Love Island’s Georgia Steel speaks out on Tom Clare and 'older' Molly Smith amid rumoured feud
Undoubtedly one of the most controversial contestants in Love Island history, reality star Georgia Steele is famed across the nation for her no-nonsense attitude and brutal honesty.
And this week, the former bombshell has spilt the beans on whether or not she can envisage her ex co-stars - and 2024 All Star winners - Molly Smith and Tom Clare going the distance with their romance, amid their rumoured spat.
If you've given the much-loved ITV2 dating series a miss for the last few years, allow us to fill you in...
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Back in 2018, a then 19-year-old Georgia first appeared on the show where she sadly failed to make a love-match - after being sensationally pied by Josh Denzel following Casa Amor chaos, and enjoying a short-lived romance with Sam Bird.
Since then, the former reality star has made a pretty decent living for herself, becoming one of the show's most successful influencers, a fashion icon and much-loved social media star.
It came as huge shock to telly-lovers, therefore, when earlier this year it was announced that a now 26-year-old Georgia would be returning to our screens in the line-up of the eagerly-awaited All Star series of the show.
During her time on the series - which aired back in January - welcoming a bunch of former contestants back into the plush Spanish villa - Georgia was reunited with 2022 star Toby Aromolaran, whom she briefly dated a year prior following a stint on the Love Island Games.
Georgia also caught the attention of winter series star Callum Jones, before she ditched him, once again, for Toby.
It was the arrival of 2023 heartthrob Tom Clare that really got the ball rolling for Yorkshire lass Georgia, who'd enjoyed a brief fling the summer prior.
Within a matter of days, however, sportsman Tom made it clear that his affections lay with 2020 bombshell Molly Smith - who herself just so happened to be Callum's long-term ex-girlfriend.
I warned you this was gonna get complicated...
Anyway, Molly and Tom went on to win the heart of the nation and take home the £50k cash prize - and thankfully, they seen to be making a pretty good go of it on the outside.
One person who claims not to be surprised by this news, however, is their ex co-star Georgia.
Speaking exclusively to Tyla this week - as she collabs with Heart Bingo - Georgia claimed she'd 'like to think' that her ex-beau Tom, 24, and former cast-mate Molly, 29, will be able to go all the way, but suspects that their difference in age might come into play later down the line.
"I’d like to think so. I hope so," she said. "I feel like Molly definitely really wants to settle down and meet someone. I definitely think that.
"She’s a little bit older than me, so I can totally understand. I think she’ll want to make it work with Tom, so hopefully they carry on."
Georgia's comments come just weeks after reports that the Love Island trio had found themselves at loggerheads since leaving the villa.
Back in March, during an appearance on Made In Chelsea stars Sophie Habboo and Melissa Tattam's Wednesday podcast, Molly and Tom were asked who they believed was their 'snakiest' co-star, to which Tom replied: "Probably Georgia Steel".
In the days that followed, Georgia told press that she was left 'gutted' by the comments.
"I think it’s disappointing as we all know how it is coming out of the villa, we know the heat we get and it’s been shown that I got a lot of hate," she said at the time.
"It does make me sad for sure. I feel some people I went through that experience with are still targeting me and that’s rubbish. I am a bit gutted about it to be honest."
Despite the alleged fallout, Georgia now says she hopes the couple will be able to make their romance work.
"Obviously, there’s quite a big age gap there, but I do feel Tom is quite mature for his age," she continued. "So, we’ll see. There is quite a big age gap.
"It’s seven years or something, I think. You never know."
Topics: Celebrity, Love Island, ITV, Reality TV, TV And Film
Rhianna Benson