One of the most famous Love Island phrases is “I’ve got a text!”
The Islanders belt it out approximately 2548 times a series when producers send through a message about an imminent recoupling or a new bombshell entering the villa, but we’ve often wondered what else the Islanders use their phones for.
Do they get to text each other? Are they secretly listening to music on Spotify? Who knows?
Well, we do after dumped bombshell Zara Lackenby-Brown spilled the tea on whether the Islanders can text each other.
We recently caught up with Zara for the latest episode of Closer’s Love Island Secrets and she revealed whether the Islanders send each other messages away from the cameras.
She explained, “So, the phones… we’re not able to text each other.
“Sometimes we might write something down using the keyboard but we’re not able to press send.
“We’re not able to communicate like that, but occasionally – when we’re not being told off – we can use the phones for that.”
Times have certainly changed as we remember when the Islanders were able to secretly message each other on their phones.
Remember when Gabby Allen got caught out for secretly slagging off Montana Brown in a text to Marcel Sommerville?
Gabby vented her frustrations about her “calculating” co-star in a message which read, “Like, every five minutes it’s, ‘Do you want to go for a chat?’
“And any time you say anything about anything or anyone Mon wants to know the ins and outs so she can go and give her worldly advice.”
Speaking about the incident, Montana said, “When you're in the villa emotions are heightened.
“You do say stuff off the cuff and things ruffle your feathers that wouldn't necessarily on the outside.”
Montana added, “I love Gabby and Marcel and I think we'll be friends,” but it was later revealed that she and Gabby hadn’t managed to make amends.