Exclusive Love Island’s Matilda Draper lifts the lid on friendship with ‘bestie’ Mimii Ngulube

Matilda has opened up about her friendship with Mimii

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by Eden-OIivia Lord |
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There was so much drama on the latest season of Love Island that we almost forgot that some of the Islanders are actually friends.

One look at series 11's Matilda Draper's Instagram and it's very clear that she's still pals with Grace Jackson, Harriett Blackmore and Uma Jammeh after they all went on a girls trip to Ibiza.

But it turns out that Matilda's also super close with 2024 winner Mimii Ngulube, who she'd often speak with in the villa about her faith.

During an exclusive chat with Matilda at the NTAs after party we asked about her time with Mimii in the villa and it sounds oh so wholesome.

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matilda and mimii are still close pals ©ITV

'Me and Mimii used to sing worship songs together more or less every day,' she told us.

'We were speaking about our faith all the time. Mimii is like one of my best friends for the rest of my life.

'She’s the most amazing girl and we’ve got such a special bond. She was the person in there that when we would speak about God, we’d speak about Bible verses.'

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matilda and mimii would often chat about their faith in the villa ©ITV

'She was the girl I’d speak to about all of it,' she added.

This isn't the first time we've heard about Matilda and Mimii's unaired chats. When we caught up with Mimii, she opened up about praying with Josh Oyinsan and he even spoke about his 'good moments' with Joey Essex and Sean Stone despite their feud.

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it wasn't all doom and gloom between the love island boys ©ITV

He told us, 'At one point, it was a bit like crazy because all the boys - me, Sean, Joey, all of us - wanted to do a prayer.

'So I just led a prayer for all of us. That was a good moment. Me and Mimii prayed together as well.'

Who would have thought? All we saw was Joey, Sean and Josh arguing over Mimii and Ayo Odukoya's relationship turned friendship.

WATCH: Love Island's Mimii and Josh reveal the items they were banned from taking into the villa

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.

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