Shaughna Phillips wants to keep her mystery man out of the public eye.
Shaughna Phillips has a new mystery man
The 27-year-old star is loving life with her new boyfriend and her two French Bulldogs - but Shaughna is determined to keep her romance out of the spotlight.
Shaughna - who shot to fame on 'Love Island' in 2020 - told the 'So This Is Adulting' podcast: "I've been dating someone who is also a surrogate dad to my fur babies."
Asked if her new boyfriend was famous, the TV star replied: "No, no, no … I used to say [to my dates], 'I'd like to keep my relationship private, if that's OK with you?'
"And if they said, 'Oh no, why would you keep my private?' I'm like, red flag. But this guy was like, 'I don't ever want to be in the public eye anyway,' and I was like, I like that answer.
"Ever since then, we've been going from strength to strength, and I like that because anyone who opts in for everyone to know their every move, like myself, is weird."
Meanwhile, Shaughna previously confessed to feeling like "the token fat girl" when she appeared on 'Love Island'.
The reality star said it felt like “hell” comparing herself to the other babes on the ITV2 dating show.
She shared: "After watching the show back, I looked amazing, but I didn’t feel confident. I felt I was the token ‘fat girl’ or a tick-box exercise for the show to be more body inclusive."
Shaughna suffers from lipoedema diagnosis - a condition that causes fat cells to develop on legs and arms - and the South African heat made her symptoms even worse.
She said: "During the trials, none of the outfits would fit me and I used to think, ‘This is hell.’ I felt like I had to be the ‘funny girl’ as all the other girls were so pretty and skinny. I’d cry to the show’s therapist and say, ‘I feel so fat’, but she helped me think more clearly."