Love Island fans were treated to a previously unaired scene during Saturday’s Unseen Bits, which show narrator Iain Stirling believes explains why there has been so much drama surrounding Tom Clare in the villa.
Contestant Olivia Hawkins, 27, was left infuriated during Tuesday’s episode after Tom, 23, attempted to weasel his way out of his secret kiss with Ellie Spence.
During Monday night’s episode, former Islander, model and property developer Zara Deniz Lackenby-Brown, 25, seethed as she learned of Tom’s kiss with Ellie Spence, 25, just hours after the pair had decided to end their coupling.
On Tuesday, semi-professional footballer Tom shocked Olivia as he attempted to cover his tracks when it came to kissing Ellie, claiming he kissed her on a different day than Olivia stated.
When Olivia got wind of his antics, she confronted him, asking: ‘Do you have anything you want to tell me?’, before adding: ‘Nothing about the terrace today?’
Kiss drama: Love Island fans were treated to a previously unaired scene during Saturday’s Unseen Bits which it has been suggested led to the drama surrounding Tom’s kiss with Ellie
Appearing baffled, Tom asked: ‘No, what?’, prompting Olivia to clarify: ‘Yeah, with Ellie.’
Buying time, Tom asked: ‘The terrace today?’, adding: ‘Nothing on the terrace today.’
Olivia asked: ‘No kiss?’
Attempting to back out of the situation on a technicality, Tom said: ‘Well we had a kiss the other day, not today.’
Unimpressed, Olivia asked: ‘Didn’t fancy telling me that?’ before slamming him for claiming the blonde beauty was ‘just a friend’.
During Love Island’s Saturday episode of Unseen Bits, narrator Iain, 35, revealed what caused the drama between Tom and Ellie, claiming it began to simmer way before they kissed.
Iain said Ellie had sat on the yellow beanbag in the villa earlier in the day, which the show’s stars often joke is ‘cursed’.
Monday’s episode saw Tanya Manhenga, 22, spilling the beans to Tom’s ex Zara, after Will let slip the big secret earlier.
Unlucky for some? Before Tom and Ellie’s kiss, Ellis was seen sitting in the yellow beanbag, which the show’s stars insist brings misfortune
And despite Tanya begging Zara to keep quiet, the model insisted that her former love rival needed to hear the truth.
This evening saw Tanya and Zara head to the terrace to tell Olivia they needed to ‘urgently’ speak to her.
Zara told her: ‘I’ve just been told by Tanya that Ellie and Tom kissed’, to which a shocked Olivia asks: ‘Are you joking?’
Superstitious? Show narrator Iain Stirling believes explains why there has been so much drama surrounding Tom Clare in the villa
Chilling out: Iain said Ellie had sat on the yellow beanbag in the villa earlier in the day, which the show’s stars often joke is ‘cursed’
Explosive viewing: Ellie later shared a kiss with Tom which caused shockwaves throughout the villa
Tanya then piped up, adding: ‘And guess what? He hasn’t even told the boys.’
Stunned by Tom’s antics, Olivia said: ‘”I want to explore it again my a***”, are you serious?’
She then filled the girls in on her earlier conversions with Tom, before referencing Ellie as she remarked: ‘What and he comes and tells me that he “sees her as a friend”?’
Determined to have it out with the hunk, she swiftly pulled him for a chat, telling him: ‘Do you have anything you want to tell me?’
Unimpressed: Olivia was left infuriated during Tuesday’s episode after Tom (pictured) attempted to weasel his way out of his secret kiss with Ellie
Admitting that she was torn between crying and shouting, she told Tom that she thought he was ‘playing a smart game’, and as Tom denied this she countered by saying he was ‘playing with my feelings’.
As Tom insisted he was being ‘straight up’ with Olivia, she shot back: ‘No you haven’t and now it all makes sense to me.’
It came after Zara was left seething during Monday’s episode after learning Tom had kissed Ellie just hours after he split from Zara.
Zara and Tom were previously coupled-up but they decided to end their romance during Sunday night’s episode.
Narrative: Semi-professional footballer Tom shocked Olivia (pictured), as he attempted to cover his tracks when it came to kissing Ellie
Telling all: Despite Tanya (right) begging Zara (left) to keep quiet, the model insisted that her former love rival Olivia (centre) needed to hear the truth
Tom left Zara fuming after he said fellow Islander Olivia had the ‘best face’ while Zara had the ‘best body’ during a game of truth and dare, prompting Zara to burst into tears during Sunday’s episode.
And on Monday, Zara was left raging after Tanya told her Tom and Ellie had already shared a secret kiss in the villa.
Tanya told Zara: ‘Ellie confided in Will. He said, ‘Ellie kissed Tom on the f**king terrace.’ And no one knows.’
A shocked Zara asked: ‘When?!’ She continued: ‘When I say he’s a busy boy, yeah…’
Covering his tracks: When Olivia asked Tom if he had kissed Ellie (pictured) on the terrace ‘today’ he attempted to get out of the situation by insisting it happened on another day
Drama: Zara was left seething after learning Tom had kissed Ellie just hours after he split from Zara
Unable to contain herself, Tanya giggled: ‘What a little player! It gets worse. After that kiss, Tom came down and said to Shaq, ‘Oh yeah…’ He was like, ‘Come on, bro. What happened?’
‘And he was like, ‘Oh nothing. She is flirty though.’ He didn’t even tell the boys. That’s why I’m thinking Tom is sneaky. He’s not just a nice guy anymore.
‘He’s dangling Ellie. Ellie’s into Tom. And we all thought he was so… I’m going to make myself calm. You need it as well, so just wait with me.’
