Love Island star reveals how they secretly cried in the villa without being caught on camera

The Love Island 2025 star has revealed all

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by Emily Vierke |
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It was a pivotal moment in this year series of Love Island, when Casa Amor 2025 bombshell Cash Mirjah Mercer wept on the terrace with his pal Ty Isherwood.

In fact, we have a feeling that Cash's vulnerability, which also earned him a win at The Grafties, played a part in him securing victory alongside American babe, Toni Laites.

Cach and Ty
Cach and Ty ©ITV

But whereas Cach may have shed a tear or two on camera, not all the Love Island lads were able to be openly emotional.

Dejon Noel-Williams, who missed out on the final when he was dumped alongside girlfriend Meg Moore by the other Islanders, revealed as much in a recent interview.

'Me and Harry Cooksley had a thing, we called it fitness and feelings,' he told the Daily Mail.

Dejon and Harry
Dejon and Harry ©ITV

Dejon and Harry were besties from day one, with Dejon dating Meg and Harry having an on/off romance with her bestie Helena Ford.

'We would go to the gym,' he explained, 'I would say "Don't worry H, we can be free here, our tears, people will think they're sweat."'

We did see Harry share a singular tear during his first fall out with Helena, he sat with Dejon around the fire pit and wept for what could have been. Obviously, it was short-lived as the duo rekindled the relationship shortly after, but it was rare show of emotion from Harry.

'The viewers will have seen me joking around but they won't have seen that I have feelings,' he went on, 'I have a lot of feelings, but it's hard for me to show them.'

Dejon and Meg
Dejon and Meg ©ITV

Dejon has received a great deal of backlash since her left the villa, with viewers calling him a 'manipulator' and 'narcissistic.'

Even Toni and Shakira Khan, who were in the villa with Dejon, called the OG Islander 'manipulative.' The footage of them discussing his behaviour was shown to everyone on Movie Night, leaving Dejon shocked. He also received negative comments from the likes of Andrada Pop and Billykiss Azeez who called out his treatment of Meg.

'It was so bad, Dejon, that was a bad move,' Andrada told him as she recalled the moment the nation saw him tell Meg to 'shush' because they were in front of the cameras, as he claimed she was trying to 'make him look bad.'

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Emily Vierke is a digital writer who has dabbled in the world of celeb, beauty and fashion. She enjoys stalking Love Island girlies Indiyah Polack and Matilda Draper for outfit inspo nearly as much as she enjoys rewatching the clip of Maura Higgins confronting Tom Walker for gossiping about her to the Love Island lads.

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