Sam Faiers may consider a return to 'The Only Way is Essex'.

Sam Faiers

Sam Faiers

The 25-year-old reality TV star - who left the show in 2014 following four years airing her life on camera - hasn't completely turned her back on the programme that made her famous and would think about joining her former castmates for another series, but her boyfriend Paul Knightley, with whom she has seven-week-old son Paul, would never allow a production team into his life again.

Bobby Norris, who joined 'TOWIE' in 2012, said: "I think Sam might dip her Shellac toe in the water again one day. [But] I don't think Paul will be signing up to 'TOWIE'."

Paul, a property developer, found himself at the centre of a heated debate earlier this month after he was filmed sharing a peck on the lips with his mum Gaynor for the couple's one-off parenthood documentary 'Sam Faiers' Baby Diaries'.

And Chloe Sims - who bonded with Sam when she was dating her cousin Joey Essex briefly a few years ago - believes the backlash Paul has received over the past few weeks has put him off starring in a reality show ever again.

Speaking to Digital Spy, she explained: "[He won't join 'TOWIE'] now that he's had a taste of bad publicity."