PETE Wicks claims Towie won't be cancelled over the coronavirus crisis like Love Island and insists lockdown could benefit the reality show.
The ITVBe series was due to begin filming in March before strict lockdown rules forced the cast and crew to postpone production.
Now Pete, 31, is hoping the show will return in September when the second of its biannual series usually airs. Speaking exclusively to The Sun Online, he said: "I think Towie can do social distancing.
It's completely different to Love Island. Celebs Go Dating... it'd be hard to date with social distancing, wouldn't it? [laughs] "But Towie we film a couple of hours a day and generally a lot of it is in open spaces. "The chances of Towie coming back are fairly high I would have.