Billie Shepherd is yet to address Ferne McCann’s apology for the voice note drama as she instead worked towards a “huge clear out.” As former cast members of The Only Way is Essex, Billie and her sister, Samantha Faiers, used to be close friends with their co-star Ferne before the voice note scandal last year. Ferne addressed the voice notes leak on This Morning yesterday as she said: "It definitely wasn't my finest hour, and it definitely was a very difficult time in my life when those voice notes were leaked.