Love Island’s Ella Barnes ‘moves on’ with Gemma Owen’s ex-boyfriend

The Love Island 2023 bombshell has a new man

gemma owen and ella barnes

by Eden-Olivia Lord |
Published on

In news we wasn't expecting to be writing today, Love Island bombshell Ella Barnes is apparently dating Gemma Owen's ex-boyfriend.

Cast your mind back to series eight of Love Island and you may remember when Gemma's ex (not Jacques O'Neill) spoke out about her relationship with Luca Bish and claimed he's "just not Gemma's type".

Savage.

Her ex Neil Farrugia even claimed that he'd try and turn Gem's head if he went into the villa as a bombshell... LOL.

Well, now it appears that Neil is dating Love Island 2023 star Ella as they've been spotted together in Dubai celebrating her 25th birthday.

Ella kicked things off by posting a photo of herself holding hands with her new man on a yacht but didn't include his face.

BUT it quickly became clear that she was on holiday with Neil because he posted a photo of Ella looking out at the sunset on the same yacht.

ella barnes on neil's instagram story
neil posted a snap of ella on instagram ©Instagram / neilfarrugia1

You know what, go Ella tbh. Living her best life in Dubai with her new boyfriend after things fell apart with Mitch Taylor.

Throwback to this time last year, Ella announced she'd broken up with Mitch on Instagram. At the time she wrote, 'Unfortunately myself and Mitch have decided to end our relationship. I really wanted things to work out and I'm gutted that our journey has come to an end.'

Fast forward a few months and it seems that Mitch kind of threw a little shade at Ella.

love island mitch and ella
mitch and ella were coupled up on series 10 ©ITV

Before entering All Stars, he opened up about how things were with Ella and they didn't seem mega friendly.

'I'll be honest, from my side of things. I think they’re great, I've got no problems. I've got nothing but love for them girls.

'On their side of things. I don't know how they feel about me. I think when me and Ella broke up, Ella was more upset than I was. And obviously we've not seen each other since or spoken at all since August.'

Good job they didn't come face to face in the villa, their reunion could have rivalled Jake Cornish and Liberty Poole's.

WATCH: 'Kady Unfollowed Me!' Mitch & Ella B Play Who's Most Likely To: Love Island Edition

Eden-Olivia is the deputy editor of heatworld and she’s worked in showbiz since 2016. She started watching Love Island in 2017 because of her job. However Montana Brown remaining unphased by absolutely everything kept her entertained and she’s watched every series since.

Just so you know, we may receive a commission or other compensation from the links on this website - read why you should trust us