She appeared on Love Island twice, but it’s fair to say that Liberty Poole didn’t have the best luck when it came to finding love in the villa.
It turns out that was because the All StarsOG was destined to meet The One IRL, and after a sneak peek videos and rumours, Lib has FINALLY hard-launched her new fella.
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Taking to Instagram, Liberty posted a photo of her and new bae, Joshua Raybould, in Dubai with the caption, "When you know you know ❤️."
Countless Islanders filled the comments with love for Liberty, including winter Love Island babe Jessie Wynter who wrote, "🥹🥹🥹 We loveee seeing our Lib happy ❤️❤️."
Liberty's fellow All Stars girlie Georgia Harrison also supported the new romance, "You deserve this and so much more xxx."
When Liberty posted a sneaky TikTok of her and Joshua a few weeks back her followers went wild, mainly because they thought she was dating former TOWIE star Pete Wicks.
Cosying up to her new fella while on holiday in Dubai, Liberty captioned the video, “Finally getting that summer of love ❤️.”
“Omg it’s Pete Wicks,” one fan wrote in the comments section, while another added, “Defo Pete Wicks, look at the finger tattoos. Go Lib 🥰.”
A third commented, “That is Pete Wicks for sure 😍.”
But as much as we’d love another Love Island x TOWIE crossover romance, Liberty's new boyfriend is definitely NOT Pirate Pete.
In detective work that Wagatha Christie herself would be impressed with, eagle-eyed fans pointed out that Pete’s hand tattoos are different to the ones that Liberty’s man has inked on his mitts.
“Pete Wicks has tattoos at the end of his fingers as well as his knuckles, it’s not him. I’ve done a hard stalk,” remarked one.
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Liberty's new love, Joshua is in fact a music producer, model and barber from Birmingham. Blimey, talk about a man who can do it all.
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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.