It’s no secret that the world has been utterly bewitched by Love Island trio, Toni Laites, Shakira Khan, and Yasmin Pettet. And while Toni and her bae, Cach Mirjah Mercer, officially took home the series 12 crown, the real love story this summer was undoubtedly the fierce, fun, and unbreakable friendship between these three queens. Although Cach and Toni are dropping L-bombs, btw 👀.
Their post-villa adventures have kept us glued to our screens, serving up viral TikToks, standout TV appearances, and full-on glamorous photoshoots. We’re obsessed with every move.
But it’s not just the girls' sisterhood stealing the show, their partners’ famously playful bro-ships are also on our radar. Cach, Harry Cooksley, and Jamie Rhodes have formed their own legendary bond, which was on full display during a recent interview with Capital Extra. The highlight? Harry teasing Cach for nearly spilling the secret name of the group chat with all six of the Islanders – only for Harry to let the name slip anyway (spoiler: it’s adorable).
When the conversation turned to couple nicknames, Cach mentioned the group's chat, prompting Harry to quip, 'Bro, no, we can’t tell them what the group chat is called.'
Cach then confessed, 'That’s bad for me. But we were going to go out one night, so we just made a group chat to, you know, easily contact each other.'
It was all in good fun, and Harry finally revealed what fans were dying to know: the group chat is called The Powerpuff Girls And Their Plus Ones.
Cach chimed in, 'So we technically have a name, but it’s obviously not the name that we wanted.'
Maybe not, Cach, but it’s definitely the name we all wanted. ❤️💚🩵
And as for all the Harrys out there, he clarified, 'We’re the plus ones.'
Obviously. 🫶
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Ben Pulsford is a digital writer and producer at Bauer Media, creating content for Closer online and heatworld. Beyond his journalism, he dazzles as London drag queen Beary Poppins, co-hosting the Spill the Fizz podcast with Traitors series 2 star Diane Carson. If RuPaul asked grown-up Ben what he’d say to his seven-year-old self, it would be: 'Don’t worry, you grow up to score the gayest jobs on the planet — so hang in there, you little legend.'