'You're being fake': Nicola Hughes takes a pop at her boyfriend Alex Mytton's ex Binky Felstead as the girls finally come face-to-face on Made In Chelsea

It’s never pleasant seeing your ex with someone new.

And Binky Felstead certainly proved the point on Monday night’s episode of Made In Chelsea, when she finally came face-to-face with her cheating ex Alex Mytton’s new girlfriend Nicola Hughes.

Despite putting on a brave face, the awkward encounter didn’t go well for the show veteran, who was accused of being ‘fake’ and overly nice by her love rival.

The claws are out! Binky Felstead clashed with her love rat ex Alex Mytton's new girlfriend Nicola Hughes on Monday night's episode of Made In Chelsea

Binky made it clear from the get-go that she wasn’t excited about meeting Irish model Nicola.

When new girl Jess Woodley revealed Nicola had joked during their Barbados trip that everyone was ‘obsessed’ with gossiping about her, Binky saw red.

‘I’m going to hate her already,’ she raged. ‘It’s annoying because she’s been going round saying Alex doesn’t deserve the reputation he’s got. It makes me feel a little bit sick!’

Awkward! Nicola Hughes accuses Binky of being fake to her face

Big smiles all around: Nicola and Binky kept repeating how 'lovely' it was to finally meet, but they couldn't have seemed more disingenuous

Close encounters of the awkward kind: Binky had a stilted chat with Nicola when they arrived at the same bar

The girls finally came face-to-face during a night out with their respective cliques.

Nicola was joined by newbie Millie and Spencer Matthew's girlfriend Lauren Hutton – who looked delighted to finally have some female friends on the show – and were gossiping over a few drinks when Binky and co miraculously happened to walk into the same bar.

An awkward stalemate ensued, with both parties refusing to make the first move.

Cringe: Lauren, Millie and Nicola spotted Binky and her girlfriends arriving at the same bar

Harsh: Spencer Matthew's current squeeze Lauren showed her true colours when she joked that Binky isn't known for her intelligence

Nightmare situation: Binky wasn't thrilled with the prospect of meeting Nicola

Talk quickly turned catty, with Stephanie Pratt taking a dig at Nicola’s ‘bad weave’, while Lauren cemented her newfound friendship with Nicola by joking about Binky’s lack of intelligence. 

The blonde beauty was the first to extend the olive branch, however, cornering her boyfriend’s ex at the bar.

Binky put on an overly friendly act, enthusing how ‘lovely’ it was to meet her and repeating, ‘everything’s fine’ – but it couldn’t have seemed further than the truth.