It's been well over a month since Love Island: All Stars 2025 wrapped and Gabby Allen and Casey O'Gorman were crowned king and queen of the South African villa. But according to many passionate fans of the show, Gabby and Casey only won because runners-up Grace Jackson and Luca Bish's chances were obliterated when Olivia Hawkins stepped back into he villa and told EVERYONE that she had seen screenshots proving that Grace said she 'would do anything to win the show,' casting doubt over the blonde bombshell's intentions.
Grace, naturally, disregarded the claim immediately, with her bestie Harriett Blackmore launching into a furious tirade against Liv in defence of her friend just hours before the final.
It's safe to say the backlash immediately started backlashing, with Luca x Grace fans bombarding the winter Love Island star with 'abuse' online.
Naturally, the incident and the corresponding backlash is still a huge talking point amongst the fandom and is still a hot topic for Liv in interviews. In a recent stint on the Drawn Out Conversations podcast, the Love Island 'villain' opened up about how the now legendary Love Island scene has affected her mentally over the last few weeks.
Olivia revealed, 'Genuinely, I kind of become numb to it now, any hate comments...turning it into a positive, I think it's turned me into such a strong person. Don't get me wrong, I've had my down days. I'm not going to sit here and say I haven't sat and cried myself to sleep and all that deep stuff. I just don't want to dwell on it anymore. I'm going to turn this into a positive and keep going.'
She continued, 'I just think for people sending these vile messages...there needs to be something put in place to stop them from doing it.'
When asked whether she anticipated such backlash following the Grace x screenshots debacle, she confessed, 'I think I knew there was a potential I could get backlash, but I just think going on to Love Island in general., there's always a risk with anything you say that it could be taken out of context.'
So where do things stand now? Has she smoothed things out with Grace and Luca following the ordeal? Our Liv knows what she's doing, and she chose a very PR answer as she clearly wants to turn the page on this chapter in her life and career, telling host 'With me, whatever happens on the show I leave it at the villa doors.
'If I see people out I'll always say, "Hi." I just kind of see it as a show at the end of the day. I'm over it.'
A few weeks prior, a rawer Olivia opened up about the ordeal on William Grande's Spill with Will podcast, saying, 'What I will say is, do people really think I would go on national television and lie about something so serious as that?’
The All Stars icon continued, ‘Also do they really think the producers would let me say something that they didn’t know was true? That's all I will say.'