“Love you lots” – Love Island bombshell Keanan Brand goes Instagram official with stunning new girlfriend Faye as he shares romantic birthday tribute just months after heartbreak in the villa with Claudia Fogarty - suong

   

A LOVE Island star has gone public with his new girlfriend after sharing a series of love-up snaps for her birthday. 

Keanan Brand, who appeared on the winter series of Love Island in 2023, took to Instagram to post the sweet tribute to girlfriend Faye. 

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Alongside a montage of photos of the couple, the 26-year-old rugby player wrote: “Happy birthday kidda love you lots.” 

Keanan only lasted six days in the Love Island villa. 

During his short stint, he went on dates with Jessie Wynter and Claudia Fogarty. 

He ended up choosing to couple up with Claudia, 30 - but their romance was short-lived. 

Claudia and Keanan ended up among the couples with the fewest votes from the public and - in a classic Love Island twist - Liv Hawkins and Maxwell Samuda, who’d received the least nods, had to pick which two Islanders would be dumped. 

In the end, they chose Keanan and Claudia, who were immediately axed from the villa. 

 

Keanan later revealed he’d spent years trying to get on the show, after initially auditioning in 2019. 

He told The Sun: "I actually auditioned in 2019. I was only 19 then and looking back, I’m glad I didn’t get on.

"Then I was in Ireland’s World Cup camp when I got a call from a producer to go and audition. 

“By the time I got home, they’d rang me and asked if I could do a medical.

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"But I wasn’t jumping for joy, you can actually fly out there and not get on!

"They called again in December to say they wanted me to go on as a bombshell, which is when I told my boss Adrian Lam and Leigh owner Derek Beaumont.

"They both said, ‘Go for it,’ but I didn’t want to give my rugby career up.”