Love Island star Chloe Burrows has opened up about her unlikely connection to new Islander Tyrique Hyde.
The blonde beauty, best known for her appearance on the seventh season of the ITV show in 2021, admitted that she knows the semi-pro footballer who is currently on the hunt for love in the infamous Mallorcan villa.
Chloe, 27, dropped the bombshell in a candid chat with beloved Geordie Shore star Vicky Pattison on her podcast: The Secret To.
She explained how she knows the 24-year-old Essex lad, exclaiming, "I know someone! Tyrique is Toby [Aromolaran]'s bestest friend in the whole world.
"So, I know him a little bit. I wouldn't say we’re best mates, but I do know him. And I think that the girls will absolutely fancy the pants off of him!"
Chloe, who met her former boyfriend in the villa, split with Toby Aromolaran in October 2022 but somewhere down the timeline met the new heartthrob Tyrique.
Tyrique previously gushed about his fellow footballer BFF to ITV, stating, "Toby Aromolaran is one of my best friends.
"We grew up together and were in the same class at school.”
He also revealed to Capital that his star-studded pal had given him some advice before heading off to Mallorca.
"I had a conversation with Toby before [I left], obviously he’s my close friend, he literally just said to me: ‘listen bro, just be yourself. If you’re not yourself, people are gonna see through if you’re trying to be something you’re not.
"Just literally be yourself and you’ll smash it," he explained.
Toby isn’t Tyrique’s only celebrity connection, with his dad being the famous footballer Micah Hyde, best known for playing in the Premier League for Watford FC in the Nineties.
On entering the show, Tyrique said, "I’ll bring vibes, confidence, good energy and honesty. I don’t sit on the fence, if I have an opinion I will speak up. I’m also not afraid to go after what I want."
Tyrique is currently hitting things off with 23-year-old model Ella Thomas and they shared their first kiss in the third episode.
Vicky Pattison: The Secret To is available to listen to on Acast and all major podcast platforms. New episodes are released every Thursday.