Maura Higgins says ‘I’m back’ as she ‘returns’ to Love Island but fans say she’s ‘wrong’

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag A comment made by former Love Island star Chris Hughes to female cricketer Maitlan Brown has been deemed "not appropriate" by the BBC. Chris, who is now a well-known sports presenter in The Hundred cricket competition, made a comparison between the female cricketing star and Barbie because of her blue eyes.The incident happened while pitch side at The Hundred on Wednesday after the Australian all-rounder Maitlan Brown's Southern Brave team beat Trent Rockets.

all-stars season.The matchmaking reality show once had a gravitational power for viewers overseas, notably in the U.K., spawning more than 20 iterations in different countries since the British series started in 2015. But the Season 10 finale, which aired Monday, continued a pattern of declining ratings and attracted a mere 1.3 million viewers — down from 2.9 million for last summer’s season finale.

Jess Harding and Sammy Root are over the moon after being crowned the winners of Love Island 2023 - but say they’re not rushing to move in together.The couple beat out runners up Whitney Adebayo and Lochan Nowacki in a nail biting live final - which saw host Maya Jama unable to play back their best bits back in an awkward tech gaffe. Jess and Sammy are now looking forward to their future on the outside, and say winning feels “amazing.” “I feel like it was a close call and everyone did so well,” Jess said, before saying that she's feeling both "happy" and "overwhelmed." “When we were stood up there we looked at everyone and thought they were all worthy to win. It was hard to work it out.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Carol Wright has ditched the grey UK skies for a slice of summer somewhere hot, and has taken to the gram to share a few snaps with her 208K followers.The 63 year old, who is the mother to The Only Way is Essex stars Mark and Jessica Wright looks to truly be living her best life while soaking up the sun, and we are absolutely here for it. Alongside the couple of snaps she posted - one with a cocktail in hand by the pool and another lounging in a white bikini poolside - Carol captioned the carousel: "Dreaming I am in my 30s at the white pool party [laughing face emojis] then I woke up [crying face emojis]." After dropping the caption, a flurry of fans headed to the comments section to gush over the TV personality, with many of them complimenting her on her figure and how good she looks for her age.

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Love Island stars Ella Thomas and Tyrique Hyde will have some harsh words for each other, as they argue just one day away from the series final.The couple, who have been through their fair share of ups and downs throughout their time on the show, are one of the last few couples to make it through to the penultimate episode of summer Love Island 2023, ahead of the final on Monday (July 31). A first look previous of Sunday evening’s episode reveals that the Islanders will take part in a villa Sports Day, where they will split into two teams to see who has the best sporting skills.

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There was plenty more drama served up in the Love Island villa on Tuesday night, 25 July, as the newly-introduced Grafties Awards took place. It saw the Islanders sit in their couples at red tables in the garden, as producers rolled the tapes to see Islanders pitted against each other to 'win' awards in categories such as 'Most Snakey Sitch' and 'Flirtiest Performance', which were voted for by the public.The Islanders cringed as they watched their tapes back and, naturally, tensions rose as they fought amongst themselves.

Former Love Island star Casey O'Gorman has finally set the record straight on what really went down with him and ex Claudia Fogarty after they left the show, as he revealed that they've hooked up. Claudia, 28, and Casey, 26, starred on the winter version of the show earlier this year, where they struck up a connection and ended up partnered together, before Casey recoupled with newcomer Rosie Seabrook, then split from her days after the show ended.

Love Island host Maya Jama has said that the show "works", as she shared a special message to Tommy Fury and Molly-Mae Hague after their engagement.The pair were runners-up in the 2019 series of the show and have since gone from strength-to strength, with them welcoming daughter Bambi earlier this year. Just an hour before Love Island: Aftersun went live on Sunday night, Molly-Mae and Tommy announced their engagement, as they shared a sweet video of Tommy popping the question.

Follow OK! on Threads here:https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag After her stint on Love Island in 2021, Abigail Rawlings, has hands on experience from being in the villa, and she feels that this year there is one particular contestant who is purely being carried by their partner. In a chat with the Mirror, Abi, 29, shared that she felt Whitney Adebayo would be crowned this year's Love Island winner and claimed that she is carrying her partner, Lochan Nowacki. "I feel like Whitney will probably win but she's completely carrying Lochan because everyone just adores Whitney," Abi said.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Maura Higgins has led the stars in congratulating Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury on their engagement. Molly took to her social media today (Sunday 23 July) to share the joyful news that Tommy had proposed after four years together.

Molly Mae Hague and Tommy Fury have announced they are engaged as the Love Island stars shared an emotional post with fans on Sunday (July 23).

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury are engaged after a romantic proposal four years after meeting in the Love Island villa The couple, who are proud parents to baby girl Bambi, shared the happy news that they're set to tie the knot on Sunday after a gorgeous proposal during their Ibiza getaway. Taking to Instagram, Molly-Mae, 24, shared a gorgeous black-and-white video of the proposal, where she held Bambi and Tommy, 24, got down on one knee. She penned: "Forever.

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Molly-Mae Hague has made an emotional three-word statement after it was announced that fellow islander Maura Higgins would be returning to Love Island.

Former Love Island star Maura Higgins, who first featured on the hit ITV show in 2019, has teased an iconic Love Island return with a cryptic photo she posted to her Instagram.The Irish beauty shared the snap when she had just got off a fight to an unknown location, as she took a quick photo of what looked like two chauffeurs picking her up.The chauffeurs were holding a sign each that read 'Got A Text' with the Love Island logo printed below it. Fans took to twitter to speculate the cryptic post as one reposted the picture and said: "Ummm has Maura Higgins just… bye Leah and Montel ig", while another added: "I need a Maura Higgins kinda bombshell".

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Love Island fans were left in stitches after Kady McDermott's 'dramatic' reaction to Leah and Montel being dumped from the villa.Their exit, which was aired on Thursday night's episode, follows that of Catherine and Elom, which aired on Wednesday night, although it was filmed on the same night. After Catherine and Elom left, Leah and Montel, Sammy and Jess, and Kady and Ouzy were at risk of being dumped. When it was revealed that Leah and Montel would leave, the Islanders were shocked - not least Kady who said: "Is that a joke?" as she questioned why Amber and Scott - who are not in a romantic couple - were still in the villa over Leah and Montel.