It feel like forever since we said goodbye to Love Island’s Ben Holbrough.
Seriously, say what you want about the Love Island 2025 producers but they have no issues dumping Islanders from the villa - in fact, within the last week we’ve said goodbye to Ben, Andrada Pop, Tommy Bradley, Lucy Quinn, Lauren Wood, Emma Munro, Boris Vidović and Harrison Solomon (although the latter quit the show).
A perk of all the Islanders being booted from the villa is that they waste no time in spilling the tea on what their fellow Islanders are REALLY like and OG boy Ben has been no different.
When we asked him how things are with him and Toni Laites and Shakira Khan - especially after their infamous rows - he branded them a ‘dangerous duo’.
‘Everyone knows I had my ups and downs now with them [Shakira and Toni] and back and forths but to be fair, I’ve got nothing against them at all,’ he exclusively told heatworld.
‘I think it's just in the villa is so heated and emotions and it just 100 times what it is on the outside world. So I think for me, it's good that I cleared the air with them.
‘They are nice girls. I get along with them but that little duo there, that is a dangerous duo.’
Iconic duo more like.
Andrada - who also popped by heat Towers - added, ‘I love Shakira and Toni. I feel like it takes a lot of courage to say things how it is.
‘They're not people pleasing and they’re standing on business and I feel like it's very hard to do that because you get a lot of judgment over it and a lot of pressure but I think they're real girls.
‘They say how it is, and they stand on it. So I actually really like them.’
Despite Toni stealing Ben from Shakira on day one, the girls put it behind them and have formed a strong friendship alongside BFF Yasmin Pettet. Here’s hoping the girls will make it to the final, they’ve been through enough drama to last a lifetime.
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Eden-Olivia i__s the deputy editor of heatworld and she’s worked in showbiz since 2016. She started watching Love Island in 2017 because of her job. However Montana Brown remaining unphased by absolutely everything kept her entertained and she’s watched every series since.