It's no secret that we are BIG fans of Ricky Rayment here at heat.
Here, in no particular order, are things we like about Ricky.
Ricky's fit face.
Ricky's beard.
Ricky's dogs.
Heck, he even made our list of fittest TOWIE cast mates EVER.
We have been bereft ever since he stalked out of Brentwood (in the TOWIE sense), ostensibly to give Jess Wright some space.But ever since she left, we've been hoping that the door will swing wide open for him to return.
And it seems we have some grounds for hoping.
Ricky himself seems pretty keen to return and that's surely half the battle, right?
During last night's episode, fans tweeted Ricky calling for him to come back to the show that made his name:
To which he replied:
Plus:
And:
HE ACTUALLY SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK. Be still our beating hearts.
When he quit TOWIE, Ricky embarked on a relationship with Marnie Simpson that crumbled almost as soon as he popped the question during an episode of Geordie Shore.
Marnie told us that she'd like to see Ricky go back to TOWIE, and also that she'd love to do Ex On The Beach with him, which is a reality TV wet dream from where we're sitting.
In the meantime, we want him back in TOWIE please, maybe injecting some much-needed romance into the show after Lydia Bright and James Argent had that MEGA fallout, and Bobby Norris broke our hearts over Mr MMA.
Until then, we can kind of top up our Ricky levels with a bit of The Big Fish Off but honestly? It's not the same.