LOVE Island's Tyrique Hyde has stunned with a shock marriage confession - admitting he's finally ready to settle down.
It comes just weeks after his ex Ella Thomas, 25, confirmed she's moved on with footballer Lloyd Jones, 29, with a string of love-up Instagram snaps.
During a recent gaming livestream, reality star Tyrique, 26, was caught off guard when asked about his relationship goals.
But in a rare moment of candid honesty, he revealed: “No, I’m ready.”
“For what exactly?” asked influencer Destini Dolor, prompting Tyrique to clarify: “Marriage, kids.”
When quizzed further on what marriage meant to him, he gave the blunt response: “Piece of paper."
Destini quickly pushed back, saying: “Wow, okay, that’s not what I mean by marriage.”
While Tyrique is thought to be single, Ella's found a new man in Charlton Althletic player, Lloyd.
Earlier this month, Lloyd shared a photo on Instagram with Ella - confirming their relationship.
The footy ace was seen collecting an award for Player of the Season, at his club Charlton Athletic.
He looked proud as he was pictured holding the cup, as well as going to collect it on the pitch.
Then in a final photo at the end of the carousel of images, Lloyd posted a snap standing next to Ella.
Not long after Lloyd's post, Tyrique took to his own Instagram to share a throwback photo of him on Love Island.
The photo showed him smiling, but the subtitle of his audio read: "Nah, I'm very sad, trust me."
The reality beauty was first linked to Lloyd when she was spotted liking his posts on Instagram with the pair following each other on the app.
She was spotted supporting him at a football match over the weekend.
Lloyd has also had a taste of the reality dating scene, having appeared on US show Love Undercover on Peacock last year.
It follows an elite group of international football stars who come to the United States on a secret quest for true love with their pick of 18 women, all of whom have no idea they were famous.
Prior to their split, Ella and Tyrique appeared on the 2023 series of Love Island, coming in third place.
After first splitting in November 2023, they called time on their relationship permanently in February 2024.
However, their cordial break-up later turned sour, they've been swerving each other at events ever since.
A source at the time 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."
