Brad Macclelland: Last News

LOVE Island fans have claimed the show is "rigged" after former contestant Brad McClelland dropped a huge behind-the-scenes secret. Brad - who appeared on the ITV2 dating show in 2021 - revealed that producers would often "walk around" the villa, but it was never shown on TV.

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.

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 star shared his heartbreak after his nan passed away. He wrote: "This has been hard for me to write and still don’t really know what to say as I’m still struggling to process it all but last week my Nana sadly passed away and anyone that knows me will know that she meant absolutely everything to me. Mine and my Nanas relationship wasn’t like the usual Nana and Grandson relationship, my Nana wasn’t just my Nana, she was my mam, my dad and my best friend.

Love Island star Brad McClelland is "struggling" with the death of his Nana as he announced she sadly passed away last week on March 27.The reality TV hunk, who entered 2021's summer series as a labourer from Northumberland, has shared a statement on his heartbreaking loss, as he reflected on everything his grandmother did for him since he was a baby. Brad, who was reported to be dating footballer Harry Maguire's sister Daisy last year, also noted that his relationship with his nan wasn't the same as most, as she brought him up as his parent and closest family member.

Love Island’s Brad McClelland is reportedly dating footballer Harry Maguire's sister. Daisy Maguire, who works as a talent assistant at Soccer Aid Productions, is said to have struck up a relationship with the former Love Island star, 26, over the summer and the pair are believed to be "smitten". An insider close to the couple told The Sun: “Daisy and Brad haven’t been dating for long but they’re absolutely head-over-heels.

LOVE Island star Tyler Cruickshank has revealed a surprising new career one year after finding fame in the villa. The reality star, 27, is best known for his stint on the ITV2 dating show in 2021.

MANCHESTER United captain Harry Maguire’s sister has struck up a romance with Love Island’s Brad McClelland. Daisy Maguire, who works as a talent assistant at Soccer Aid Productions, started dating the reality star over the summer. Insiders said Daisy and Brad, who appeared on Love Island last summer, were smitten.

Love Island star Faye Winter has revealed what her mental health was like after appearing in season seven of the ITV dating show.Faye appeared on the show last year as one of the OG girls in the villa.

Viewers are just a few weeks into a long, hot and rather dramatic summer of love thanks to ITV and Love Island – that's set to get hotter. In the short few weeks it's been on, the show has already brought with it plenty of scenes of high tension, surprises and an awkward run in with an ex – and that’s not mentioning the recouplings, dumpings and bombshells.

Love Island has seen its fair share of controversies over the years.The ITV2 show dropped its civilian reboot in June 2015 and soon amassed a global following of millions of viewers.With eight UK series now under its belt plus one winter season, the show has provided plenty of drama.There have also been occasions where the villa drama has spilled over into real life, such as the latest controversy which has engulfed last year's Islanders Rachel Finni and Brad McClelland in a 'bullying' row.From 'punch' claims to Ofcom-alerting romps, Daily Star takes a look inside Love Island's biggest ever controversies.Last year's Islanders have brought the drama forward in a recent 'bullying' row.The controversy began when Brad, Jake Cornish, Tyler Cruickshank and Aaron Francis took part in an Instagram Live video.Discussing Rachel on the live stream, Brad said: "Bombshell," and quizzically nodded his head.As the others laughed, he read out a comment which said: "Rachel, yet again, not a bombshell."Reacting to the cruel jibes on Instagram on Wednesday, Rachel said she felt "bullied" to such an extent that she for the first time 'regretted going on the show'.Want all the last villa gossip straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily Love Island newsletter HERE Rachel was later defended by her co-stars Kaz Kamwi and Shannon Singh.After public apologies were shared by Brad and Tyler on their Instagram stories, Rachel spoke to Daily Star about the controversy.Of their apologies, she said: "It's all forced. "It's an apology so they don't get cancelled and so they don't lose brand deals.

A former Love Island star has revealed that Islanders can make use of the villa's "cat flap", which delivers anything a contestant may desire. Rachel Finni starred in the 2021 series of the ITV2 show and has recently opened up on some of the hidden features of the villa that viewers don't get to see. One of which is the "cat flap", which she says islanders only need to "ask, believe and receive".

Love Island star Rachel Finni has called out the hit ITV show for a lack of diversity and said it could learn from Netflix's Too Hot to Handle.Speaking exclusively to Daily Star's Carly Beech, bombshell Rachel expressed that although she feels diversity has improved on the programme, more could still be done.Talking candidly on Instagram live she said: "I would like to see more diversity, I’m not saying it’s not diverse it’s fantastic. "I’ve always spoken about diversity and they’ve delivered.

Amber Gill's latest TikTok video has prompted followers into thinking she "snubbed" Brad McClelland, 26, at Soccer Aid.The Love Island 2019 winner, 24, attended the charity football match for Unicef, where she filmed a video for her TikTok account.Addressing the camera, Amber made a joke about England captain for the evening, singer Liam Payne, 28. She said: "So we're just at soccer aid and Liam Payne's here."Lets hope he doesn't do a hand ball - cause there's a high likelihood that he'll never use those hands again!"While the replies to her video commented on the cleverness of her joke, others were quick to point out Love Island 2021 contestant Brad, sitting behind her.One wrote: "Brad being in the back (crying face emoji)."Another pointed out: "Brad in the back, looking happy as Larry (crying laughing face)."Amber then commented: "Yes there are lots of people behind me (heart smiley face)."Someone else said: "No one noticing Brad form Love Island 2021 in the back?!??!"To which Amber replied: "We don't talk about Brad no no no."It comes after Brad made comments about fellow Love Island 2021 contestant Rachel Finni while on Instagram live.Brad had been taking part in a Q&A session with some other previous Islanders, when he read out a message from a fan which said: “Rachel, not a bombshell.”Brad had been coupled up with Rachel for a short time on the show.He responded to the question with laughter and confirmed he “wasn’t into her”.After receiving a slew of complaints, Brad then issued an apology to Rachel, who deemed it insincere and that it was only made so he could avoid being cancelled.Rachel spoke about the experience in an exclusive with the Daily Star, saying: “I’m over it.

LOVE Island's Faye Winter has revealed she doesn't condone what she did on Love Island after receiving 25,000 Ofcom complaints. The reality favourite, 26, made reference to what happened during her stint in the villa last year after a spat between her former co-stars emerged online.

LOVE Island star Tyler Cruikshank has issued a major apology to his co-star Rachel Finni after being accused of humiliating her. Rachel, 30, blasted her co-stars following an livestream, where they implied that she wasn't worthy of being called a bombshell.

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.