Love Island: Francesca Allen ‘called Caroline Flack a dirty paedo’

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Francesca Allen allegedly called Love Island host Caroline Flack a dirty paedo, one of her friends has claimed.

Cazza previously dated Harry Styles when she was 31 and the One Direction singer was 17. Their 14-year age gap caused quite the stir and according to The Sun it caused the new Islander bombshell to make the shocking slur.

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Prince Harry

Er, what??Caz and His Royal Highness Prince Harry were first linked in 2009 when they were introduced by a mutual friend. Writing in her autobiography, Storm in a C Cup, she wrote, "To meet a prince is so unlikely, it would be weird not to acknowledge it. However, once the story got out, that was it. We had to stop seeing each other. I was no longer Caroline Flack, TV presenter, I was Caroline Flack, Prince Harry's bit of rough."

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Olly Murs

Rumours started swirling about Caroline and her Xtra Factor co-host Olly Murs as soon as they started working together, with viewers quickly picking up on their undeniable chemistry. Speaking to heat magazine a few years later, she admitted that it was "a little bit flirty" in the beginning."I used to watch you on I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here Now!, and thought you seemed like a top person," added Oli. ""Someone really lovely, who I could go out for a drink and have a laugh with.It's almost like when you think of girlfriends – you're the perfect girlfriend."

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Harry Styles

Who could forget this shock romance?Harry and Caz first hooked up a year after he came second on X Factor with band One Direction, but because of the age gap, they wanted to keep their relationship a secret.Caroline wrote, "I already knew that he had a crush on me, he's made it pretty obvious as he's said it in magazines and said it to friends. I've never felt I was much older than Harry. I still feel 18 and I probably act that way half the time. Although it was just a bit of fun we decided it was best to keep it to ourselves as we were both working for Simon Cowell."It began to go wrong when he was pictured coming out of my house one morning," she continued. "And that was that. In the street people started shouting 'paedophile' at me in the street and 'pervert'."

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James Arthur

Back of the queue, James – just like basically every other X Factor contestant ever, James admitted he had a HUGE crush on Flacky when he was competing on the show in 2012. "I think Caroline Flack is beautiful. Maybe we'll see in the future. Things like this have to develop," he said at the time.unfortunately Caz wasn't on board and her rep confirmed her and James were "definitely not a thing". Oops.

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Jack Street

Caroline moved in with Sam Smith's music manager Jack Street after a respectable eight months of dating in 2014.Sadly their relationship was dogged with cheating rumours,and things turned pretty nasty pretty publicly over social media when Jack tweeted encouraging his followers to vote for Caroline on Strictly Come Dancing, and she retaliated, "@jackb_street easing your guilt??? Fill yourself with GLEE Jack" – a reference to reports he had been pursuing Glee actress Dianna Agron during their relationship.

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Niall Horan

Four years after her controversial romance with Harry Styles, Caroline set tongues wagging when she was spotted flirting up a storm with fellow On Directioner Niall Horan.Apparently she was overheard saying "I'm old enough to be your mother!" and was "hugging him tightly and kissing him on the cheek".

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Andrew Brady

It was a whirlwind romance even by celebrity standards. After meeting Apprentice/Celebrity Big Brother star in January 2018, the couple were engaged just three months later but called off their relationship in July.They were on and off for a while after that, but ultimately it wasn't to last.

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AJ Pritchard

Caroline was spotted getting very close to Strictly professional dancer AJ Pritchard at the National Television Awards in 2019. She was photographed by a fan cosying up to AJ, 24, at the bar, giggling over Champagne before finding a quiet corner sofa to get better acquainted with the dancer.

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Danny Cipriani

In April 2018, the Flackster was linked to Rugby bad boy Danny Cipriani, who counts Katie Price and Kelly Brooke as exes.The couple were spotted on a romantic mini break at Somerset hotspot Babington House, where a source said, "Danny couldn't keep his hands off her."He's obviously very into her, and to be fair they make a great- looking couple. They did start tongues wagging quite quickly."Of course he does have a reputation as a lothario, but Caroline is clearly a confident woman who seems to be able to handle herself."

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Bradley Simmonds

There was some extra Love dramz on this year's Love Island as Caz was linked to Molly-Mae's ex, PT Bradley Simmonds. But she insisted she didn't want to complicate their friendship with romance, telling Cosmopolitan, "I wouldn't want to ruin it because he's the best thing. He's the only constant in my life right now."

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Back in 2012 Francesca and her friend Paigey Banks, who wrote the tweet, attended Wireless Festival. At the time the Love Island star was 16 and when they saw Caroline they apparently made a comment about her dating history.

In the tweet posted a few years ago, it detailed: "Highligh of the dayyy seeing Caroline Flack and calling herrr a dirtyy pedo withhhh @francesca_allen hahaha."

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Francesca's reps for since shared a statement and made it clear that the alleged comment isn't true, it reads: "This was a historic tweet that has not come from Francesca directly.

"Francesca can’t reply as she is in the villa but she would be mortified if she was judged based on the actions of a 16 year old friend. She has a lot of respect for Caroline and is looking forward to meeting her."

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It looks like things might get awkward when Caroline enters the villa during the next dumping and Francesca has no idea about the tweet.

The TV presenter has previously opened up about dating Harry and admitted that people shouted abuse at her after their relationship came to light.

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In her autobiography Storm In A C Cup, she explained: "It began to go wrong when Harry was pictured coming out of my house one morning.

"And once that was out, it was open season. After that anyone could say anything. In the street people started shouting at me 'paedophile' and 'pervert'."

She went on to detail what attracted her to the X Factor star, admitting: "I already knew he had a crush on me, he’d made it pretty obvious.

"It was flattering and I found it amusing. He was a kind of cheeky man/boy with a captivating smile who got what he wanted."

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