Love Island’s biggest LOVE RATS of all time

Love Island 2021 and All Stars 2024 bombshell Tyler Cruickshank was pretty keen on Kaz Kamwi... well, until Casa Amor, that is. His head did a complete 180 when he met Clarisse Juliette. But when he returned to the villa, Tyler did a complete U-turn and got back with Kaz. Poor Clarisse and Matthew (who Kaz was coupled up with) were then left single.

Tattooed Terry Walsh cracked on with newcomer Emma-Jane Woodham within HOURS of girlfriend Malin Andersson being booted out of the Love Island 2016 villa. The cheating pair then went on to have sex in front of the other contestants (which he'd already done with Malin). Sophie Gradon commented, 'She was riding him like a bucking bronco.'

Yes, he was one of the sexiest Love Island 2018 contestants but we can't deny the fact that Jack Fowler is definitely a love rat. When he first joined the villa we thought he was perfect with Laura Anderson and we were all on his side when he didn't get back with her after she ended things and then wanted to reunite with him. However, we started to think there was something about him when he instantly got back with her after it was announced that two new boys (Idris and Kieran) would be entering the villa. And then he broke Laura's heart after two new girls (Laura 2.0 and Steph) joined the villa. Yup. He ended things just a day after they came into the villa and moved on VERY quickly with the new Laura, as well. Talk about salt to the wound, eh?

Megan Barton-Hanson went straight for Wes Nelson hours after dumping Eyal Booker, despite the fact he was coupled up with her pal Laura Anderson. Within 24 hours, she snogged him in bed. THEN Megan played about 20 guys against each other in Casa Amor before deciding to cheat on Wes with new boy Alex Miller. In her defence, she was with Wes for six months after leaving the villa - but the couple split in January 2019. Also in defence, she's Megan Barton-Hanson, she can do what she wants.

Toby, Toby, Toby. Toby Aromolaran had quite the journey on Love Island 2021. He coupled up with Kaz Kamwi, then dumped her for bombshell Chloe Burrows, then dumped her for bombshell Abigail Rawlings and then he left for Casa Amor. After returning to the villa he brought back Mary Bedford. Days later, he dumped Mary AND Abigail and reunited with Chloe.

Love Island 2018's Dr Alex George was unlucky in love since he entered the villa. No one stepped forward for him, Laura dumped him for Wes, Samira made it clear she didn't want to be coupled up with him, Megan kissed Eyal in front of him and then Ellie chose Charlie over him. But it appeared that his luck had changed when the gorgeous Alexandra joined the villa and picked the doctor over the two new boys (Idris and Kieran). So, why oh why did he then quickly turn for new girl Laura Crane? Unfortunately for Alex, she wasn't interested, so he recoupled with rejected Alexandra out of necessity. After spending an amazing date driving around in a Ferrari together, Alex then told a loved-up Alexandra that he just wasn't interested anymore and dumped her. She accused him of stringing her along and called his behaviour 'shameful'. She subsequently told Closer that 'there's something wrong with him'.

Liam Reardon - the plot twist we didn't want to happen. When the Love Island 2021 boys went to Casa Amor we were hoping Liam would stay loyal to Millie Court, but he didn't. Straight away he shared a bed with Lillie, flirted with her and even shared a few kisses outside of the challenges. He returned to the villa single but everyone was stunned when Lillie also turned up and exposed him.

Fans warmed to Georgia Steel during Love Island 2018 after Josh Denzel broke her heart by going off with Kaz Crossley in Casa Amor while she stayed loyal to him. But viewers did a U-turn when Georgia SNOGGED her best pal Laura Anderson's fella, Jack Fowler. To make things worse, Georgia didn't mention the kiss until Laura confronted her. Hell broke loose, with half the villa ganging up on Georgia. She said it was very much a mutual thing but fans saw the clip of her pulling Jack in for a smooch. Georgia was coupled up with Sam Bird, who stood by her side until the lovebirds left the villa. On the outside, things didn't work out so well when Sam ended the relationship after accusing 'loyal' Georgia of cheating with an ex.

