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    Taylor Williams and Clarke Carraway are not picking each other anymore. 

    After the Love Island USA stars—who coupled up during season seven after she turned Williams’ head in Casa Amor—confirmed their breakup in July, Carraway has shared her side of what caused the fallout.

    “One of the things that I was asking him to fix: Taylor is super nice, super friendly,” she explained to fellow Islander Kaylor Martin on Kaylor’s Crash Outs Sept. 20. “In a relationship, I run a strict program. I don’t play that.” 

    So when rumors first began that Williams had been unfaithful, with her even receiving a DM about him out with a female acquaintance, she ignored the speculation. However, that changed when a video began circulating of Williams, 26, speaking to another woman in close proximity.

    “I ignored the DMs. I asked him about it. ‘It’s cool, whatever,'” she recounted. “But to see the video come out, I’m here seeing it for the first time with everyone else.”

    Indeed, Carraway said her partner’s friendliness with the opposite sex made her uncomfortable, even though Williams later explained that the woman was a platonic mutual friend.

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    “Where he had an opportunity to move a little differently, he just stayed true to himself, right?” the 25-year-old continued. “All respect to you, but just the way that I move in a relationship, like I told you, ‘You’re the priority. I think about you in every second.'”

    She added of her thought process, “If there’s a group of men that are approaching me, I just pretend I’m being filmed at all times. And even if I wasn’t, like, how would I want him to move?”

    As such, the behavioral specialist determined that this wasn’t the right fit for her romantically. 

    “If there’s any questioning in any sort of relationship, whether that’s platonic or romantic,” she emphasized. “I don’t think that God would send someone my way, whether it’s a friend or someone I’m talking to, that I would question.”

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    Before Carraway confirmed their split in July, both reality TV personalities seemingly acknowledged the cheating rumors on social media.  

    The model appeared to subtly address the internet chatter by posting a series of solo shots on Instagram with the caption, “Intuition is my fave accessory.”

    For his part, the Midwest native confessed he didn’t have time for the speculation.

    “I got better things to do with my time rather than respond to shi that ain’t real,” Williams wrote in a since-expired Snapchat Story, replying to a fan’s question about whether he had seen the rumors, according to Cosmopolitan. “I got responsibilities and a busy life I don’t have time to just sit and talk bout people.”

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    Williams—a rodeo star from Oklahoma City—and Carraway initially developed a romance in Fiji when he famously picked her in a recoupling after first exploring a relationship with Islander Olandria Carthen. (She and Nic Vansteenberghe later coupled up and placed second.)

    And while the couple only managed to secure the fifth runner-up spot—Amaya Espinal and Bryan Arenales ultimately won, though they later split—they still walked away feeling like winners. 

    “Everything happens for a reason, so I can’t be mad at it,” Williams told TODAY.com at the time. “You know I could be upset, but it’s like I can’t be absolutely mad because this happened for a reason.”

    To see which Islanders are still in love, read on…

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    Nathan Massey & Cara De La Hoyde: MarriedThe ultimate Love Island success story, Nathan and Cara were declared season two’s winning pair after meeting in the villa in 2016.Once Cara learned she was pregnant with their first child in May 2017, the couple briefly split before reconciling and welcoming their son, Freddie, in December 2017. Nathan proposed to Cara in July 2018, bringing her back to the place where it all began—the villa, of course—to pop the question.The duo exchanged vows in June 2019 and welcomed their second child, daughter Delilah, in July 2020.

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    Alex Bowen & Olivia Buckland: MarriedAfter coming in second place on UK’s second season in 2016, Alex and Olivia got engaged the following year, with Olivia even appearing on an episode of Say Yes to the Dress to find her dream wedding gown. The season two pair exchanged vows in a September 2018 ceremony, with their wedding process and life as newlyweds being documented for TLC’s Olivia and Alex Said Yes and then Olivia and Alex: Happily Ever After.Alex and Olivia welcomed their son Abel in June 2022 and announced in February 2025 they’re expecting Baby No. 2. Daughter Sienna arrived that August. 

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    Dominic Lever & Jess Rose: MarriedDom and Jess proved to be one of the series’ strongest love stories, continuing their relationship after he was voted off the show. UK’s season three couple wed in October 2018 and share two children.

