There is no denying we took it HARD here at Closer HQ when the coolest couple to come out of Love Island 2023 split.
No shade to Jess Harding and Sammy Rootbut we think we can all agree that Ella Thomas and Tyrique Hyde were the IT couple of the season..
Oh damn, we forgot about Whitney Adebayo and Lochan Nowacki...
Okay, let's try again. There is no denying we took it HARD here at Closer HQ, when the second coolest couple to come out of Love Island 2023 split.
Ella and Ty had one hell of a journey during their time in the villa but it made for entertaining telly (Ella's classic 'SHUT IT DOWN' is so iconic it made it's way into a rap song).
But, fast forward to nine months after the show and the duo are officially done. Finished. Finito. GOODBYE.
Since the couple called it a day, there have been a few hints that they've rekindled the romance but as a guest on the Saving Grace podcast this week, Ella spilled all the tea - and then some.
"I’m newly single," Ella confessed, "I am enjoying it; I’ve just been focusing on myself."
When asked what went down between her and the could-be noughties hearthrob Ella admitted, "We broke up a couple of months ago now. Things were really good when we came out of Love Island; things just changed. I am the type of person that I know how I want to be treated."
As she should.
"I was his first girlfriend and being someone’s first girlfriend – it’s not a joke," she went on, "It’s not easy, it’s hard. It is what it is."
Grace asked the Glasgow girl whether she had posted any "revenge photos" since her split from Ty but let's be honest any photo that Ella's posts would be a revenge pic.
"I’m active on the pics anyway," Ella admitted before adding, "I feel like I did, you know, a little birthday post."
Ah, the birthday photos that are featured on Ella's grid with her kitted out in an embellished black ensemble would launch 10,000 ships to be honest.
Helen of Troy, who?
"You’ve got to show them (exes), 'Look what you’re missing out on'," Ella laughed.