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"Joey Essex has denied being punched in a Burnley bar, after several drinkers claimed to have seen someone assault the TOWIE star. Facebook and Twitter users reported that the 22-year-old TV star was hit after visiting Pharaohs bar in the Lancashire town on Saturday (September 22).   Essex had been in the area hosting an evening called &amp;#039;The Only Way Is Reem&amp;#039; at local club Fusion. The Sun reported a witness saying: &amp;quot;He was going across the dancefloor when someone side-swiped him. He fell on the floor. Joey didn&amp;#039;t know what hit him.&amp;quot; However, Essex&amp;#039;s spokesman Dave Read told the newspaper that the reality TV personality had &amp;quot;laughed&amp;quot; at reports he was hit. Read said: &amp;quot;Joey went in the bar, but is adamant he was not hit. Someone&amp;#039;s trying to stir things.&amp;quot; Essex&amp;#039;s fellow TOWIE cast member Gemma Collins was recently quoted as saying that a movie version of ITV2&amp;#039;s structured reality show is in the works. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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