Love Island 2021 star reveals who they’ve stopped speaking to

"I don't keep in contact" 💔

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by Hannah Mellin |
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Love Island’s independent lady Liberty Poole has revealed that she no longer speaks to her ex boyfriend Jake Cornish, despite the pair insisting that they left things on ‘good terms’.

‘Jiberty’, who were together since day dot, shocked us all when they called it quits just days before the Love Island final.

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In emotional scenes, the nation watched Liberty choose “self love” as she ended things with her now ex-boyfriend and admitted that she didn’t feel they were right for each other.

Since leaving the villa, Jake has been absent from a number of post-Love Island events, including the AWKS reunion show and Liberty’s birthday party.

And despite some frosty zoom interviews, Liberty has revealed that they haven’t kept in touch and he’s “not sure” how he’s doing.

Discussing Jake’s absence from the reunion show, Liberty told The Mirror, "I do think he was genuinely ill for the reunion. I don’t keep in contact with him every day anymore, obviously we’re exes."

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Faye Winter and Teddy Soares feud

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Love Island 2021 postcard

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Love Island axe smoking area

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Georgia Steel and Jack Fowler's kiss

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Tommy Fury and Maura Higgins

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Dani Dyer crying

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Joe Garratt and Lucie Donlan's relationship

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She continued, "We’re friends, no bad blood. Hopefully he’s alright but I’m not too sure."

The former Nandos waitress, whois set to become a 'multi-millionaire' despite not finding The One on Love Island, is happy being single for the time being.

"When I find someone that I gel with in that way I’ll consider it but at the moment it’s not my main focus," she added.

Liberty previously told KISS Breakfast’s Harriet Rose in heat’s Under The Duvet series that she will never close the book on Jake entirely.

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Explaining their relationship breakdown, she said, "At the time where I ended things with him, it was because I wasn’t happy. Although we started off the journey quite similar, we’ve got the same banter and the sexual chemistry did go up, I feel like we’ve realised that we’re actually quite different.

"The way we deal we things, the way we see certain things is different.

"Never say never, but I think we’re better off just being friends. You want someone that’s going to fight for you and I just don’t know if that’s there between me and him."

Jake, recently hit out at criticism over his split from Liberty, saying, "If people knew what was said that wasn't aired, I think people would believe differently."

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