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    Camilla Thurlow & Jamie Jewitt: MarriedJust when viewers were worried all hope was lost for season three fan-favorite Camilla, Jamie entered late in the game and it was clear who he had shown up for. Swoon. While they ultimately finished in second, Camilla and Jamie have been going strong ever since their first meeting in 2017. The couple married in September 2021 and share three kids: Nell (born in October 2020), Nora (May 2022) and Brodie (May 2024).

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    Ellie Brown & Charlie Brake: SplitThe Love Island UK season four contestants may have left the villa together in 2018, but their romance fizzled out not long after returning from Mallorca. They have since gone their separate ways.Ellie announced in July 2025 that she had gotten engaged to her boyfriend, whose name she has not publicly announced, one year after debuting their relationship. 

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    Dani Dyer & Jack Fincham: SplitMonths after Dani and Jack were crowned the champions of Love Island season four, they announced their breakup.”Jack and I have sadly decided to part ways,” Dani wrote on Instagram in December 2018. “It’s been an incredible six months, and we will always have a place in our hearts for each other, but we’ve sadly come to the realisation that it’s not meant to be long term. We both plan to stay friends.”They ended up being more than friends and soon rekindled their romance. But by early 2019, they’d split again—with Jack noting on Instagram “sometimes things aren’t meant to be.””We will always care a lot for each other and have love for each other,” he added in an April 2019 post, “and I mean that from the bottom of my heart and I wish her nothing but happiness.”Jack noted he and Dani “really did try to make it work but it unfortunately didn’t and that is life.” Years later, he shared his battle with addiction contributed to their split.”I have blown more than a million pounds thanks to drugs, booze and gambling,” Jack told The Sun in February 2025. “Drugs helped my relationship with Dani fail. I was absent, my priorities were wrong, I wasn’t a great boyfriend. I am determined to change my future.”Meanwhile, Dani has found love with soccer player Jarrod Bowen, whom she wed in May 2025. Together, they share twin girls Summer and Star, who were born in May 2023. Dani is also mom to Santi, the son she welcomed with ex Sammy Kimmence in January 2021.

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    Lucie Donlan & Joe Garratt: SplitLucie and Joe first paired up on day one of season five. But when he was voted out of the villa, she quickly moved on by dating multiple other men (and admitting to having serious feelings for a taken Tommy). So it was quite the surprise for fans when they revealed they were dating after their season ended.But just like their initial romance, the surfer and the sandwich maker’s second attempt fizzled out, with the couple splitting in early December 2019.And while Lucie is now engaged to season six’s Luke, Joe (despite shooting his shot on All Stars in 2024) seems to be enjoying the single life.

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    Amber Gill & Greg O’Shea: SplitSigh, this one stung. Don’t you just hate it when the winning couple is one of the first ones to split? After getting together just weeks before the finale, with Greg being one of the last Islanders to join the villa, the fan-favorite pair managed to win season five. But they broke up just weeks later. After some mild controversy and back and forth between the couple over how exactly the split went down (apparently Greg, a rugby player based in Ireland, ended it via text), Amber said on Loose Women, “I think the careers and the distance was always a factor. It was always something that we knew about, so I don’t know what changed. I kind of wanted to make it work, but it is what it is, really.”As for Greg, he defended himself, saying on RTE’s The Late Late Show, “She lives in the UK, every brand wants to work with her, every event wants her there, of course, she deserves all of it and I decided to come back to Ireland and do my thing here.”However, he found a new connection and kicked off 2025 by proposing to his love Jeanni Mulder.

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    Anton Danyluk & Belle Hassan: SplitWhile they were the second season five couple to call it quits soon after their time in the villa came to an end, Anton and Belle remained friends, though he ruled out any chance of a romantic rekindling.”No, definitely not, it’s just not that type of relationship,” the fitness app creator told Mail Online. “We’re so friendly now, it would be like dating your sister, effectively. It’s not that kind of relationship anymore.”In 2024, Anton appeared on Love Island: All Stars, where he came in fifth with Georgia Harrison. However, they soon split.

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    Molly-Mae Hague & Tommy Fury: Back TogetherAfter a dramatic start to their romance, the Instagram influencer and the boxer quickly became season five’s most solid couple…which was why it was so surprising when they came in second.They got engaged in July 2024—exactly six months after the birth of their daughterBambi—but Molly-Mae dropped a breakup bombshell in August 2024.”I’m extremely upset to announce that mine and Tommy’s relationship has come to an end,” she shared on Instagram Stories. “I will forever be grateful for the most important thing to me, now and always, my beautiful daughter. Without us, there would be no her. She will always be my priority.”But on a May 2025 episode of her Amazon Prime seriesMolly-Mae: Behind It All, she revealed that she and Tommy weregiving their relationship another chance.After announcingshe was expecting their second babyin February 2026, Molly-Mae and Tommy became parents of two in June 2026.