Zara Holland was stripped of her Miss Great Britain title after a romp with Alex Bowen within HOURS during the second series (we still don't understand this). But Alex pied her off pretty much immediately for Olivia Bowen. However, this rat might have redeemed himself, as he proposed to Olivia in 2017 and the pair married in 2018.

Rykard Jenkins - who had been cracking on with Rachel Fenton - had sex with Olivia Bowen in the bed next to Rachel while she slept. Ouch. The pair kept it a secret, until Caroline Flack broke the truth to Rachel about what happened between the sheets. But Rachel and Rykard stayed together for 18 months after the show ended. We're assuming they didn't share a bedroom with anyone else this time.

OG Love Island 2021 contestant Brad McClelland didn't have the best luck in the villa. He coupled up with Faye Winter but it quickly became clear that there wasn't a spark. When Rachel Christie arrived he seemed totally infatuated (that may have been because whoever she didn't couple up with would be booted from the villa). But when Lucinda Strafford arrived his head did a 180, he dumped Rachel and later she was booted from the villa.

Things looked good for couple Marcel Somerville and Gabby Allen...until they left the villa. Nine months later, Marcel had sex with another girl while the pair were on holiday and Gabby was downstairs in the hotel gym. OUCH. Suffice to say, the couple are no more, but they did make amends on All Stars 2025.

What is a Love Island love rat list without Adam Collard? Within a month, Adam ditched three girls before moving onto the next (Kendall Rae-Knight, Rosie Williams and Zara McDermott). His regularly used line 'I'd be lying if I said I wasn't attracted to her, like' when new girls enter the villa, become a meme in its own right back in 2018. His unacceptable actions included dumping Rosie for Zara just hours after 'doing bits' in bed with her. He also shared a bed and some snogs with Darylle Sargeant before reuniting with Zara when he was booted from the show. He then of course got caught up in 'chicken nugget gate' a few months after dating Love Island 2022 OG Paige Thorne IRL.

Jonny, Jonny, JONNY. Where do we begin? Love Island 2017's Jonny Mitchell wasn't in the original lineup, but landed on his feet when he coupled up with fan favourite Camilla Thurlow. If he was good enough for our girl Camilla, then he was good enough for us - but things turned sour when the couple disagreed on equality. Camilla was less than impressed when Jonny complained he'd feel 'emasculated' if a girl paid for dinner. Camilla wisely dumped Jonny a few days later, but was upset when Jonny flaunted his new romance with Tyla Carr. After leaving the villa, Jonny went on to date Stephanie Pratt (oh, the wonderfully small world of reality TV) but the pair split in December 2017.

Frankie Foster was a beacon of light for unlucky-in-love Samira Mighty. Fans were over the moon when the fitness coach appeared to be a perfect match for our favourite Love Island girl after weeks of unsuccessful dating. But all good things must come to an end, and viewers were disappointed when he was voted out of the villa by his fellow Islanders, cutting short the couple's blossoming romance. BUT Samira gave up her place in the Love Island villa, leaving her pals behind to be with Frankie in the UK - cute, right? Sadly for Samira, Frankie turned out to be another frog. Multiple cheating rumours quickly emerged and Samira dumped the slimey toad after just one month on the outside.

It was a slow start for Anna Vakili, but when Jordan Hames entered the villa in week five things started to look up for her. The issues started when she met Ovie Soko in Casa Amore and sparks instantly flew. Recoupling with Ovie and bringing him back to the villa with her, Anna looked suitably guilty when it transpired that Jordan had, in fact, stayed loyal. What ensued was a week's worth of excruciating back-ing and forth-ing between Ovie and Jordan while Anna tried to make up her mind, only ending when Ovie finally put his foot down and told Jordan, 'You can have her'.

