LOVE Island is facing its biggest fakery storm yet as the All Star Islanders shared a group chat before entering the villa, it has been claimed.
Most of the cast have met on the showbiz circuit even if they didn’t appear in the same series.
It means once girls and boys were rumoured to have signed up, some chatted online about the show, including possible matches and storylines.
It is said that one of opening bombshell Ekin-Su Culculoglu’s pals even reached out to cast member Scott Thomas, 36, to see if he’d fancy coupling up.
A villa source said: “Whilst bosses make an effort to keep the line-up secret, the degree of separation between these Islanders is wafer-thin so everyone knew who was heading in.
“It naturally meant they were all chatting about it on Insta and then a casual group began where some of them talked about the show.
“It was all kept top secret but there’s been convos about who they fancy, what they might do in the villa and so on.”
Tonight’s opening episode will see the Islanders paired up by viewers.
But it was 2022 winner Ekin-Su, 30, who steals the spotlight when she struts in as the first bombshell and is handed the reins of a big twist.
She is hoping her turn in villa proves more successful than her disastrous appearance on Celebrity Big Brother last year, so it is claimed that a pal reached out to “see who fancied her” when they approached Scott, with the aim of giving her a “soft landing”.
It comes after Scott told The Sun he’d love if his own ex entered the villa because it would make a “great show”.
His split from 2017 villa beau Kady McDermott was explosive.
But hinting he was up for creating TV moments, Scott said: “Obviously, the Kady situation would be crazy. But at the same time, I'm hoping it happens because I think it would be special.
“I think it's just about making a great show and bringing together people who wouldn't usually be together.”
Reps for ITV and Ekin-Su declined to comment.
Love Island All Stars continues tonight at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX.
