Inside Love Island bombshell Tiffany's three-year romance with former star - who eventually blocked her
Love Island's latest bombshell, Tiffany Leighton, is set to enter the villa tonight and she's promised to "bring some spice" to this year's show.
The 25 year old HR coordinator from Hertfordshire, who describes herself as "ditzy, bubbly and funny," was teased along with two other bombshells at the end of Thursday's episode and is set to turn heads. In a preview clip, she declared: "I am finally done with living my best single life and ready to find the man of my dreams.
"I will bring some spice, spontaneity and bring my best flirting game. I'm fit, I'm bubbly and I don't care what anyone thinks. If there is one thing my fellow Islanders need to know about me is that I always get what I want and I am ready to find love in the Villa, so watch out boys."
Newcomer Tiffany claims she is single because she is "very picky" - but it has emerged she had a boyfriend until recently who is a previous Love Island contestant. According to reports, the pair dated "on and off for three years" and Tiffany "loved the lifestyle that came with Love Island".
But the pair are thought to have split recently when he called it off after an argument and ended up blocking her, reports the Mirror. The man in question is said to be former Love Island star Alexi Eraclides, a hunk who appeared in the first winter Love Island back in 2020.
Though he had eyes for girls Demi Jones, Jess Gale and Shaughna Phillips, he left the show single. A year later, he is said to have started dating Tiff.
A source spilled the beans to The Sun, dishing out some juicy details: "Alexi and Tiff met back in 2021 at an awards show shortly after he came off Love Island. They were introduced through a friend, who had told him Tiff had a huge crush on him. She was a big fan of the show and him. They were seeing each other on and off over the past three years and he took her to numerous celeb parties. She loved the lifestyle that came with Love Island."
Despite the excitement, it seems things weren't quite as lovey-dovey on both sides, as the insider revealed that for Alexi, it was all very "super casual". They added: "Unfortunately, Alexi didn't really feel the same and it was quite difficult for Tiff to deal with. She got quite upset about the whole thing."
The saga includes its fair share of drama: "Alexi was always super honest with her, but it was still hard because it went on for so long. Things came to a head in April this year when they had a huge argument and he ended up blocking her. She's a great girl and from his side there are no bad feelings now hopefully she'll find her dream man."
OK! has reached out to Tiffany and Alexi's representatives for comment.
Anticipation is building as Tiffany gears up to join the villa in Friday night's nail-biting episode, sneaking in alongside fellow newbies Grace Jackson, 25, a social media marketing agency co-owner with history with TOWIE's Joey Essex, and dapper quantity surveyor Wil Anderson, 23, from Whitley Bay.
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