Selling Sunset: How to deal with disliking a friend's partner

Former friends Chrishell Stause and Emma Hernan have argued on and off-camera in the Netflix reality show.

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Two stars of the programme - real estate agents Chrishell Stause and Emma Hernan - have been feuding on and off-camera over Emma's boyfriend Blake Davis, who Chrishell dislikes.

It boiled over during an end-of-season reunion and led to online debates about how, or even whether, you can stay friends with someone whose partner you dislike.

We've spoken to a woman with first-hand experience of that dilemma and two relationship experts about what to do in this tricky situation.

In the show, Stause, 44, says she's never approved of Hernan's relationship with property developer Davis. She claims he "love-bombed" Hernan early in the relationship and that there were "huge red flags". Love bombing often involves someone showering a partner with gifts, attention and various promises.