Lucinda Strafford has spoken out to address rumours of a feud between this year’s Islanders after fans began to speculate that some of the girls had fallen out.
Faye Winter first sparked rumours of a row when she admitted she hadn’t spoken to fellow finalists Millie Court and Chloe Burrows after returning to the UK and the speculation was only fuelled when Faye and her bestie Kaz Kamwi didn’t publicly wish Chloe a happy birthday on social media when she turned 26 last week.
While many of their fellow contestants posted on Instagram to celebrate Chloe’s birthday, Faye and Kaz spent the weekend partying at Kisstory Festival with their boyfriends Teddy Soares and Tyler Cruickshank and posted a series of snaps to mark their day out.
However, Lucinda has set the record straight on the matter and insisted there’s no bad blood between the girls.
The online fashion boutique owner, who recently launched an edit with I Saw It First, said, “No I don't believe [there’s a feud], I think Chloe gets along with everyone. I actually don't think she doesn't get along with anyone!
“There wasn't one person when I was in there that Chloe didn't get along with and I know she loves Kaz and I know she's met up with Faye, Toby and Teddy since leaving the villa so I don't believe those rumours are true!"
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1 of 11Faye Winter and Teddy Soares feud
Following the Mad Movies challenge that showed Teddy talking to Casa Amor bombshell Clarisse Juliette, Faye Winter was left furious. For the majority of the following episode, that was an hour-long, Faye was shouting at Teddy, Matthew MacNabb and even Dale Mehmet. As a result of the showdown, Ofcom received a record number of 24,763 complaints from viewers.
2 of 11Love Island 2021 postcard
Love Island bosses brought the postcard challenge back during the 2021 series and it caused quite the stir in the villa. It left Millie Court in the dark about Liam Reardon's antics and Faye Winter thought Teddy Soares had kissed another girl however it was part of a game.Teddy returned (with Faye's teddy bear in hand) and was left single in the villa and Casa Amor bombshell Lillie Haynes returned and exposed Liam, which left Millie devastated.
3 of 11Love Island's lie detector test
In 2019 it also came to light that the infamous lie detector test had been axed. Ofcom investigated reality TV rules following the tragic death of Steve Dymond following his appearance on The Jeremy Kyle Show.
4 of 11Laura Anderson and Paul Knops in the final
Love Island 2018 already had a few controversial moments but it was the final episode that drew in some complaints. After Laura Anderson and Paul Knops came runners up on the show, viewers took to Ofcom and complained because they were not in an official relationship. In third place was Megan Barton Hanson and Wes Nelson and in fourth place was Josh Denzel and Kaz Crossley - both couples were in an exclusive relationship.
5 of 11Paige Turley and Finn Tapp's headline challenge
After the Mean Tweet challenge appeared to be scrapped during the 2020 series, the News Splash didn't go down well with viewers.Paige Turley was left furious when one of the headlines said, 'Casa Amor causes Callum, Finn and Nas' head to turn on tonight's Love Island'.Finn protested his innocence but Paige was annoyed and so were fans who branded the headline as "fake news".
6 of 11Love Island axe smoking area
Remember the early days of Love Island where the majority of the Islanders would gossip over the smoking area? Well following a lot of complaints, in 2018 the producers took action and removed the smoking area from inside the villa.
7 of 11Casa Amor in 2019
They say Casa Amor is one of the hardest tests and the 2019 series proved it because it received over 300 complaints. Poor Amy Hart was left devastated when Curtis Pritchard admitted his head turned towards Jourdan Riane. Meanwhile, Amber Gill was left single when Michael Griffiths savagely dumped her for Joanna Chimonides.
8 of 11Georgia Steel and Jack Fowler's kiss
During the 2018 series, Love Island received 655 complaints following Georgia Steel and Jack Fowler's kiss. While Georgia insisted that they both intentionally kissed on their date, Jack was sure that he went to kiss her cheek but she moved in for the lips. Luckily the truth came out during the reunion and Georgia FINALLY apologised.
9 of 11Tommy Fury and Maura Higgins
A lot of viewers felt uncomfortable when Maura Higgins tried to kiss Tommy Fury, despite his protests and Love Island received 709 complaints.
10 of 11Dani Dyer crying
Jack Fincham was floored when he saw his ex-girlfriend walk into Casa Amor but no one was more devastated than Dani Dyer who was left in a flood of tears. After the episode aired, Ofcom received 2,644 complaints about the show.
11 of 11Joe Garratt and Lucie Donlan's relationship
During the early stages of Love Island 2019, Ofcom received 600 complaints over Joe Garratt and Lucie Donlan's relationship. Viewers accused him of having a "controlling nature" when Lucie was left in tears and Women's Aid issued a statement about the show.
Despite squashing rumours of a feud, Lucinda did admit that the Islanders don’t speak as much as they used to and revealed their group chat has “died down”.
“You know what, it has died down. Actually, they were talking on it yesterday about an event but it's just very dry, there's not much going on on it,” she told OK!
"It's nice to know that they're always there and you can message them if you need but I feel like we're all so busy doing out own thing and we formed smaller groups as well."
This all comes after Lucinda finally revealed she’s reunited with her footballer ex Aaron Connolly after weeks of speculation about her relationship status.
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Lucinda left the villa in a couple with Aaron Francis but they split just days later before she admitted she was seeing former flame Brad McClelland. However, their relationship fizzled out and, after being linked to Danny Bibby once again, the 21-year-old is officially back with the Brighton-based footballer who she dated before taking part in the ITV2 show.
She explained, “So, yeah, we are sort of talking again. We're seeing where things go, we're not back together as such but we're taking it step by step. We're just sort of chatting again. It's nothing too serious at all.
“I think I'm sort of keeping my options open but I'm not really talking to anyone else at the moment. So, it's sort of mixed between both really. It's quite early stages again. Sometimes these things happen but maybe it made him miss me more, who knows!"