Love Island’s Tom Clare breaks silence on ‘feud’ with co-star Will Young
LOVE Island star Tom Clare broken his silence on rumours of a “feud” between him and co-star Will Young.
During their time in the Love Island villa, Tom, Will and Casey O’Gorman and Tom Clare – who called themselves the three musketeers – formed a strong friendship.
But recent weeks there had been rumours that the trio had fallen out after Tom and Casey enjoyed several nights out without farmer Will.
Speaking exclusively to The Sun, Tom squashed any claims of a rift and said The Three Musketeers are still going “strong”.
Tom told us: “I love Will to bits. You have to think, when you come out everyone is so busy but yeah we’re going to meet up with Will soon.
“Me and Casey were talking about it earlier saying we miss him being around.
“We’ve all just been so busy but we keep in touch all the time.
“We’re still the Three Musketeers – there is no drama there.”
The Barnsley lad – who eBay announced as its latest Pre-Loved Ambassador – said he has no bad blood with any of the Islanders and revealed the reason why he’s not following some of his co-stars on Instagram.
“I’ve tried to not be on my phone as much – you miss talking to friends and family when you’re in the villa but it’s nice sometimes to not have your phone. I hadn’t really thought about following others on social media,” Tom said.
Tom said he is in contact with most of the Islanders and is excited to reunite with them when life slows down.
“There is loads of people I’ve been in contact with since leaving the villa, everyone is so busy at the minute and in different parts of the country. I’m sure once it all dies down a bit, we’ll all meet up,” he said.
“It’s hard because you want to see loads of people, you’ve got loads going on, you want to be with Samie but give it a few weeks and everyone will come back together.
“It’s different being in the villa with people and then talking to them on the phone, which is so strange when you’ve been living with people for ages and then you’re texting and sending voicenotes. Everyone is the same as they was in the villa.”
He confirmed he is still good friends with show winners Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrinanan and runner-up couple Lana Jenkins and Ron Hall, despite fans claiming there was a “divide” in the villa.
“There was never a divide in there, I just think in life people gravitate towards certain people. But we all keep in touch and we all hype each other up on social media. So we’re all still good friends,” the reality star went on.
When asked if he wished he and Samie would have won the show, Tom laughed and said: “I remember saying to Samie in the villa that would walk out with her the next day, I couldn’t be happier for Kai and Sanam for winning it.”
Today, eBay announced Love Island’s Tom as its latest Pre-Loved Ambassador, after he embraced stylish pre-loved looks throughout his time on the show.
It comes after The Sun revealed that Tom had landed a HUGE six-figure deal.
With over half (51 per cent) of males admitting to never or rarely purchasing second-hand clothing, eBay is hoping the partnership will help move the fast fashion conversation along to tackle menswear, inspiring the nation to make more conscious fashion choices – and, three in four males agree men have an equal role to play in the process.
Tom’s new role will involve curating eBay edits of his favourite pre-loved pieces to inspire men and women when it comes to shopping second-hand.
He told us: “It’s amazing, when I was in the villa eBay was bringing clothes in. With it being pre-loved it was something I wasn’t clued up about but it’s really opened my eyes.
“Also with the current situation, it’s such a sustainable thing.
“More people need to get into it, but it’s great quality and I’ve seen that first hand. I wanted to work with them when I got to know the stylist – I couldn’t be happier.”