While he may have appeared on a dating reality show, former Love Island lad Michael Griffiths has revealed that he hasn’t had much luck in the dating department since leaving the villa.
In an interview with MailOnline, 29-year-old Michael explained, “Right now, the way I see it, I just have to concentrate on myself and becoming the best version of myself I can be by concentrating on work and my career.
“There are plenty of people that I’ve spoken to that I could have potentially had a thing with, but I’ve just stayed friends with them.”
We like to think that the reason Michael’s new dating life hasn’t been a success is because the former firefighter still feels a spark with his former flame Amber Gill.
And while that may just be wishful thinking on our part, Michael has admitted that he ‘still cares’ about Amber.
He revealed, “I’ll say hello to Amber, I’m not rude- I’m not a rude person. I do still care about her and I care about if she’s doing well. I wish her the absolute best. There’s no point in me holding grudges and what happened in the past, happened in the past.
“If you hold onto it, it’s just going to upset you even more.”
Check out: which Love Island couples are still together?
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1 of 10Series Two: Nathan Massey and Cara de la Hoyde
Nathan Massey and Cara de la Hoyde are the only Love Island winners to have remained together!Despite splitting for a number of months in 2017, the couple rekindled their romance when Cara discovered she was expecting the couple's first child.
2 of 10Series Two: Nathan Massey and Cara de la Hoyde
The couple later welcomed a baby boy called Freddie in December 2016. Sharing the happy news on social media, Nathan wrote, 'The day has finally come !!!! Myself and @cara_delahoyde have become parents to our beautiful baby boy !!! Massive hats off to Cara Who delivered our boy safely !!!!! #thenextchapter ud83dudc99ud83dudc76ud83cudffc[sic]In July 2018, Cara and Nathan announced they are now engaged with Nathan popping the question in the villa they first met.
3 of 10Series Two: Olivia Buckland and Alex Bowen
It took her a while, but Olivia Buckland finally found her man during Love Island season 2. After leaving the villa together when they finished in second place behind Cara and Nathan, the couple haven't looked back!
4 of 10Series Two: Olivia Buckland and Alex Bowen
Just a few months after leaving the famous villa, Alex popped the question to Olivia during a romantic trip to New York. The couple married in a luxury ceremony in 2018, with parts of their wedding being shown on their very own TV show.
5 of 10Series Three: Dom Lever and Jess Shears
Despite the public thinking their relationship was just a 'joke', Jess Shears and Dom Lever have defied the odds and are one of the two couples still together from last year's Love Island. Despite all of the drama with Jess and 'Muggy Mike', Dom proposed to his girlfriend in September 2016.
6 of 10Series Three: Dom Lever and Jess Shears
The couple have cashed in on promotional shoots together, appearances, and even got 'married' on Good Morning Britain on Valentine's Day. Despite the 'fake wedding', Jess and Dom then tied the knot for real in 2018, when they married at a private ceremony on the Greek island of Mykonos.
7 of 10Series Three: Jamie Jewitt and Camilla Thurlow
The nation fell in love with Prince Harry's ex-girlfriend Camilla Thurlow in 2017. And after she had her heartbroken by a number of different men in the villa, model Jamie Jewitt arrived and swept Camilla off her feet.After enjoying time together outside of the show and meeting each other's families, the couple are living happily ever after.
8 of 10Series Three: Jamie Jewitt and Camilla Thurlow
The loved up couple have since traveled the world together on charity missions... can they get any better?!
9 of 10Series Four: Dani Dyer and Jack Fincham
From the moment they set eyes on each other during the 2018 launch episode, Jack Fincham and Dani Dyer seemed to be a match made in heaven. After a number of cute moments on the show, the pair were announced as the winners!
10 of 10Series Four: Dani Dyer and Jack Fincham
After leaving the villa, Dani and Jack moved in together, bought a puppy and seemed incredibly loved-up. However, in December, Dani announced the pair had split up on her Instagram Story. With fans in complete shock at the news, Dani's dad Danny Dyer later revealed the couple had just had a 'row'. So it looks like they are back on!
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Michael, who recently moved to Essex to live with his former co-stars Jordan Hames, Chris Taylor and Danny Williams, also admitted that the pandemic had been really difficult for him; with restrictions meaning that he has been unable to see his family for over 10 months.
He said, “It isn’t easy being away from my family for so long. I haven’t seen my family for nearly ten months. I am from a big family and I am close to all of them and Face Time has made it easier. I can FaceTime my mum and dad, my nephew, brothers and sisters, so that made it a little easier. But being physically there is very different.”
He continued, “I have heard about Liverpool being particularly hard-hit by the virus which is upsetting as all my family are there. My sister is a paramedic and there’s high risk in the family as well.”
Luckily his housemates have been able to support him as they film MTV’s Living the Dream together.