Former Geordie Shore Vicky Pattison and her husband Ercan Ramadan have managed to flee Dubai despite mass flight cancellations amid the conflict that broke out last week
20:04, 08 Mar 2026Updated 20:06, 08 Mar 2026
Vicky and Ercan managed to flee Dubai with a long car journey (Image: @vickypattison/instagram)
Vicky Pattison and her husband Ercan Ramadan have fled Dubai. The Geordie Shore legend, 38, was holidaying in the Emirates city when conflict arose in the Middle East.
Last week, war broke out as Israel and the USA struck Israel, which killed its leader, Ali Khamenei. Iran then retaliated by striking military bases and other targets across the Middle East including Tehran, Beirut and the UAE, including missile strikes and drones in Dubai. The strikes have lead to mass flight cancellations as the Foreign Office advised against all but essential travel to the UAE.
Updating her fans on Sunday afternoon, the former Strictly Come Dancing contestant apologised for her silence and revealed that she and Ercan had decided to take an 11 hour car journey after realising that they weren’t going to make it home safely when three flights were cancelled.
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The pair made endured an 11-hour car journey with friends to get out of the city (Image: @vickypattison/instagram)
Vicky revealed the news on Instagram (Image: @vickypattison/instagram)
She said: “We’re so sorry for our radio silence over the last week, with everything unfolding the way it was and changing so rapidly we desperately didn’t want to say anything insensitive or hyperbolic that would add to the rising panic around the situation. We really appreciate all your messages of concern and just wanted to reassure everyone that we’re fine.
“After 3 cancelled flights and the realisation that we definitely weren’t going to make it on to Australia and New Zealand we wanted to try and get home as quickly and safely as possible. I understand that there are a lot of people still in Dubai feeling really calm and safe however, we wanted to be back to our babies, work and normality and we felt like Oman was our best option.
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“We made our way to Oman from Dubai with some of our friends via private transfer, we used this company @skyvipcarrental and found them to be professional, reasonably priced and comfortable. All in all, the journey took us around 11 hours, including around 2-3 hours at the border crossing, checking documents and passports and cost about £130pp.
“For anyone stuck in Dubai and wanting to get home via Oman, I will put more information on @vckysvacays. I just don’t want to overwhelm or bore anyone on here. We are going to try and enjoy our last days away and explore Oman hopefully.”
Vicky admitted that the last week has been “quite unsettling” and admitted that she and her partner were extremely grateful to be on their way home amid all the terror. She said: “The last week has been quite unsettled and we understand people feeling unsafe and uncertain.. we have experienced moments like that, but ultimately feel like it’s important we acknowledge our position of privilege.
Vicky married Ercan in 2024 (Image: James Veysey/Shutterstock)
“We are extremely grateful to be making our way home and are thinking of anyone feeling fearful or unsettled, anywhere in a world that is rapidly becoming an increasingly scary place to be.”
When all the chaos first started, Vicky said she’d been told that it was falling debris that was causing damage in the city. Revealing she was fine after initially being evacuated to her hotel’s underground car park on the weekend, she shared a message.
The star wrote: “We’re sorry that we haven’t been more proactive on social media but we’ve been limiting our time spent on here due to a growing amount of misinformation that feels counterproductive to staying calm.”
She continued: “I’m not an expert in geopolitical matters or international affairs but the narrative that Dubai is being ‘bombed’ feels like a hyperbolic one. Currently what we’ve been advised through government channels is that they’re intercepting missiles competently and what is subsequently causing damage and, tragically, harm is falling debris.”
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