As many of you will already know, Love Island finalist Davide Sanclimenti went public with his new American girlfriend Iris Au, while his Love Island 2022 ex Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu was getting with Curtis Pritchard on All Stars 2025.
And (we can't believe we're saying this, but) fair play to Davide, tbh; his name started popping up EVERYWHERE from the moment Ekin slow-mo strutted into the villa in that stunning gown. Still not over it. Still can't afford it.
After almost two years of public feuds, accusations of infidelity and a bitter break-up, we're guessing that's not exactly how the Italian Stallion wanted to start 2025.
Anyway, his ex waltzing back into the villa and thus, back into the spotlight, seemed as good a time as ever for Davide to tell the world that he has moved on with a new relationship.
Towards the end of January, Davide confirmed (via a cute AF grid post) that he is currently dating Iris, a businesswoman and entrepreneur as well as a mummy influencer and philanthropist.
Since that hard launch, Davide has spoken out about how Iris is 'the most romantic woman I've ever met,' and professed his love to her in a gushy Valentine's Day post, telling her, 'I loved that you didn’t know who I was. You love deeply because you’ve been through a lot, and that made me want to protect you.'
Y'all ready for a twist? Almost two months after Davide went public with his new love affair, it has come to light that Iris is caught up in a $2.6m tax row, and after pleading guilty, could face a three-year prison sentence.
According to reports, Iris has pleaded guilty to a charge 'after failing to report ill-gotten gains she obtained via her then boyfriend's criminal cryptocurrency activities.'
Her ex-boyfriend, by the way, is a cryptocurrency fraudster called Ida, better know as 'The Godfather' in those circles.
Y'all ready for another twist? Davide has claimed he has been aware of Iris', erm, predicament, the entire time and stressed that there is more to this 'extraordinary' story...
More? Is anyone else getting six-part Netflix series from this? Well, apparently Davide – but he sees it as more of 'Hollywood blockbuster'.
Davide told MailOnline, 'How the Italian Stallion stole the girl from the Godfather with the LAPD on a speed deal... this sounds like a Hollywood blockbuster.'
He continued, 'The truth is that I knew about her situation from the start which is why I was protecting her. Iris is an amazing person who has been through difficult situations that most people could never understand.
'There's so much of this extraordinary story that people don't know yet. I will be there by her side to supply her as deserves all the support and understanding.'
Earlier this month, Ekin-Su – who is now in a new relationship with her All Stars co-star, Curtis – spoke out about her complicated relationship with Davide, as well as his new girlfriend on the Great Company podcast, saying, 'There's still stuff that happened I have not spoken about. I feel like it’s private. He knows. He knows. It will always stay like that.'
She continued, 'I do wish him well. I genuinely wish him well. He’s got a girlfriend now, from what I’ve heard, he’s in LA living his life, and he deserves happiness, too.'