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Love Island star Lucinda Strafford has opened up about her split from chart-topping DJ Nathan Dawe following their split earlier this summer.The TV personality, who appeared in the iconic ITV2 villa in 2021, confirmed her romance with Nathan in May, though the pair went their separate ways just weeks after. And now, six months after their split, Lucinda, has revealed the reason beyond their split, explaining that they struggled to carve out time to see one another due to their busy schedules. “My last relationship was quite a chilled one.

Love Island fans are convinced two of the show’s cast members are secretly dating after noticing them looking cosy in a cheeky clip. Casey O’Gorman, 27, who starred in the most recent All Stars, featured in a TikTok video with fellow Love Island star Lucinda Strafford, 24. In the clip, the pair could be seen having a laugh together, as Lucinda playfully mocked his catchphrase 'wassup TikTok.' The pair appeared to enjoy spending time together, leading to speculation from fans that they are secretly dating.

Love Island Australia star Zac Nunns has revealed that he and fellow contestant Lucinda Strafford have called time on their relationship. The pair met towards the end of 2023 when 23 year old Lucinda appeared on the Australian version of Love Island, where she entered as a bombshell. After meeting in the famous villa, 25 year old Zac and Lucinda made it all the way to the final and, despite living thousands of miles apart, navigated the long-distance element of their aspect, with Lucinda spending the festive period in Oz with her beau.

Love Island All-Stars isn't holding back when it comes to reuniting islanders with their former flames, with the latest being Tyler Cruickshank and Kaz Kamwi. Tyler entered the villa as one of the new bombshells on Monday night (22 January) leaving fans stunned as another ex was thrown into the mix.

Former Love Island star Rachel Finni, who appeared on the show in 2021, took to Instagram to share the exciting news that she is expecting her first baby in a sweet video. Rachel became famous on Love Island as the third bombshell, where she had to choose between Brad McClelland or Oliver 'Chuggs' Wallis. After choosing Brad, their romance didn't take off and she ended up going on a date with Teddy Soares.

UK Love Island star Lucinda Strafford has revealed she has joined the Australian version of the show. Taking to Instagram to announce the news, the influencer shared a picture of her posing in a black swimsuit, with the caption: "Lucinda is looking for love in the @LoveIslandAU Villa! Stream the new season of #LoveIslandAU from Monday, October 30 on @9now." Lucinda, 23, failed to find love when she first entered the UK villa in 2021, despite forming romantic relationships with Brad McClelland and Aaron Francis.

Love Island has seen a collection of Islanders having celebrity links recently but some contestants have connections to the Royal Family. In the past we've seen Tommy Fury, 23, whose brother is Tyson Fury, Dani Dyer, whose dad is Danny Dyer, and more recently Gemma Owen, 19, who recently name dropped her football legend dad Michael Owen. However, as well as celebrity links, some past contestants have connections to the Royal Family from working weddings, rumoured exes and one secret prince, here OK! takes a look at the surprising links...

supports HTML5 videoIt was expected that when Love Island star Rachel Finni called out three male contestants for humiliating her on a public platform, others would seize the opportunity to capitalise on the spotlight. Kaz Kamwi became a stunning example of how to handle such a situation with class and as an ally. She spoke out to offer nothing but support to Rachel while rightfully condemning the behaviour of Brad McClleland, Jake Cornish, Aaron Francis and Tyler Cruickshank, who mocked the star during an Instagram live and suggested she wasn’t worthy of being a ‘bombshell’ during last year’s series of the ITV2 dating show. Rachel admittedly didn’t have the best experience on Love Island and has previously spoken of how she felt used in the villa, notably by Brad who claimed to be interested in her only to make very little effort in building a connection in the days after she arrived as a bombshell. She was eventually dumped from the villa.Love Island has long had a problem with the inclusion of women of colour on the show, with few success stories across the seven previous seasons and Rachel unfortunately is one casualty.

Love Island contestant Brad McClelland has issued an apology to co-star Rachel Finni over a 'humiliating' video he and other stars from the dating show did on Instagram.

Love Island season seven contestants, Brad McClelland and Tyler Cruickshank have publicly apologised to their former co-star Rachel Finni after ‘humiliating’ her in a video where they laughed at a comment about her appearance. Brad, 26, and Tyler, also 26, along with Jake Cornish, 25, and Aaron Francis, 24, took part in an Instagram Live video, and they were seen seemingly laughing at 29 year old Rachel’s expense, after a member of the public commented, saying: “Rachel, yet again, not a bombshell”. The incident has seen Rachel take to her own social media to slam them as ‘nobodies’ and ‘f**ckboys’, and, amongst revealing her anguish at the situation, she also revealed that it caused her to wish she had never taken part in the popular ITV series.

