Love Island's Tasha takes a savage swipe at ex Andrew for behaviour during Strictly – and breaks silence on boyfriend
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TASHA Ghouri has opened up about her split from ex Love Island boyfriend Andrew Le Page.
Strictly finalist Tasha, 26, admitted her feelings during an emotional podcast interview with Rylan Clark.
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Tasha Ghouri has spoken out about the end of her relationship with ex Andrew
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The former Strictly star has revealed why things fell apart with Andrew Le Page
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Appearing on the presenter's How To Be In Love podcast, the trained dancer claimed her ex offered limited support as she took part in the BBC show.
Tasha - who split from Andrew in January - first met him on Love Island in 2022.
The break-up came shortly after Tasha appeared on the most recent series of Strictly Come Dancing alongside pro Aljaž Škorjanec.
An emotional Tasha explained: 'He's such a great person. I'm not sitting here being like, he's not. He's such a lovely person inside and out.
"He has great attributes... but what I've learned in a relationship is when one person starts checking out, laziness can kill a relationship.
'I'm not saying laziness in terms of in yourself, laziness in terms of when you stop showing up for that person - that can really kill a relationship.
'I felt like it got to a point where I had to beg for affection, just simple things, like flowers or cards.
'For me, small things mean the biggest things and it got a point where I felt like I was generally having to draw it out of him, but I think he was also going through a hard time of finding what he wanted to do in his career.
"It got to a point where I was also trying to help him out, but he wasn't willing to help himself - and that's so hard when you love someone.
The star - who was born deaf and wears a cochlear implant - continued: "But there's a point where you're trying to also do the best for yourself and you're trying to grow. And then Strictly happened and then I think that made us grow apart."
Strictly star Tasha Ghouri's new boyfriend revealed as YouTuber five months after Andrew split
She added: "On social media… it did come across like he was there supporting me, but emotionally at home he wasn't.
"I remember this one time, I was in a dance-off in the semi-finals and I called him, like, you know, 'I feel really nervous'. And he was just out there, gaming, didn't stop gaming, didn't put his console down or take his headphones off and say, 'Okay, talk to me'.
"And that's kind of where I started to really think, I deserve better than that. I think that's where I started to really think, why am I settling for something that I'm having to really beg for?"
She went on: "I thought, I'm just not happy anymore and it's really sad because I had to break his heart... and then when I came out doing the tour, I remember for the week, I turned my phone off.
"I was just so anxious, just being out and about socially, and I shut myself off from him. He didn't deserve that. I should have been there for him as well because when all this came out, he was like, what is going on?
"I was also trying to come to terms in myself of what was happening as well. And that's my biggest regret... how I treated him in that breakup. I should have been so much nicer than I was."
She added: "We're not on speaking terms and that's the saddest part. That's the most saddest part about all of this."
Speaking about her new boyfriend, she said: "We clicked straight away, he's very ambitious, he's driven… we've just been enjoying our company and just seeing what happens really."
The TV star is now dating YouTuber Cam Whitnall, who stars in CBBC show One Zoo Three with his brothers.
Andrew recently made his own fresh start after the break-up and revealed he's moved back to Dubai.
The estate agent, 30, has grown close to an Irish influencer called Simone Grace, who he sparked a connection with after relocating to the UAE where she is also based.
It's the first time the Love Island star has been linked to another woman since his split from Tasha.
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Andrew has since relocated to Dubai and has moved on after the shock split
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The couple met on Love Island in 2022 and shared a house together before the break up
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The TV star is now dating YouTuber Cam Whitnall - star of CBBC show One Zoo Three
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