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    Curtis Pritchard & Maura Higgins: SplitArguably one of season five’s most polarizing pairs after enduring their fair share of drama, the fourth-place finishers proved their doubters wrong by taking their relationship beyond the villas in 2019.”I think trust one another, don’t believe everything you read in the press and one main thing: Don’t let fame get to your head,” Maura said on UK’s This Morning of how they’ve made their relationship work. “You just need to stay grounded.”However, the pair broke up in March 2020. “Curtis and I have made the decision to separate,” Maura wrote in a note posted to her Instagram Stories. “We enjoyed a great experience from our time in the villa and want to thank everyone for supporting our relationship.”But that wasn’t the end of Curtis’ Love Island journey. After a short run on Love Island: Games in 2023, he appeared on Love Island: All Stars two years later, where he and Ekin-Su came in third place. However, the two called it quits a few months later.”I wanted to share that Curtis and I have decided to go our separate ways,” Ekin-Su announced in a May 2025 Instagram post, per People. “It’s been a really tough decision, but one made with a lot of love and respect for one another,” she wrote in a post on her Instagram Stories. “He’s an incredible person and I’ll always cherish the memories we made both in and out of the villa.”

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    Ovie Soko & India Reynolds: SplitWhile they got together later than a majority of the couples in the villa (with the fan-favorite Ovie making his debut during the infamous Casa Amor episodes and India joining even later), the pair made it to the finals, coming in third place for season five in 2019.However, the professional basketball player and the model quietly parted ways later that year. “Obviously it’s difficult, but any break up is difficult,” she told the MailOnline. “It’s even more difficult when it’s in front of the rest of the world, but I’ll be fine. I’m lucky I’ve got a really close group of girlfriends, they’ve been really looking after me.”In early 2025, India appeared on Love Island: All Stars but left the show single.

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    Finley Tapp & Paige Turley: SplitThe winners of the first-ever winter season of Love Island coupled up almost immediately, staying together despite all of the obstacles the villa presented.They moved in together after the season ended in February 2020, but called it quits three years later. ‘We’re still really good friends,” Paige shared during a June 2023 appearance on Love Island: After Sun. “I think we drifted apart.”But in August 2024, Finley debuted a new romance on Instagram. And while the couple initially kept her identity private, The Sun confirmed in June 2025 he’s dating Jess Hale. They welcomed their son Austin in January 2026. 

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    Luke Mabbott & Demi Jones: SplitOne season six’s most unexpected couples came in third place during the winter-set run, though they split a couple of months after leaving the villa.”We’ve completely called it off now. I think it was brought about more from his behalf than mine, but we’re mutual and friendly,” Demi told MailOnline in June 2020. “With lockdown, it drove us apart and we live so far away from each other. I feel like there wasn’t a lot of effort made with communication, so we drifted as a result.”Luke has since coupled up with season five’s blonde bombshell Lucie Donlan, with the pair confirming their romance in July 2020. They got engaged the following year.As for Demi, she appeared on Love Island: All Stars in 2024, where she met Luis Morrison. However, they broke up later that year.

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    Ched Uzor & Jess Gale: SplitSeason six’s low-key pair came in fourth place, going on to date for several months before breaking up in June 2020. “To confirm, myself and Ched have split, we are still good friends and I wish him all the best x,” Jess informed her Instagram followers. “Thanks for all the support you have given us since the villa.”

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    Nas Majeed & Eva Zapico: SplitWhile he started off season six as a fan-favorite, Nas ended up losing support after breaking things off with Demi Jones to be with Eva post-Casa Amor.Nas and Eva, however, remained together despite being voted off the show, and they made their relationship official in July 2020. Though they sparked engagement rumors in August 2023, when Eva was spotted with a ring on that finger, Nas confirmed in March 2024 that the pair had parted ways.”Unfortunately, Eva and I have decided to end our relationship,” Nas wrote on Instagram Story. “There is no bad blood or wrong doing—it was a mutual and completely amicable decision.”He added, “We tried to work things out over the past couple of months but decided this was for the best, and are both at peace with the situation.”Nas went on to appear on Love Island: All Stars in early 2025, but ultimately left the villas solo.

