If you told us Luca Bish was heading back into the Love Island villa for All Stars 2025 and he'd be one of our fave contestants, we wouldn't believe you.
During his first stint - on Love Island 2022 - he was obsessed with Gemma Owen but that was slightly overshadowed amid his feud with Tasha Ghouri and how things went wrong with Danica Taylor...
Fast forward to now and fans have seen a total different side to him - that might be because he's shed a few tears and we've seen his friendship with Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu.
And now, his co-stars Olivia Hawkins and Marcel Somerville have spoken about Luca and revealed why he seemed 'in his shell' during the early days of All Stars.
'I feel like because he was the youngest guy in there, he felt he couldn't really talk to the girls because he wasn't their age,' Marcel explained to Closer Online.
'I think it took a while for him to come out of his shell and realise he was probably making an excuse for not throwing himself into it.
'I think he had a little cry and spoke about things and then when India left it kind of brought him out of his shell a little bit more.'
Olivia then added, 'I think Luca said to me in the beginning that he was just missing home a little bit and he didn't really feel himself straight away.
'It's a lot to go in a second time and you don't know how you're going to feel so it's quite overwhelming but he seems to be himself now which is good.'
She then went on to add why things are different this time round for Luca.
'I think Luca is definitely coming across more mature. I do think he was like that on his season but maybe he just got himself caught up in a bit more drama,' she explained.
'Whereas this time it's really nice to see the sensitive side of him. Also as a male perspective I think seeing men cry and show feelings is quite nice.
'Obviously it's sad to see him cry but for me it's nice for them to watch and know they can show emotion too.'
And while Olivia and Marcel were coupled up when they were dumped together, we still asked Liv about her relationship with Luca because remember when they were coupled up at first?
'Let me just clear up the friend thing,' Olivia started.
'Me and Luca have never had anything on the outside more than friendship. We do know each other quite well though and this so called friend [aka one of Luca's friends she had dated outside the villa] - I only actually spoke to him for three weeks and we never actually met.'
Well, that's that then.
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Eden-Olivia is the deputy editor of Closer Online and she’s worked in showbiz since 2016. She started watching Love Island in 2017 because of her job. However Montana Brown remaining unphased by absolutely everything kept her entertained and she’s watched every series since.