Rochelle Humes confirms Love Island’s Sophie Piper and Joshua Ritchie are OFFICIAL as This Morning host reveals she’s met her sister’s ‘new boyfriend’ for the first time
Rochelle Humes has confirmed that her sister Sophie Piper has made it official with Joshua Ritchie during Monday’s episode of This Morning.
While co-hosting the Daytime TV show with Andi Peters, Rochelle, 34, revealed she met Love Island’s Joshua Ritchie for the first time on Sunday.
Rochelle’s sister Sophie, 24, met Josh, 29, on the ITV dating series in South Africa and came third in the All Stars series last week.
The mum-of-three said Sophie’s ‘new boyfriend’ Josh came over for Sunday dinner to meet the rest of their family.
Andi teased, “Are you meeting anyone new this weekend?”
Rochelle Humes, 34, confirmed her sister Sophie Piper, 24, made it official with Joshua Ritchie, 29, during Monday’s episode of This Morning
While co-hosting the Daytime TV show with Andi Peters (left), Rochelle revealed she met Love Island’s Joshua Ritchie for the first time on Sunday
Rochelle said, “Actually yes, I met my sister’s new boyfriend for the first time.”
Anti joked: ‘Is that your sister who was on Love Island?’, Rochelle laughed: ‘That’s true, yes’.
Andi said, “You met Josh?
Rochelle added, “I know because I was like, is it serious? For example, how do these things work? I can’t talk to her while she’s in a villa, so I’m like, “Yeah, but do you really like him?” And then she said, “Can I bring him over on Sunday?”
“So I met him, yes. “I cooked a roast but he didn’t eat any of it so I’m going to try not to take that as an insult,” she joked.
During Sophie and Josh’s interview on the Love Island final Maya Jama, Josh revealed that he plans to ask Sophie to be his girlfriend, but insisted he wanted to introduce her to his family and friends first.
And now that the couple has introduced each other to their family, it looks like they’ve taken their relationship to the next step.
Sophie and her sister Lili did not meet her famous older sister Rochelle for the first time until she was eighteen.
Rochelle’s sister Sophie met Josh on the ITV dating series in South Africa and came third in the All Stars series last week
The mum-of-three shared that Sophie’s ‘new boyfriend’ Josh came over for Sunday dinner to meet the rest of their family (Josh was sitting on the sofa in the photo)
Andi teased, “Are you meeting anyone new this weekend?” Rochelle said, “Actually yes, I met my sister’s new boyfriend for the first time.”
Anti joked: ‘Is that your sister who was on Love Island?’, Rochelle laughed: ‘That’s true, yes’. Andi said, “You met Josh?
Rochelle added, “I know because I was like, is it serious? For example, how do these things work? I can’t talk to her while she’s in a villa, so I’m like, “Yeah, but do you really like him?” And then she said, “Can I bring him over on Sunday?”
During Sophie and Josh’s interview on the Love Island final Maya Jama, Josh revealed that he plans to ask Sophie to be his girlfriend, but insisted he wanted to introduce her to his family and friends first.
The sisters grew up separately and eventually connected through fellow Love Islander Kem Cetinay.
Rochelle’s father Mark Piper left her and her mother Roz Wiseman when the star was just three years old.
He had three more children, Sophie, Lili and Jake, with his new partner.
By sheer coincidence, Kem went to school with Lili and approached Rochelle at an event after finding fame on Love Island.
Rochelle recalled the meeting during an appearance on Giovanna Fletcher’s Happy Mum Happy Baby podcast.
She said: ‘I’ve never told anyone this before. Two years ago I was at our management Christmas party and Kem from Love Island was there.
‘He was chatting and said, ‘I need to talk to you… as soon as I became a celebrity I promised my friend Lili that I would talk to you as she is your sister on my father’s side.’
‘I knew her and met her when I was five, but it was so complicated because they were a lot younger and my father wasn’t involved.’
Sophie (L) and her sister Lili Piprt first met her famous older sister Rochelle (R) at the age of 18
Sophie (pictured) and Rochelle grew up separately and eventually came into contact through fellow Love Islander Kem Cetinay
The Love Island star and her This Morning presenter sister grew up separately and eventually came into contact through fellow Love Islander Kem Cetinay (pictured)
Rochelle’s (L) father Mark Piper left her and her mother Roz Wiseman when the star was just three years old. He had three more children, Sophie, (R) Lili (M) and Jake, with his new partner
Sophie previously spoke to MailOnline about getting back in touch with Rochelle, saying: ‘There was a period where we weren’t in touch.
“It was weird growing up not knowing Rochelle, but since we spoke we’ve spoken every day so it’s nice that we’re all in each other’s lives now.
‘My middle sister Lili went to school with Kem, that’s how we know him. He obviously went to the same school as me. It’s funny how it’s all connected.’