Remember before Love Island 2024 bombshell Matilda Draper entered the villa and OG Sean Stone was basically giving Will Young pre Jessie Wynter levels of awks in his bid to find a connection in the villa? It feels like a lifetime ago, doesn't it?
To be fair, it was well over a month ago, and since then Matilda has gone on to become one of the central queens reigning and slaying in the Love Island 2024 villa, going on to do the unthinkable – getting the candy man himself to the final (and herself).
No shade.
Well...
Here's everything you need to know about miracle worker, Matilda.
Who is Matilda Draper?
Matilda entered the Love Island 2024 villa as a bombshell alongside Mr Congeniality Konnor Ewudzi on day 17.
She coupled up with Sean, and despite some bumps in the road along the way (like pieing a very keen Seany-boy early on, looking past his Casa Amor indiscretions and, of course, putting up with the endless sweet puns), the pair made it all the way to the final alongside Jess Spencer and Ayo Odukoya, Mimii Ngulube and Josh Oyinsan, and Nicole Samuel and Ciaran Davies.
How old is Matilda Draper?
Matilda is 24 years old.
Where is Matilda Draper from?
She is from Beckenham in Kent.
What does Matilda Draper do?
Prior to Love Island, Matilda worked as a recruitment consultant.
Who is Love Island's Matilda Draper currently coupled up with?
Matilda is currently coupled up with OG candy man Sean Stone.
She entered the villa as a bombshell and tasked Sean, Omar Nyame and Wil Anderson with cooking her a three-course meal as part of a dinner date. She chose to get to know Sean deeper and the pair have been together ever since, even making it to the final, despite Sean, erm, getting to know both Diamanté Laiva and Ruby Dale in Casa Amor.
Matilda showed mild interest in Jess White's bae Hugo Godfroy, but in the end the watermelon slice stayed loyal to the candy man.
How does Matilda Draper know Ronnie Vint?
Yep, Joey Essex wasn't the only one who had to square-off with his past in the Love Island villa (one of those Love Island producers is clearly binging way to much Ex on the Beach in their downtime), as it turned out that Matilda had a lot of history with OG Islander Ronnie Vint.
As soon as she strolled in in all kinds of glam in that stunning black dress, Matilda looked to the balcony where she spotted Ronnie and gave him a rather cheery welcome...
"Ronnie boy," she hollered, which left him looking dumbfounded for a minute before the penny dropped and he realised that he DID in fact know Matilda.
Surprisingly, Ronnie didn't date her, nor did he hook up with her prior to being on the dating show like Uma Jammeh. It turns out it was actually Ronnie's mate who shared a romance with Matilda.
"My pal was seeing her for months," he confessed with a laugh.
The duo had fab friendship in the villa, but we can't help but wonder where things stand now? After all, Ronnie did just return to the villa and try to stop Matilda and Sean from getting to the final because Sean is apparently nothing like Matilda's ex (who Ronnie's friends with IRL) and is therefore "not her type". Awks.
What is Matilda Draper’s Instagram?
You can follow her at @matildajdraper.