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Love Island’s Chloe Burrows has opened up about her fake romance with Too Hot to Handle star Harry Johnson, having revealed why they did it in a new Channel 4 documentary.
Chloe, 28, previously dated fellow reality TV face Toby Aromolaran, 25, after reaching the final alongside him in Love Island.
Last month, it looked like she’d found a new romance in Harry Johnson, having been pictured enjoying a dog walk together in Essex.
But it turns out not everything was as it seemed.
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Chloe had actually worked with a paparazzo to stage the photos, even bringing in a dog that didn’t belong to either of them.
Other snaps showed the pair at a restaurant, and coming out of a hotel, but these were also staged.
In new documentary Untold: Love in the Limelight, Chloe explains why she decided to pull the stunt, admitting it was all part of a huge plan – having been told they could reel in a whopping £250,000 for their fake relationship.
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“Now I've heard how it all works and the big money involved, I want to put it to the test, it's time to launch my own showmance,” she explained, proving that their connection was all for the sake of investigative journalism.
“If I really was going to be serious, that is so easy to make money off. You can start to see the web of finances that can go behind a reality couple.”
Chloe made the big reveal via Instagram yesterday, admitting that those pap shots had all been a lie - posting one of the 'hard launch' photos on her Stories before adding: "Just kidding! I faked a showmance... for my first documentary!!!"
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After the documentary was released, Chloe took to Instagram to thank fans for the incredible response.
Posting a selfie in tears to her Stories, she wrote: “Crying happy tears in the back of this cab cos I'm already overwhelmed by the response. Love u lot xxxx.
“P.S. I know I said I'd never post a vid crying but happy tears are allowed!”
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She announced the documentary on her grid, explaining: “GUYS!!! Cannot believe I’m writing this but today marks the launch of my first documentary with @channel4 Untold strand where I explore what life is like for some of our most well-known reality couples living out their romances in the public eye.
“Oh yes…and those paparazzi picture you saw of me and @harryjohnson92 lurking around the press might be part of the plot too!!! / massive huge part… faked a whole showmance!!!”
Chloe added: “Love in the Limelight is available to stream today on Channel 4, can’t wait to hear what you all think.”
Topics: Love Island, Reality TV, Channel 4, Celebrity, Sex and Relationships
Jess Hardiman