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    Callum Jones & Molly Smith: SplitThe scaffolder became one of the most hated men in the U.K. when he dumped fan-favorite Shaughna Phillips for Molly during his stay at Casa Amor, with the public eventually voting the pair out of the villa.And while the two stayed together for three years off the island, they went their separate ways in 2023.The following year, they both went on Love Island: All Stars. Molly coupled up with Tom Clare, and they were declared the winners of the season. Meanwhile, Callum formed a romance with Jess Gale and they were the runners-up. And while Callum and Jess split later in 2024 (with him now dating Yasmin Deplidge), Molly and Tom are still going strong.

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    Luke Trotman & Siânnise Fudge: SplitWinter Love Island‘s 2020 runner-ups Siânnise and Luke found love in the villa and went on to date for about a year before breaking up in November 2021.However, he’s since found love again and got engaged to Chelsea Menna less than a year later in 2022.

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    Millie Court & Liam Reardon: Split (Again)The season seven Love Island UK champs brought their love story out of the villa and into the real world in August 2021, after their loyalty was put to the test in Casa Amor. They announced their breakup on social media in July 2022, but reconciled almost a year later. For a stretch, Millie and Liam continue to provide glimpses into their life together on social media—posting about their travels, workouts and dates—and on their eponymous podcast. But the pair split for a second time in the fall of 2025. 

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    Ekin-Su Cülcüloglu & Davide Sanclimenti: SplitNearly a year after Ekin-Su and Davide were declared the winners of Love Island season eight in 2022, he announced they’d parted ways.”@ekinsuofficial & I are no longer together,” he wrote on Instagram in June 2023 “I am grateful for the memories and opportunities we shared together and I wish her nothing but the best. I would like for everybody to respect this decision during this difficult time. I will continue to support Ekin in anyway possible.”Not long after, the pair rekindled their romance. However, they ended up calling it quits again.”The last 18-months have been a rollercoaster of ups and downs, just like every relationship,” Ekin-Su wrote on Instagram in January 2024, per screenshots shared by Cosmopolitan UK. “Davide and I both wanted to make this work as we cared deeply for each other. Unfortunately I have recently made the decision to end our relationship and to go our separate ways. Breakups are never easy. For any couple. And we hope that our privacy will be respected. I enjoyed our time together and the memories we made.”Both opened their hearts up to love again. In the summer of 2024, Davide began dating Iris Au. Meanwhile, Ekin-Su briefly dated Curtis outside the villas after they placed third on Love Island: All Stars in early 2025. However, they split months later.

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    Jess Harding & Sammy Root: SplitThe Love Island UK couple walked away from the villa as winners on season 10, but called it quits just two months later in October 2023.According to Sammy, the breakup came as a “total shock.””We had a private conversation but this was left up in the air as Jess is still away and we haven’t had a chance to speak in person,” he wrote in an Instagram Story at the time. “To be totally clear—I at least wanted to see if our relationship could be saved and felt this would be the respectful way forward.”Sammy added, “Despite how all this has played out today, I think Jess is an amazing woman and genuinely wish her the best.”In early 2025, Sammy appeared on Love Island: All Stars, where he formed a relationship with Elma Pazar. But in June 2025, the two sparked split rumors.

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    Uma Jammeh & Wil Anderson: EngagedThe couple first met on Love Island UK‘s season 11, with Uma leaving on day 37 with Wil when he was dumped from the island after she was chosen by Reuben Collins.In July 2025, one year after leaving together, Uma announced that she and Wil were engaged. She wrote on Instagram with her ring on display, “We’ve been sitting on a bad boy piece of information.”For the reality star, staying on Love Island after Wil’s exit didn’t seem like an option.”There was no question. I didn’t have to think about it at all,” she said of her decision on the Not My Bagg podcast. “I want to be with Wil.””I’ve met someone,” she explained to hosts Lisa Baggs and Joe Baggs. “It takes me so long to get to the position I was with Wil, to be so comfortable with someone. There were two weeks left. What was I gonna do? Just sit there and fake a new connection? I’d rather just be honest.”

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    Josh Ritchie & Sophie Piper: Still TogetherBoth Josh and Sophie had tried to find their matches on Love Island before (he came in third place with Lauren Richardson in 2015; she checked into the villas five years later). But the stars seemed to align when they appeared on Love Island: All Stars in 2024, finishing third.”Just the beginning,” she wrote on Instagram that February. “Thank you so much to everyone that has supported us throughout our journey honestly means the world.”And she was correct that it was only the start of their forever journey.”Our first year anniversary,” Josh wrote on Instagram in March 2025. “I don’t know how you have put up with me for this long. You have a life time of this so I hope you no what you have a signed up for. Love you always.”

