It looks like the rumours are true and TOWIE have added another former Love Island star to the cast.
The two shows have a long-running history as Love Island 2015’s Jon Clark, Love Island 2017 legend Olivia Attwood and Love Island 2018 bombshell Elma Pazar have all joined TOWIE after rising to fame on the ITV2 dating show and, of course, TOWIE icon Joey Essex was Love Island’s first ever celebrity bombshell earlier this summer.
Now though, it’s Love Island 2023 winner Sammy Root who has been spotted filming for TOWIE alongside Elma and her pals Becks Bloomberg and Livvy Jay.
Sammy has even sparked romance rumours with Elma after they were spotted looking very flirty while enjoying dinner at Aura Bar and Grill in Loughton.
The former Islander can be seen greeting Becks and Livvy, who both joined the show last series, in pictures obtained by MailOnline.
Roman Hackett also joined the group and it’s believed that he was the one who introduced Sammy to the cast after they were recently pictured partying together on a night out.
Roman isn't the only TOWIE fella that Sammy has been hanging out with either as he recently spent some quality time with Dan Edgar as well, and he confessed that both lads have been trying to get him on the show.
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"When I was at the Palooza, quite a few of the TOWIE guys were trying to twist my arm to get myself on there. I wouldn’t completely throw it out of the park, it’s something I’d consider," he told us.
Sammy is originally in Kent but he revealed that he was considering making the move to Essex to join his pals.
"I do need to move out. I’m only 22 but I think my parents are on my case to get myself out there. Essex is definitely somewhere I’d move to if it would help me out long-term," he explained.
When asked if he would date any of the ladies on the show, he said, "I think it’s early to say, there’s a lot of stunning girls. Not sure right now."
TOWIE will be returning to our screens very soon after they cast jetted out to Cyprus to film the first few episodes earlier this month. We've already seen Ella Rae Wise reuniting with Dan Edgar and Amber Turner move on with a new man, so it's definitely shaping up to be a good series.
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Nathan Katnoria is Closer's Senior Digital Writer and resident TOWIE expert. He's seen all 33 (thirty three!!) series of the ITVBe show and regularly reminisces about forgotten TOWIE romances from years gone by. Although he's never been to Brentwood, Nathan has interviewed loads of TOWIE faves past and present including Sam Faiers, Chloe Brockett, Diags and Georgia Kousoulou.