The identities of the first 12 Islanders heading into the Love Island villa tonight (Monday 9 June) were revealed last week, but the rumour mill is still churning out the names of potential Islanders that could enter the villa later on in the series.
Love Island 2025 producers have teased more twists than ever and following Joey Essex’s arrival as a celebrity bombshell last series, there’s been speculation that TOWIE’s Ella Rae Wise could follow in his footsteps. Real Housewives of Cheshire star Tanya Bardsley also recently told Closer that her daughter Gabriella has previously been approached by producers.
She’s not the only person with a celebrity connection being linked to the show either and it’s been reported that a Strictly Come Dancing star’s ex is in talks with show bosses.
It’s claimed that Molly Brown, who dated Giovanni Pernice last year amid his ‘bullying’ row has been approached by Love Island producers following their split last July.
‘TV execs love a famous ex and the chance for Molly to spill the beans on the biggest scandal for their rival channel the BBC was very tempting,’ a TV insider told The Sun.
‘She could feature later in the series if show action allows, but ITV do speak to hundreds of singles every year to ensure there's a wide cast ready for every storyline.’
Molly and Giovanni first started dating in February 2024. They were together for just three weeks before splitting, but they later rekindled their romance and dated until July that year.
At the time, it was claimed they parted ways after a ‘series of rows’ during Giovanni’s Strictly scandal.
‘Giovanni and Molly grew very close, very quickly, after they split up the first time and got back together. Their relationship has been pretty full-on. But they have rowed again recently and it all came to a head earlier this week when they called it quits,’ a source told The Mirror.
‘Molly has been very supportive of Giovanni, but he has been under a lot of stress lately and that has taken its toll. It is not impossible they will try to give things another go once the dust has settled a little, after all, they have done that before. But at the moment things are quite heated and it looks very unlikely.’
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Nathan Katnoria is heat and Closer online’s senior digital writer. He became obsessed with Love Island when Malin Andersson came back to confront Terry Walsh in series two and hasn’t looked back since. When he’s not interviewing former Islanders, Nathan is scrolling through their Instagram feeds for relationship updates and piping hot tea.