LOVE Island beauty Ella Thomas has revealed she hasn’t been short of attention since her split with co-star Tyrique Hyde.
The Scottish model, 23, opened up on her next chapter – after the duo were accused of “faking” their break-up for “attention.”
Ella appeared on the Saving Grace podcast and talked about her experience at the recent Coachella festival.
Host Grace Keeling – who recently revealed her own new relationship – asked: “Did you meet any nice men at Coachella.”
Ella, suddenly appearing coy, replied: “Not really, not at Coachella.”
The pair then started chatting about her encounter with Yo rapper Chris Brown, 35, following a Kylie Cosmetics event in LA – which saw her showered with attention.
A TikTok video at the time saw American Chris, donning a baseball cap, glancing over his shoulder at the reality TV star before taking a few steps back.
He made sure to exchange a few words with Ella, who was quick to dish the detail on the podcast.
She admitted: “I couldn’t actually believe that was a thing though.
“It was such a small encounter.”
She told how Chris said “hi” and she muttered “you OK” back to him.
Ella added: “And then, yeah, he just walked on.”
The model continued: “The American’s love the accent, they love a British accent.
“They think we are all posh sipping tea but they just don’t know.”
Sad split
Meanwhile, prior to her getaway, Ella and Tyrique revealed their break-up in February.
The pair briefly split in November before patching things up, yet again called it quits this year.
Initially, fans were sceptical, with one taking to Reddit to put: “Ty and Ella did this for publicity or to mess with the fans and it worked.”
Earlier this year, a source close to Ty and Ella told The Sun: “They have tried really hard but just been having constant arguments.
“At the end of day they want different things and it’s too hard to make it work.
“They are saying it’s over for good this time and there is no going back.”
The duo reached the final of last year’s series and, in a sure-fire social media snub, Ella wiped all snaps of her and Tyrique except for two showing the pair together.
Holiday horror
While Ella was making mates with No Air singer Chris, Tyrique suffered a horror health scare in Bali.
The semi-professional footballer fell foul of a moped accident on his birthday – and took to social media to show off his wounds.
At the time, he told his Snapchat following: “Man’s in Bali getting my grazes bandaged up on the first day of my birthday, what kind of life is this man?
“I didn’t even want to do this but the medic said it would get infected.”
And just this month, things again looked sticky for the semi-professional footballer as he was spotted in a spat with TOWIE’s Dan Osborne.
The pair locked horns at a charity football match at West Ham’s home ground, in London.