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    Zac Mirabelli & Elizabeth Weber: SplitThe winners of the inaugural season of Love Island USA (who paired up on day one and never parted) dated for several months before calling it quits at the end of 2019. “The breakup was mutual and we have left on amicable terms,” Zac wrote on his Instagram Stories. “We simply wanted different things.”In her own statement, Elizabeth added, “Although I had wished things could’ve turned out differently life doesn’t always work out the way we could’ve hoped sometimes.”However, she found love again—getting engaged to Gianni Settino in December 2024.”For everyone watching Love Island USA right now,” she captioned a July 2024 Instagram post, “yes I have recoupled 5 years later.”

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    Dylan Curry & Alex Stewart: SplitThe season one Love Island USA runners-up dated for several months before calling it quits in late November 2019, posting statements on their respective Instagram Stories. “Alex and I are no longer together,” the lacrosse coach shared. “Sometimes it just doesn’t work out.”Alex explained that “heartbreak is hard,” adding, “Our story was a Fairytale romance for me, but sometimes things just don’t work out.”

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    Caro Viehweg & Ray Gantt: SplitWhile they didn’t win Love Island USA‘s first season, the fan-favorite couple tried making long-distance work, traveling to spend the holidays together. However, Caro publicly announced that she ended the relationship in a July 2020 YouTube video. “I just don’t feel like he was committed to the relationship like I was,” she said. “So that’s why I decided to break up with him.”But in October 2023, Caro dropped an exciting new bombshell: She wed Rene Lacad the month before. And that December, she revealed that she and her new husband were expecting a baby girl. Their daughter Amina arrived in April 2024.”Note to Amina: Thank you for making me your mama,” she wrote on Instagram in a Mother’s Day 2025 post. “Nothing in this life tops that.”

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    Weston Richey & Emily Salch: SplitDespite the other couples in the villa and most of America not fully believing in their future, season one USA pair Weston and Emily managed to date IRL for a bit before going their separate ways.”Weston and I are no longer together,” she confirmed in a May 2020 YouTube video. “I am single. Basically we kind of went through a roller coaster of a journey together…. It was really hard with distance especially because I was in college.”

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    Kyra Green & Cashel Barnett: SplitThe delivered one of the U.S. version’s most unexpected couplings, with Kyra choosing to leave the show during the inaugural season to see if she still had a shot with Cashel after sending him home…only to find out he’d already returned. But, unfortunately, the musically inclined couple split in October 2019.By the end of November, they had reconciled. However, Kyra and Cashel ended their relationship for good in February 2020.”We had a good go,” he said on the #NoFilter podcast. “I think we’re just in different places in our lives…I think she blocked my number, to be honest.”Kyra went on to appear on other shows including Match Me If You Can in 2021, The Challenge: USA in 2022 (which Cashel also competed on) and Love Island Games in 2023. But she ended up finding her match off-camera with dental student and former basektball player Tal Sahar in 2024.In May 2025, Cashel was jailed in Utah on charges of domestic violence and assault, according to online records. The following month, new charges of assault and domestic violence were filed against him.According to NBC News, Cashel denied the allegations, with his attorney Andrew K. Deesing telling the outlet, “My client and his family are enduring an incredibly difficult time, and we hope that his privacy will be respected as we work diligently to defend his name and reputation. Obviously, we’re in the very early stages of this and don’t have any further comment at this time.”

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    Cely Vazquez & Johnny Middlebrooks: SplitWhile the pair found love on season two of Love Island USA, which aired in the summer of 2020, they announced their breakup the following January.

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    Kordell Beckham & Serena Page: Still TogetherAmong Kordell and Serena’s many long-term goals? Sticking together.And the Love Island USA season six winners are still very much in love.”Happiest of birthdays to the literal man of my dreams,” Serena wrote on Instagram for Kordell’s birthday in May 2025, “almost 1 year later and I cannot believe how obsessed I still am with you. Its so amazing to watch you grow and your dreams come true in real time, I am so so proud of the man you are growing into more and more everyday and cannot wait to spend more birthdays with you!! Thank you for being the best boyfriend, partner, friend, and making me the happiest girl ever.”

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