On Monday, March 16, 2026, the long-running E4 series Made in Chelsea premiered its new season, centering immediately on a highly anticipated and intensely frosty reunion between former partners Inga Valentiner and Sam Prince. The broadcast marked Valentiner’s first on-camera interaction with Prince since their acrimonious split during the summer of 2024.
The premiere episode transported the cast to Perthshire, Scotland, where Valentiner made a surprise return to the production following a two-year hiatus. The former couple came face-to-face during a cast party setting, forcing a direct confrontation over the unresolved fallout from their previous relationship.
During the broadcast, Prince initiated a conversation in an attempt to clear the air regarding the end of their relationship. Prince offered an apology for his past actions, stating: “I just want to say I’m sorry… How that ended in Corsica was obviously so bad, and I will always be sorry about that.” Prince added that he had changed as an individual and expressed a desire for the two of them to remain “amicable from afar.”
Valentiner immediately rebuffed the apology. She shut down the interaction by insisting it would be best if they “stay out of each other’s way.” The exchange quickly escalated as Prince accused Valentiner of making the environment awkward for the rest of the cast. Much like the explosive confrontations seen when cast feuds intensify on other reality platforms, the Perthshire gathering rapidly derailed as Valentiner fired back at Prince directly.
“I don’t care what you do,” Valentiner told Prince during the episode. “I think you’re getting a bit defensive because you know that you’ve been a s*** person to a lot of girls and you can’t take it.”
The tension traces back to the 2024 season filmed in Corsica. After an on-again-off-again relationship that began around 2021 and included a reconciliation during a Bali special, the couple suffered a highly publicized breakup. The primary catalyst for Valentiner’s subsequent departure from the series occurred when Prince began a physical relationship with her close friend and co-star, Yas Zweegers, mere days after the split while the cast was still sharing a filming villa.
Valentiner’s on-screen accusation regarding Prince’s treatment of women references his established tenure on the show. Prince has historically been involved in multiple overlapping relationship storylines, most notably stringing along Valentiner and castmate Verity Bowditch simultaneously during earlier seasons.