Curtis Pritchard's behaviour wasn't the most outrageously awful in the 2019 series, but the amount of pain he caused Amy Hart through his conniving and scheming was insidiously toxic – which we think is much worse. "Mr Perfect" went to enormous lengths during the first four weeks to convince Amy and, more importantly, the voting public that he was the perfect man, a gentleman, #boyfriendgoals. But it soon became apparent that he'd masterminded the whole charade, leaving Amy so heartbroken she had to leave the villa and cut her Love Island experience short. Needless to say, Curtis stayed on to enjoy a new romance and continuing support from the lads in the villa. And lest we forget, his Hideaway moment with Danielle Sellers during his All Stars 2025 stint.

Despite the fact that we really fancy Michael Griffiths, his gaslighting of Amber Gill when new girl Joanna Chimonides joined the villa was unforgivable. Everyone was surprised when his head was turned, but we were even more disappointed when he turned the whole thing back around on Amber and said it was all her fault. Meanwhile, he lied to both Joanna and Amber about what he'd said to his former flame, when what he was actually trying to do was to keep his options open.

Okay, so we're starting to doubt there were ANY genuine blokes in the 2019 series? After Jordan Hames asked Anna Vakili to be his girlfriend following an OTT tour of the villa, his head was turned literally one day later by bombshell India Reynolds, and he called her for a chat before even speaking to Anna first. His reasoning was that Anna wasn't he who thought he was – which seems to be the default excuse for the lads in that series.

We all felt for seemingly nice guy Mike Boateng when Leanne Amaning got 'the ick' and decided she couldn't bear to be around him – after all, he'd been nothing but nice to her. But when he quickly turned his attentions to Jess Gale and became the creepiest man alive – likening himself to a 'sexy side dish' – before swiftly moving on in Casa Amor, we kind of got what she meant. Sorry, Leanne.

Meanwhile, despite insisting she was going to give things a proper go with Luke Mabbott because it was 'the right thing to do', Jess couldn't have made it any more obvious that she was more interested in Mike and after basically forcing Luke to call things off over a shady challenge move, was snogging Mike minutes later.

Callum Jones coupled up with Shaughna Phillips on the first day and after a few early bumps in the road they'd become the strongest couple in the villa when Casa Amor started – which was the beginning of the end, with Callum quickly developing (and acting on) a 'strong sexual attraction' to Molly Smith while Shaughna pined for him in the main villa.

Not exactly your traditional 'love rat', but Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu did raise a few eyebrows during Love Island 2022. Not only did she sneak Jay Younger onto the balcony for a smooch while with Davide, according to Casa boy George Tasker things got a little hot and heavy under the duvet between the pair. Then, of course, she played a smooch on Sammy Root during the All Stars 2025 heart rate challenge, despite Elma Pazar asking her not too.

He might be living the wholesome life with Molly Smith these days, but back in January 2023 Tom was a an undeniable love rat in South Africa - albeit a VERY tall one. Tom Clare was involved in multiple romantic storylines, which included connections with Zara Lackenby-Brown, Olivia Hawkins, Samie Elishi, and Ellie Spence. His decision to explore different relationships stirred up dramz, leading some viewers to label him as a love rat.

Although a late arrival to winter Love Island, Casey O'Gorman quickly found himself at the centre of a few love triangles, especially with Claudia Fogarty and Rosie Seabrook. His decisions and how he navigated these relationships brought about some critique from the audience. But he's a new man these days thanks to Gabby Allen - oh wait.

Love Island 2023's Tyrique Hyde was known for his charm and multiple romantic interests on the show (as well as being the fittest Islander EVER). His involvement with different Islanders and open flirtations led to some drama with Ella Thomas. Remember the 'Battle of the Ellas'?

We simply couldn't leave Love Island 2023 and All Stars' 'Messy' Mitch Taylor off the list. Mitch was involved in various relationships within the villa, including Molly Marsh, Jess Harding, Abi Moores and Ella Barnes. His tendency to switch affections and form connections with multiple Islanders at the same time (while telling them all slightly different things) contributed to our decision to add him to this list.

Not a celebrity love rat. Joey Essex first matched with Samantha Kenny on Love Island 2024 before having his head turned by Grace Jackson who he shared a previous romance with IRL. Joey then ditched Grace for Jessy Potts and the couple stayed together until they were dumped. They split IRL in September 2024.