Adam Collard has confirmed he and Paige Thorne are no longer together.
Adam Collard has confirmed he and Paige Thorne are no longer together
The former 'Love Island' star has broken his silence following speculation he and the paramedic had gone their separate ways, after they met on the ITV2 dating show earlier this summer.
He told The Sun newspaper: "We're not together. Things happen. But I mean she is a great girl."
Earlier this week, Ekin-Su Culculoglu - who won this year's 'Love Island' alongside boyfriend Davide Sanclimenti - admitted Paige and Adam had called it a day, and she insisted the 25-year-old star "deserves better" than 26-year-old Adam.
She told Mirror Online: "It's over. It's done.
"I think Paige can do better, that's all I can say."
Ekin-Su, 28, also admitted she thinks 'Love Island' stars' "real relationships" begin when they leave the villa, admitting she has grown even closer to Davide since the show ended.
She added: "I just think it's wrong, you know. This is my point of view in couples; when you come out of Love Island you are pressured, in a way, to stay together.
"Your real relationship starts when you are out of the villa. My feelings for Davide grew stronger out of the villa – same with him because I saw him out in the real world. We spend time together, I see him in different environments, we're always challenged.
"'Love Island' is a bubble, it's almost like a different world – it's not real. But, when you come out and get ... Men will love the attention when they come out, it's overwhelming but, Adam's already had that. So I just felt it was a bit wrong."
News of Adam and Paige's split comes after speculation they had gone their separate ways came when a video of him putting his arm around a woman in McDonald's went viral.
The woman later insisted he was just chatting to her and did "literally nothing wrong".
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