With ITV now producing double the Love Island content every year, even the most diehard of fans could be forgiven for momentarily forgetting those LI relationships that didn't quite warrent their own reality spin-off series. They can't all be Ekin-Su and Davide, can they?
Aside from those rare, wholesome few that gallop off into the sunset together, most Love Island relationships – like that of Love Island 2022 stars Deji Adeniyi and Lacey Edwards – can be compared to sparklers; they're seasonal, they're pretty, they attract our attention for literally seconds, but they always ALWAYS fizzle out into nothing. No shade to those relationships, it's just the name of the game when your quest for love finds you on the most talked about show in Britain.
So to answer that question, no, Deji and Lacey are no longer an item (although Deji looks like he's moved on to another stunner – more on that in a bit). In fact, they were a particularly disappointing sparkler (mainly because we absolutely LOVED them on the show together).
2022 bombshells Deji and Lacey met in the last few days of their Love Island journey and had some serious chemistry from the get go (despite being voted "least compatible" by Love Island viewers). Sadly, they called it quits within days of being dumped from the villa last summer, following a particularly awkward encounter at the Love Island reunion.
A Love Island source told The Sun late last summer that it was officially over between the two and that Deji's connection to another 2022 bombshell was the "final straw between them".
The source revealed, “Everyone could tell it was awkward between them at the reunion after Lacey delivered some home truths. Now they've called it quits and are no longer seeing each other.
"Lacey didn't want to force something that wasn't meant to be and then the rumours about Deji and Coco Lodge were the final straw between them."
Sadly, that potential sparkler never got lit (as far as we know).
But what's Deji up to these days? Almost a year on, is he still single and looking to mingle? Well, we've already kind of given that one away, haven't we?
Who is Deji Adeniyi?
Deji is a bombshell from season 8 of Love Island. He entered Casa Amor on day 26 and was dumped from the main villa on day 49 alongside Lacey Edwards.
When was Deji Adeniyi on Love Island?
Deji starred on the ITV2 dating series in summer 2022.
How old is Deji Adeniyi?
Deji was born on 14 November 1996, which makes him 26 years old.
What is Deji Adeniyi up to now?
The former accounts manager is basically living life. He appears to spend the majority of his time taking very artsy photographs of himself modelling some seriously cool clothes for his Instagram grid.
Like many ex Islanders, he's busy bossing the social media game as an influencer, boasting seriously successful Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube and Twitch accounts.
Where is Deji Adeniyi from?
Deji is from Bedford.
Who is Deji Adeniyi dating?
Deji and YouTuber Jordanah Meshe recently posted a series of cutesy pictures of themselves together on their Instagram grids which naturally got tongues wagging. They captioned the photo, "Soul food and eye candy 🤎."
Although neither hottie explicitly say they are together, the comments from Deji's LI fam all seem to point to one thing.
Josh Le Grove commented, "Yehhhhh love this for you guys 🙌🏽."
Summer Botwe wrote, "The hard launch we been waiting for 😍."
Remi Lambert added, "Must be nice 🥲 🤝🏾."
Love Island stars Chyna Mills, Tasha Ghouri, Ikenna Ekwonna, Luca Bish and lots more also shared their well wishes, so as far as we're concerned we're buying hats.