It’s fair to say that Love Island star Elma Pazar’s second stint in the villa wasn’t exactly going well until her TOWIE co-star Sammy Root bombshelled his way into the villa and swept her off her feet.
After a turbulent time coupled up with Ronnie Vint for the first couple of weeks, Elma has been going strong with Sammy ever he entered the villa and took her for a sleepover in the Hideaway.
The pair have barely had any bumps in the road – except for when Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu kissed Sammy during the heart rate challenge – but recently dumped Islander Chuggs Wallis has pointed out an ‘issue’ with Elma and Sammy’s relationship that hasn’t really been discussed in the villa.
Chuggs was dumped from the villa alongside Tina Stinnes last night (Monday 10 February) and following his exit, he dished the dirt on his fellow Islanders in an exit interview.
When asked what he thought about Elma and Sammy, Chuggs admitted that they’re ‘sweet’ and ‘genuine’ but issues could arise in their relationship because of their ‘age gap’.
He said, ‘They’re very sweet together and everything that they've said is very genuine, they knew each other before from TOWIE so they sort of know what the other one is like on the outside as well which can obviously help in a relationship.
‘Sammy's a really cool guy and considering he’s only 23 he’s definitely got a mature head on him. Elma is so much fun so who knows. The only thing is the age gap may become an issue.’
In case you were wondering, there’s nine years between Elma, who is 32 years old, and Sammy, who is 23 years old. However, the age gap hasn’t really been mentioned by any of the Islanders until now.
The closest we’ve come to a discussion about their ages is when Gabby Allen pied Sammy in the snog, marry, pie challenge as he’s the youngest in the villa.
Only time will tell if Chuggs’ prediction comes true. As for who he’s backing for the win, the bucket hat entrepreneur is very much Team Gabby and her fella Casey O’Gorman.
‘Casey’s one of my best mates from back home. Going in there I saw the connection that they've got for each other and getting to know Gabby, I can see how sound of a person she is,’ he explained.
Love Island: All Stars continues tonight at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX.
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Nathan Katnoria is heat and Closer online’s senior digital writer. He became obsessed with Love Island when Malin Andersson came back to confront Terry Walsh in series two and hasn’t looked back since. When he’s not interviewing former Islanders, Nathan is scrolling through their Instagram feeds for relationship updates and piping hot tea.