comes after TOWIE producers signed her up to ‘bring some spice’ to the

The fitness guru left in acrimonious circumstances three years ago after her relationship with James ended and he told her he was in a relationship with Yaz.

Danielle has had a well-publicized rocky past with Yazmin that culminated in her blocking the 26 -year-old on Twitter back in March.

Yazmin had accused Danielle of flirting with her then boyfriend and also claimed toOK! magazinethat Danielle got kicked out of Sheesh in 2017 after elbowing her.

On the series debut, Yaz broke down in tears as she explained the reasons behind why she ended her three year relationship.

She said: ‘To cut a long story short it was 4am and he wasn’t with me in bed. He was in a room with two boys he met around the pool and three girls. ‘

After receiving a message on Instagram from a girl detailing James’ whereabouts, Yaz went to explore.

She told Courtney Green: ‘I was banging on the door and one of the girls opened up she had her hairpiece hanging out and another girl was pulling her drawers up. I will never forgive him for that night ever. ‘

Yazmin also spoke about the betrayal with The Sun:’ Whether he did cheat or not our relationship died that night, I was on the floor being sick and crying my heart out and he still didn’t come home until 12 pm the next day.

‘My gut says he cheated, I don’t know why he wouldn’t come back if he hadn’t he was thinking of his lies, I had all his things packed for him waiting at the door.

‘He would never admit it, I could catch him with his pants down and he would deny it, I don’t know if he will ever be happy. ‘

James, meanwhile, vehemently denies cheating on Yaz but admitted he found himself in a sticky situation being in a hotel room with people he didn’t know.

He told MailOnline: ‘I didn’t cheat. Nothing is going to come out because nothing ever happened.

‘The problem with me is if I’m pressurized or backed into a corner I go the other way. I rebel. If someone tells me what to do I do the opposite. I admit I am a loose cannon and I don’t have respect for authority sometimes. ‘

Danielle recently confirmed she has found love again with her ‘best friend of 22 years’, taking to Instagram early on Sunday morning to share some sweet snaps with her new boyfriend.

She split with professional footballer Daniel Spiller this summer and it has been reported that her return has been ‘in the pipeline for a while . ‘

Viewers of TOWIE will watch James and Yazmin’s acrimonious break-up as it will feature as a central storyline in the 25 th series of the ITVBe show, as they make their return after leaving earlier this year.

TOWIE continues on S undays at 9pm on ITVBe.