Love Island's Lucinda admits romance with Aaron is OVER already

After the drama that has arrived with Casa Amor this week, it's hard to remember the 2021 series of Love Island before the the six new girls and boys arrived to stir things up.

But, before we start crying over the breakdown of Liam and Millie, and Teddy and Faye, let's take a moment to remember former Islanders Lucinda Strafford and Aaron Francis, after the pair were dumped at the start of the week.

Lucinda and Aaron, who were getting to know each other after Lucinda's former flame Brad McClelland was brutally dumped, were forced to leave the villa after receiving the lowest votes from the public.

And despite things looking like they were going well, it looks like things are all OVER already, as the pair land back in the UK.

Speaking to Mail Online on her return, the 21-year-old fashion boutique owner said: "Unfortunately, both of us didn't find actual love in the villa. We're great friends, I know that I can come to him for anything. The aim of the game is to find love and I did really want to… I made amazing friends in there.

"We'll definitely meet up, but whether it's a date… we're unsure what's going to happen romantically between us, because we haven't been able to properly see each other, and we're both going to be busy because we have busy schedules going on so, if it's not romantically we'll be really good friends."

Despite this, it seems like the pair have remained friends, with Lucinda adding to the publication: 'It was weird, Aaron and I were at the airport, and we were like, we don't even have each other's numbers. We were hugging goodbye and thought we need to exchange numbers.

"We've kept in contact, we're both in isolation, and there has been a couple of messages here and there. We did like each other in the villa, which was quite obvious, but we were only coupled up for a few days. It's so crazy to think I was in there for almost three weeks, I feel like I blinked, and it was over."

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Of course, if you cast your minds back a few weeks, Lucinda was seemingly happy getting to know Geordie lad Brad, until he was cruelly dumped in a big twist.

Despite many viewers thinking Lucinda would leave with Brad, the 26-year-old labourer convinced her to stay, where she later recoupled with Aaron, despite attention from new boy Danny.

Speaking about Brad, Lucinda told Mail Online: "I have been in contact with Brad, he messaged me saying 'well done', and he's so lovely. I'm sure we will meet up. There are absolutely no hard feelings between Brad and me. It was genuinely so upsetting when he left the villa, he was part of the furniture. I like that we're still in contact.

"He left and no one was expecting it, it was awful. Brad and I were quite close; however, we only knew each other for a week and coupled up for a few days. Obviously, we liked each other but I had to think to myself 'don't make any rash decisions', I was thinking should I leave? Should I not?"

Love Island continues every night at 9pm on ITV2.

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