Yazmin Oukhellou teases major career change to fans after 'quitting TOWIE'

Yazmin Oukhellou has teased that she has been working on some music, hinting at a new project amid reports that she has decided to leave The Only Way is Essex (TOWIE).

The reality TV star, 28 - who has been a cast member on the ITVBe show since 2017 - took to Instagram yesterday to tease that she is working on new music at the moment.

She shared a short clip with her fans, which showed someone working on some equipment as music played in the background. Yazmin wasn't seen in the footage though.

It appeared to have been filmed in a recording studio, with Yazmin hinting at her return to music in the caption. The singer simply wrote alongside a microphone emoji: "Back".

Yazmin Oukhellou has teased that she is working on music at the moment (Instagram)

She shared a video from a recording studio this week (Instagram)

Yazmin has made no secret of her passion for music, with her bio on the platform teasing that singing is her "thing". And she has previously shared content from a studio.

Her latest post comes amid reports that she has decided to leave TOWIE, after having been part of the cast for around six years. She has yet to confirm her departure.

It's been claimed that she has made the decision to step back from the ITV series following the death of her on-off boyfriend Jake McLean in a car accident abroad last year.

She hinted that she's getting back into music (Instagram)

It comes amid reports that she has decided to leave TOWIE (yazminoukhellou/Instagram)

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A source told the Sun : "Yaz has decided to step away from the next series of TOWIE and focus on recovering from the trauma of what she has been through over the last year."

They further claimed this week: "She needed a break after everything to process what's happened, so she has decided to leave the show and will not be in the next series."

Her rumoured departure comes following the tragic death of her on-off boyfriend Jake McLean last year (@yazminoukhellou/Instagram)

Yazmin had been on holiday in Turkey with Jake when he died. She had been in a car with him which overturned after plunging 30 feet into a ditch in July last year.

It tragically led to the death of her on-off boyfriend Jake, who was just 33. Yazmin suffered serious injuries and has been on a "healing" journey in the months since.

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