Zara asked: ‘So Ellie told Will?’
To which Tanya replied: ‘Ellie told Will, yeah. So I was like, ‘You need to tell Ellie to tell Olivia.”
Zara hit back: ‘Yeah, that needs to come from her. If not, I’m going to tell Liv. I’m going to tell Ellie that I know.’
Clearly feeling awkward, Tanya said: ‘Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, not yet. Wait to Will comes back.’
Moving on: On Monday, Zara was left raging after Tanya told her Tom and Ellie (pictured) had shared a secret kiss in the villa
Zara responded: ‘How can I sit on this bad boy piece of information?’
A desperate Tanya said: ‘No, but I told you I wasn’t going to keep it in.’
However, a defiant Zara protested: ‘I’m telling Liv, I’m telling Liv. This girl needs to know. Girl power, man!’
Love Island continues on Sunday on ITV2 and ITVX at 9pm.
LOVE ISLAND 2023: MEET THE CONTESTANTS
Tanya Manhenga
Name: Tanya Manhenga
Age: 22
Location: Liverpool
Occupation: Student and model
Something not many people know about her: ‘I have Vitiligo, which is a skin pigmentation, you may not even notice it.’
‘It’s on my lip and I have a stripe on my hair. Not many people know that but I think it’s quite cute.’
‘I don’t care about covering it up all the time, I think it’s a vibe.’
Lana Jenkins
Name: Lana Jenkins
Age: 25
Location: Luton
Occupation: Makeup artist
Something not many people know about her: ‘In my work as a makeup artist I’ve worked with lots of celebrities.
‘Also, when I was 6-years-old I used to live in Spain and I was in an episode of Benidorm as an extra.’
Tanyel Revan
Name: Tanyel Revan
Age: 26
Location: North London
Occupation: Hair stylist
Something not many people know about her: ‘My celebrity crush is Channing Tatum – I don’t like pretty boys, they give me the ‘ick’ because they always have a crap personality.’
‘Channing Tatum is handsome but not too pretty. He’s manly and he can dance.’
‘If a man can dance I’m in love with him straight away.’
Olivia Hawkins
Name: Olivia Hawkins
Age: 27
Location: Brighton
Occupation: Ring girl and actress
Something not many people know about her: ‘I did a film with Jason Statham and had a nice 10-minute convo about life.’
‘I’ve been a ring girl for KSI, I played a waitress in James Bond with Daniel Craig and I’ve also been a body double for Michelle Keegan and Emma Watson.’
Tom Clare
Name: Tom Clare
Age: 23
Location: Barnsley
Occupation: Semi-Pro Footballer
Something not many people know about him: I’m a High School Musical fan
Aaron Waters
Name: Aaron Waters
Age: 25
Location: Melbourne
Occupation: Model
Something not many people know about him: He thinks his appearance on Love Island UK was ‘diving timing’
Ellie Spence
Name: Ellie Spence
Age: 25
Location: Norwich
Occupation: Business Development Executive at a law firm
Something not many people know about her: “When I was drunk I climbed over the gates of my friend’s house, fell and almost lost my leg.”
Samie Elishi
Name: Samie Elishi
Age: 22
Location: London
Occupation: Senior Estate Agent Coordinator
Something not many people know about her: ‘I’m a really honest person and I have no filter. I won’t take rubbish from anyone, especially when it comes to guys!’
Kai Fagan
Name: Kai Fagan
Age: 24
Location: Manchester
Occupation: Science and PE teacher
Something not many people know about him: ‘I’m a Jamaican citizen. Because of that I played rugby 7s for Jamaica.’
‘I play semi-professional rugby now for Burnage RFC.’
‘I’ve technically got three different degrees and went to three different unis.’
Ron Hall
Name: Ron Hall
Age: 25
Location: Essex
Occupation: Financial advisor
Something not many people know about him: ‘On meeting me, you’d never know I am blind in one eye.’
‘It was the result of a football injury when I was 8. I’ve got two different coloured eyes, one blue and one green.’
Will Young
Name: Will Young
Age: 23
Location: Buckinghamshire
Occupation: Farmer
Something not many people know about him: ‘Every night I light a candle and meditate for 20-25 minutes.’
‘A girl I was seeing told me to meditate, I tried it and loved it. I stopped seeing her and carried on meditating!
‘It’s a nice way to self reflect.’
Shaq Muhammad
Name: Shaq Muhammad
Age: 24
Location: London
Occupation: Airport security officer
Something not many people know about him: ‘I’m a very emotional person. It can be a blessing and a curse.’
‘Every time I watch Dear John I cry.
That’s my favourite film. Any time I’m with someone and they say, ‘Let’s watch a romantic film’, I’m like, ‘How about Dear John, how does that sound?’
Jessie Wynter
Name: Jessie Wynter
Age: 26
Location: Sydney
Occupation: Personal Trainer
Something you may not know about her: She was on series two of Love Island Australia
Spencer Wilks
Name: Spencer Wilks
Age: 24
Location: Bournemouth
Occupation: E-Commerce Business Owner
Something not many people know about him: He loves Justin Bieber
Jordan Odofin
Name: Jordon Odofin
Age: 28
Location: London
Occupation: Senior HR Advisor
Something not many people know about him: ‘I don’t have a twin but everyone says me and one of my brothers look identical’
Casey O’Gorman
Name: Casey O’Gorman
Age: 26
Location: Tring
Occupation: Recruitment Consultant
Something not many people know about her: ‘I’m really squeamish. I once cut my hand and passed out’