Former Love Islander Rachel Finni has taken to Instagram to slam some of her fellow contestants from season seven of the show for ‘publicly humiliating’ her with cruel comments on a recent Instagram Live. Brad McClelland, Jake Cornish, Aaron Francis and Tyler Cruickshank all took part in the Instagram Live video, in which they laughed at a member of the public's comments about Rachel. Brad read the comment out aloud, which said: “Rachel, yet again, not a bombshell”, before the four men dissolved into hearty laughter.

Former Love Islanders Brad McClelland and Aaron Francis have taken to Instagram to swoon over newly-announced contestant on Love Island, Gemma Owen.The 19 year old dressage rider is the daughter of former England and Liverpool football ace, Michael Owen, being the offspring of an existing celebrity, her signing is no doubt a coup for the popular ITV dating show. Love Island announced she was one of the first contestants, writing: “International dressage rider Gemma is trading in her riding boots to score a strapping lad #LoveIsland " Brad, who appeared on the seventh series of Love Island in 2021, commented on the photo with a number of fire emojis.

Former Love Island star Luke Trotman has debuted a very new look while on a lavish trip to Tulum. The reality TV star, who recently split up with fellow islander Siânnise Fudge after two years together, looked as though he was in good spirits as he jetted off to Mexico with a selection of his friends. And sharing a series of snaps and videos to Instagram, 24 year old Luke has given fans a sneak peek of the trip.

Love Island'sMillie Court has just arrived back in the UK after a luxurious holiday in Dubai and The Maldives with fellow Love Island boyfriend Liam Reardon. The pair first got together when Millie entered the villa alongside Lucinda Strafford as bombshells and have been inseparable ever since (apart from a slight Casa Amor glitch).

Love Island star Jake Cornish has revealed that he longer speaks to any of the girls from the villa.The 24 year old left the villa with his former girlfriend Liberty Poole before the show’s final, and since their exit Jake has said he’s a “lone wolf” when it comes to the girls. Opening up about who he is still in touch with, Jake explained that there are only a few of the boys from the show that he’s kept in contact with.

Love Island’s Jake Cornish has revealed he’s not spoken to any of the female Islanders since departing the villa when his relationship with Liberty Poole crumbled.

Love Island fans have called for Sam Thompson to replace Laura Whitmore as the host of Love Island, after the reality star rinsed the show’s cast throughout the series.The call came after Sam shared a snap with the show’s star Aaron Francis with the caption: “Another one to add to the collection! Liberty I’m coming for you!!…..not in a creepy way I just want a picture”. Fans of the show quick to comment and call for Sam to take Laura’s place at the helm of the show thanks to his hilarious posts on Instagram and TikTok.

Love Island’s dumped contestant Danny Bibby, who connected straight away with pal Jake Cornish in the villa, has insisted he is “100 per cent into Liberty”.The 25 year old Wigan plumber was voted out of the villa in a double exit with AJ Bunker last month, but his short but memorable stint saw him enter a love triangle with Lucinda Strafford and Aaron Francis.The contestant also struck up a firm bond with water engineer Jake, from Weston-Super-Mare, as the pair had lots in common. Deciding to do a Q&A with his Instagram followers from his home, Danny was immediately quizzed over his opinions on Jake, 24, since leaving.

Aaron Francis and Lucinda Strafford were one of the couples who were voted out together on this year's Love Island.The Love Islanders fired up a romance while on the hit show, but after leaving the villa it was quickly reported that the pair had gone their separate ways, and Lucinda was pictured holding hands with her other villa beau Brad McClleland. Setting the record straight, Aaron, 24, spoke to OK! about their decision to discontinue their romance.

Lucinda Strafford and Aaron Francis have enjoyed a day of shopping and dinner together despite announcing their split at the weekend.The former couple, who left Love Island together, revealed they had decided they were better off as friends after their time in the villa. Proving they had kept to their word and are still the best of friends, Aaron took to his Instagram story on Monday to share a short video of them cuddled up on a seat in a shop as they enjoyed their day out.

Lucinda Strafford has said her relationship with Brad McClelland is in its "early stages" after they were photographed holding hands on a night out together.The 21 year old opened up on the romance as she appeared on Love Island's spin-off show Aftersun alongside Aaron Francis, who she coupled up with on the show once Brad had left the villa. Host Laura Whitmore grilled the online fashion boutique owner about the snaps of her and the 26 year old that emerged over the weekend.