HARRIETT Blackmore has been accused of having a secret boyfriend ahead of entering the Love Island villa.
The 24-year-old dancer from Brighton is among the new group of sexy singletons starring in the upcoming series of Love Island.
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After the line-up was revealed, many fans rushed to social media to insist Harriett has a famous former Strictly star pal and that she isn’t totally single.
One person wrote: “She’s one of Saffron Barker’s best friends and I always see her with her man. Like literally recently I’ve seen a story of her and her man, so I’m confused.”
And another said: “She had a boyfriend who she put on her IG story very recently.”
As well as being a dancer Harriett works as a personal shopper and has revealed that one of her most recent jobs involved shopping for a well-known musical artist.
She said: “Being a bit of an IT girl in Brighton, I’ve done personal shopping for the rapper Arrdee.”
Harriett also confessed that Saffron – who starred on Strictly in 2019 – is “one of her best friends”.
Shortly after it was announced Harriett would be taking part in this year’s show, a video emerged on social media showing her having a row and defending a mystery Premier League footballer after he was accused of allegedly attacking a group of women.
Footage of the aftermath shows the group of women accusing the men of “beating them up”
Harriet can be seen intervening and ordering the women to clear off.
The woman filming can be heard saying: “You beat up my friends”.
In response Harriett says: “He’s a Premier League football player so please leave him alone.”
The new Love Island line-up was announced over the weekend and fans instantly noticed something was missing.
Viewers were taken aback when they saw that there wasn’t a single blonde woman OR man present.
Several people took to social media to comment on the distinctive lack of different physical types in this upcoming season of the reality dating show.
One person giggled: “Not a single blonde, Love Island you’ve outdone yourselves.”
Another triumphantly exclaimed: “Wait… there are no blondes this season??? We fcking won!!!”
A third joked: “Whoever is responsible for casting this year definitely has a type…”
Love Island winners - where they are now
Every year Love Island opens its doors to more sexy Islanders who are hoping for a holiday romance that could turn into more.
Here we take you though all of the Love Island winners so far and what their relationship statuses are now:
2024 – The first ever All stars spin off show was won by Molly Smith and Tom Clare. STATUS: Still together.
2023 –Jess Harding and Sammy Root took home the 50K, and won the summer 2023 Love Island. STATUS: Broken up.
2023 – The first series of 2023 saw Sanam Harrinanan and Kai Fagan crowned Love Island winners in South Africa. STATUS: Still together.
2022 –Davide Sanclimenti and Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu’s time in the villa was anything but a smooth ride, but they managed to win the public’s hearts – and the ITV2 reality show. STATUS: Broken up.
2021 –Liam Reardon and Millie Court were announced winners of Love Island 2021.STATUS: Still together.
2020 – The first ever winter Love Island saw Paige Turley and Finn Tapp crowned winners after falling in love on the show. STATUS: Broken up.
2019 – Series 5 saw Tommy Fury and Molly-Mae Hague runners up to winners Greg O’Shea and Amber Gill, who met in the last few days of the series. STATUS: Broken up.
2018 – It wasn’t surprising fan favourites Jack Fincham and Dani Dyer won the show, as they were strong throughout. But sadly things didn’t last. STATUS: Broken up.
2017 –Kem Cetinay and Amber Davies had lots of ups and downs in the villa but went on to win the show. STATUS: Broken up.
2016– Nathan Massey and Cara De La Hoyde were together form the start of the series, and since they won show have two kids and are married. STATUS: Still together.
2015 – Despite poor Jess Hayes being Max Morley’s second choice on the show, they did win – but they didn’t last as a couple. STATUS: Broken up.