One thing that Love Island never fails to offer is a good, dramatic twist — and according to recent reports, one of the biggest twists of the season is coming in tonight’s episode. Apparently, fan-favourite Uma has quit the show after a dramatic recoupling.
Here’s what we know so far…
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The backstory — what happened between Wil and Uma?
Every year, Love Island serves up the same shocking showcase of the horrors of modern courting: from the “grafting” to the descriptions of people’s “types on paper” to the “head swivels,” the whole thing can be pretty painful to watch. One of the most uncomfortable parts of ITV’s reality show is Casa Amor, the second villa, where either the boys or the girls are sent to “test their connections” (a.k.a. get with someone else while their original partner is left behind to wonder what they’re up to). Every year, we get to see the very worst of lads’ culture in action as some of the men invariably go a bit wild and crack on with a bunch of girls before coming back to their original partners.
This year, none was more shameless than Wil, who, after Uma left for Casa Amor, struck up a romance with Lucy. He flirted with her, he made promises to her, he whisked her off to the hideaway, he kissed her — and then, when the recoupling came around, he stuck with Uma.
Since then, all of Wil’s misadventures during Casa Amor have come to light. First, Lucy spoke to Uma in a producer-orchestrated date. Then, the islanders were treated to a “film festival” in which clips from Casa Amor were shown.
In last night’s episode, we saw the fallout of the film festival. Suffice to say, Uma was not too pleased with what she saw. To make matters worse, Wil doubled down and attempted to defend himself. “You didn’t have to do all of that,” said Uma. “I wanted to,” replied an indignant Wil. Yikes.
Has Uma left Love Island?
According to reports, she has — but shockingly, it won’t be for the reason you might think.