After several series of rows, tears and tantrums, Lauren Goodger has quit The Only Way Is Essex.
The bronzed TV star has decided to leave the hit reality show to take up a place on rival ITV show Dancing on Ice in January.
A source tells The Sun: "Lauren knows she is not an integral part of TOWIE any more, so she's decided to jump ship.
"An opportunity to do Dancing On Ice came along and she's jumped at the chance.
"But ITV are really strict about TOWIE people doing other shows where they are treated as celebs, so she can't do both.
"She hopes the public will see a different side to her on Dancing On Ice and that she will be able to launch a career off the back of it."
A rep for ITV2 says, "Lauren will take a break and won't appear in the next series."
Lauren was one of the original stars of the show, and had viewers hooked with her on/off romance with TOWIE bad boy Mark Wright, who she was briefly engaged to in series two.
Lauren and ex-boyfriend Mark Wright
However, the beauty salon owner has been forced to take a backseat in the show since falling out with producers in a boozy bust-up while filming earlier this year.
The cast and crew reportedly grew sick of Lauren's diva ways after she regularly turned up late for filming.
A source told The Sun: "The cast and crew have had enough of the way Lauren is acting.
"They have got to the point where they feel that if she wants to quit she should. Nobody is bigger than the show."
Mark, Amy Childs and Kirk Norcross have all left the show and enjoyed success on different reality programmes.
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