He was brutally dumped from the Love Island villa when his fellow Islanders chose to save bombshell Shea Mannings and send him home, but it looks like Blu Chegini’s love life is only on the up after he returned to the outside world.
Not only has Blu revealed that he’s had some ‘blue ticks’ slide into his DMs, but he also asked All Stars 2025 winner Gabby Allen out on a date live on Aftersun following her split from Casey O’Gorman.
A bold move but it’s clearly paid off as it seems things could be progressing between the gorgeous pair…
Blu recently paid a visit to heat Towers for a post-villa debrief and we, of course, had to grill him about where things stand with Gabby.
Although he appeared a bit shy when we brought up the Love Island 2017 star, after some gentle nudging, Blu told us, ‘Of course on Aftersun I had to shoot my shot with Gabby, which I did.
‘We spoke after the show and hopefully we meet up soon and see where things go.’
During his appearance on Aftersun, Blu made Gabby blush when he admitted that he found her attractive. Gabby’s pal Kaz Crossley, who was also on the show, then told Blu, ‘You're her type, babe.’
Using a classic Love Island chat up line, Blu asked Gabby, ‘Can I pull for you for a chat?’
That all came moments after Gabby opened up about her split from Casey just weeks after they were crowned All Stars winners.
When Maya asked what happened between the pair, Gabby replied, ‘How long have we got?’
She continued, ‘You know what, not really that much to report. I feel like when you're in the villa it's very different to when you get out and we’re just at very different stages in our lives.’
Gabby’s bestie Kaz, who had previously branded Casey a ‘player’, couldn’t help but get in one more dig as she added, ‘Casey, he's a lovely boy but emphasis on the boy.’
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Nathan Katnoria is heat and Closer online’s senior digital writer. He became obsessed with Love Island when Malin Andersson came back to confront Terry Walsh in series two and hasn’t looked back since. When he’s not interviewing former Islanders, Nathan is scrolling through their Instagram feeds for relationship updates and piping hot tea.