Who can recall when we had semi-high hopes for Love Island finalists Tyrique Hyde and Ella Thomas?
After Ty proved himself during Casa Amor week - let's ignore Ella's Ouzy See blip, she is but a girl after all - the duo were awarded third place of Love Island 2023 and were living their noughties rom-com fantasy.
Ty even wrote a hit track alongside the likes of Kannan and DRIP RICK where he hollered the lyrics, 'Me and my girl are like Lori and Damson.'
To be fair, that in itself was a sign of things to come as Lori Harvey and Damson Idris split shortly after, with Ty and Ella following suit.
It turns out that although Tyrique's song 'Gang Shxt' may have made it onto our Spotify wrapped, Ella was not such a fan of the track, or at least she didn't enjoy the career route Ty had chosen.
One of her pals, Anita, posted a TikTok that featured her and Ella with the soundbite where she added the text, "So you will literally leave a man if he pursues a rap career?"
Ella responds in the video by lip-syncing, 'I will leave him sharp, I will block.'
Being the sharp-tongued Islander that he is, Ty has commented on said TikTok with what we are pretty damn sure is sarcastic praise.
'Engagement on this is good… well done👏🏽,' he added and fans are obsessed with the interaction between the former lovers.
One person wrote, 'Tyrique leading the sassy male apocalypse,' with another adding, 'The fact that Tyrique is in the comments is killing me😭😭😭😭.'
It turns out that Ella's mate didn't reveal to her prior what the caption would be, when one fan quizzed if Ella was aware what the text would read Anita replied, 'She had no idea 😭.'
We honestly can't decide if we think this is genius or just downright cruel.
However, it wasn't just the TikTok that Ty commented on as, in a now deleted post, the footballer turned rapper took to Instagram to declare, 'STILL YET TO FIND A WOMAN WHO CAN SAY THEY LEFT ME...LET'S NOT BE SILLY.'
He might as well have tagged Ella and shared a picture of her at this point.
Tyrique is a strong contender to take part in the second series of All Stars and we have a sneaking suspicion that if he DOES return to the dating show he will take a leaf out of his BFF Toby Aromolaran's book and spill all the tea on his break-up.
Remember how Toby sat down with Anton Danyluk and basically accused Chloe Burrows of cheating on him?
What a time to be alive.
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Emily Vierke is a digital writer who has dabbled in the world of celeb, beauty and fashion. She enjoys stalking the Love Island girlies for outfit inspo nearly as much as she enjoys watching Jay Younger’s work out vids.