Dumped Love Island star confirms he's dating villa girl he wasn't coupled up with as they ‘soft launch' romance

Scottish Sun

25-07-2025

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AFTER being brutally dumped earlier this series, Love Island star Remell Mullings has confirmed he's dating a villa girl - and it's not who fans think it is.
The hunk, who sparked fix claims, has soft launched his romance with co-star Poppy Harrison after they enjoyed a brief romance on the show.
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Remell Mullings has soft launched his new romance after exiting the villa
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The reality star has confirmed he's dating Poppy, who he shared a brief romance with on the show
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Remell, 24, took to Instagram to share a video of the pair looking very cosy while lip syncing to Fat Joe and Ashanti's popular song What's Luv?.
The two, who flirted up a storm on the show, can be seen with their arms around one another, with the words written, 'What could've been,' sprawled on the top of the clip.
He captioned it: 'A moment that never aired but it happened.'
Fans flocked to the comments section to share their thoughts as one blasted: 'Ahhh at least she's happy with being second best.'
Another fan commented: 'I don't understand why you never picked her, that's the only time we saw your personality and game when you were with her.'
Somebody else gushed: 'Ya'll look good together man. Happy for you,' while a fourth said: 'What's with all of these comments, I love this.'
Remell entered the show on day three with Shea Mannings and coupled up with Scottish lash Alima Gagigo.
The pair appeared to be into one another before being hit with a curveball, with the arrival of four new bombshells.
Remell, along with Dejon Noel-Williams, Helena Ford and Emily Moran, where whisked away to another villa for a sleepover with the four bombshells that had selected them.
Poppy, 22, chose Remell and the pair were quite clearly into one another, with plenty of smooches over the course of the 24 hours.
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The following day, Maya Jama strutted her way in and issued the four stars an ultimatum – either stay coupled up with their original partners in the villa or recouple with one of the newbies.
He chose to stick with Alima which resulted in Poppy being dumped from the island.
However, after finding out about his sleepover antics, Alima confronted Remell before ending things with him for good.
She fumed: 'This is why I was struggling to open up to you, right. Then the moment I start to this is what you f*****g go and do. It was all fake. All the recoupling speeches."
Remell was dumped from the show on day 16 after finding himself in the bottom three boys and left with his tail between his legs.
Remell and Poppy were reunited on Love Island: Aftersun which led to plenty of awkward moments, much to the delight of audiences.
She expressed: 'Do you know what? I felt really betrayed when you didn't pick me because obviously I had all these hopes especially with the truth or dare game. I was like 'Oh, he actually really likes me'. So I was a bit gutted.'
He shot back: 'But I did tell you at the end it was shuffling. I didn't tell you that that was my decision.'
The pair made it clear that they wouldn't be rekindling their romance on the outside but it appears they've had a change of heart.