Inside Megan Barton Hanson and Eyal Booker’s feud – from steamy secret sex in Love Island villa to bitter enemies
MEGHAN Barton Hanson and Eyal Booker were easily one of the most explosive couples to grace the Love Island villa.
One minute the pair were romping and the next they were rowing – and it looks like fans can expect a second installment as the pair are both due to take part in Love Island Games.
But what actually happened for these two lovers to go from 100 before crashing to zero?
Megan and Eyal were the first couple to have sex in the Love Island villa in 2018.
After going on a date on episode 16, they shared a night together in the Hideaway where things got steamy.
Viewers saw Eyal and Megan, who was 24 at the time, passionately kissing in bed before going under the sheets.
Eyal’s foot was the only major giveaway as it curled up with pleasure while poking out from under the covers.
However, after just three weeks Megan dumped Eyal in the villa, claiming they weren’t having as much fun as the other couples.
She then dropped one of the most memorable lines of the series when she said: “You’re not exactly Jim Carrey. I can’t have fun with myself.”
Wes Nelson was getting close to Laura Anderson, and the couple also shared a night of passion, shortly after Megan and Eyal.
But Wes claimed that the pair didn’t go all the way because he felt “uncomfortable” at the time.
He said: “It started but I felt uncomfortable during, then we stopped. So it wasn’t like the full shebang, if you know what I mean.
“That was when it was early on in the show and I was still very aware of the cameras. You see them turn around, all the time.
“I didn’t feel like I was ready to do it at the time. She was ready to do it. I just wasn’t. There was a lot of pressure and it was a big talking point. I didn’t want to be the first one to have sex.
“It’s supposed to be an intimate moment, especially if you’re still testing the waters and getting to know someone.”
However, his vow of chastity didn’t last long.
Wes brutally dumped Laura for Megan and the pair had sex on camera, also in the hideaway.
They were even caught by fellow islanders trying to have sex with the lights on in the middle of the day.
Megan even romped with Wes whilst wearing Eyal’s hoodie.
There was clearly chemistry between the couple as they made it all the way to the final, losing to Jack Fincham and Dani Dyer.
At The Sun’s Love Island final party in 2018, a bitter Eyal slated Megan’s kissing skills.
When he was asked whether she packed a good smooch, he replied at the time: “I’ve had better kisses, I’ve had worse.
“It was alright at that time.”
Their televised fallout between Megan and Eyal was bizarrely dredged back up again in 2020 when US reality star Scott Disick messaged Megan on Instagram asking her to apologise for the way she treated Eyal.
At the time, Scott was dating Real Housewives of Beverly Hill star Lisa Rinna‘s then 19-year-old model daughter, Amelia Hamlin. Her sister Delilah, 25, was Eyal’s girlfriend.
The request left Megan “speechless” and she shared the DM with her followers.
Scott said: “Hey I recently saw your program love island. I had a few questions for you about it. Let me know you’re around to speak about it.”
She replied: “Hey you.. what do you wanna know? x?”
Scott responded: “I was recently introduced to a beautiful man named Eyal. When I went to see what he’s done on TV I was astonished by your behaviour.
“To find you mugging him off and taking full advantage of his unbelievably beautiful sense of humour and vulnerability.
“I’m extremely disturbed that anybody could be so disrespectful to somebody for no good reason.
“I would like to know if you’d be willing to write him an apology.”
Scott wasn’t happy about her dig at Eyal’s comedic skills.
“The fact that you told him he wasn’t funny – when in fact, you are not Jim Carey, is absurd,” he wrote.
But Eyal and Megan could now have an unlikely second shot at love as they compete with Islanders from around the world in Fiji to become the ultimate franchise champions.
Maya Jama will host the series, which will debut in the US on Peacock on November 1, and on ITV at a later date.
Megan and Eyal will be joined by Curtis Pritchard, Georgia Steel, Jack Fowler, Mike Boateng, Liberty Poole, Scott Van-der-sluis, and Toby Aromolaran.
Joining the UK stars in the show are international Love Island stars Lisa Siden, Aurelia Lamprecht, Steph Blackos, Mitch Hibberd, Callum Hole, Tina Provis, Jess Losurdo, Johnny Middlebrooks, Ray Gantt, Kyra Green, Cely Vazquez, Carrington Rodriguez, Justine Ndiba, Courtney Boerner, Deb Chubb, Zeta Morrison and Imani Wheeler.