EXCLUSIVE: Love Island 2023 winners Jess Harding and Sammy Root SPLIT just two months after scooping the £50,000 prize
EXCLUSIVE: Love Island 2023 winners Jess Harding and Sammy Root SPLIT just two months after winning £50,000 prize
Love Island 2023 winners Jess Harding and Sammy Root have split just two months after winning the £50,000 prize, MailOnline can exclusively reveal.
The stars won the latest series of the ITV2 dating show but have already decided to go their separate ways after their ‘relationship changed since leaving the villa’.
A source close to the couple has told MailOnline that they have mutually decided they are ‘better off as friends’ after struggling to make their romance work off the show.
Jess and Sammy, both 22, won the series in July after beating favorites Whitey Adebayo and Lochan Nowacki to the title, which came as a shock to many voters.
A source confirmed: “Jess and Sammy have called it quits.
Love Island 2023 winners Jess Harding and Sammy Root have split just two months after winning the £50,000 prize, MailOnline can exclusively reveal
Jess and Sammy, both 22, won the series in July after beating favorites Whitey Adebayo and Lochan Nowacki to the title, which came as a shock to many voters.
‘Things have changed since they left the villa and Jess realizes they are better off as friends.’
Jess, who has signed a lucrative contract with fashion brand In The Style since finding fame on the show, is currently in Ibiza with her friends as she recovers from her break-up.
The couple have been on the red carpet together at the Who Cares Wins Awards and the NTAs in recent weeks, but insiders say they have struggled to get on behind the scenes.
During their time on the summer series of Love Island, hosted by Maya Jama, Jess and Sammy faced difficulties in their relationship.
In one episode during Casa Amor’s loyalty test, Sammy kissed two girls, including Amber Wise, who he eventually became romantically involved with until Jess returned to the villa, and he realized his feelings for her.