Love Island has suffered another blunder as a second contestant has quit the show before making their way into the villa.
Male model Zach Hartman was reportedly set to make his way into the Majorcan villa this week as a bombshell, but pulled out at the last minute.
According to The Sun, Zach told friends: “I was meant to be going on Love Island this year and flying out this week.
“After long conversations with my family and thinking about what I wanted out of my career, I decided against it.”
He reportedly went on to say: “Would’ve been an easy year to win seeing as none of the guys have any game on there. But I’ve got to do what’s best for me.”
(Image: Instagram/Zach Hartman)
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Zach was reportedly due to go in as a bombshell but is said to have decided to protect his modelling career – which means ITV bosses have had to find a last minute replacement for him.
OK! has approached ITV for further comment.
Zach isn’t the first contestant from the show to pull out of the show, however, as Liam Llewellyn gathered his fellow Islanders around the fire pit last week to announce his exit.
“I haven’t really been feeling like I have been giving 100 per cent Liam. I know what 100 per cent Liam looks like and I have miles off that,” he told his friends.
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Liam continued: “Trying to find someone to leave the villa that you care about – that’s the goal isn’t it. When you are not feeling that, it makes it a very hard sort of time to find that. I have been thinking long and and hard. I have made the decision that I am going to leave the villa.
“I’ve been thinking long and hard, this isn’t a spur of the moment type thing… So yeah, you’re all unreal. “
Since Liam decided to leave the show there’s also been the villa’s first official dumping as Afia Tonkmor packed up her belongings on Monday 13 June evening’s episode.
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During the latest instalment, the Islanders received a text asking them to gather around the fire pit where newcomer Jacques O’Neill had to pick a girl to couple up with, choosing Paige Thorne.
After her fate in the villa was announced, Afia insisted that she was “okay” and has since said in an exit interview: “Obviously I’m going to miss everyone in the Villa but I’m going to keep trying to find love. I’m sure Mr Right is out there somewhere.”
However, this wasn’t the only twist as at the end of the episode it was revealed that two new male bombshells – Jay Younger and Remi Lambert – are entering the villa.
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Investment Analyst Jay, 28, from Edinburgh, has spoke about his decision to enter the villa, saying of why he’s a “catch”: “I think I genuinely have what most females want.
“I’ve got a good job, I think I am a good looking lad and I have a lot of fun so I feel like I could add a lot of value to their lives if they add a lot of value to mine.”
While model Remi, 22, from Manchester, said of why he joined Love Island: “I am single AF! When I saw Molly [Mae Hague] and Tommy [Fury] and saw how strong they are together, I thought ‘I want a love like that.'”
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