Love Island's Leah confirms split from Montel just two weeks after leaving the villa
After a rocky time on the show, Love Island stars Leah Taylor and Montel McKenzie have called it quits just two weeks after leaving the villa.
The former couple sparked up a romance after both coming in as separate bombshells during season 10 of the ITV2 show.
However, things took a turn for the worse when Montel, 25, admitted to kissing someone else during Casa Amor.
Despite patching things, they were dumped from the show on Thursday 13 July.
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Their romance has now also ended. Leah, 27, said: "Our time in the villa was absolutely incredible, but we've actually decided to just be friends.
"We get on really well and I do really like him, but I feel like for me it's never enough. I'm obviously looking for someone long-term and shares the same values and morals as me.
"I know I'm someone who has very, very high standards, but I feel like there's just certain things in people that I'm not able to overlook.
"I'm glad we built a really good connection while we were there and I know that we're always going to be friends, but in terms of romantic; we've decided to end things."
Not long after leaving the TV show, Love Island couples are usually forced to come to terms with the fact that real world romance is different than inside the villa.
Leah said: "I feel like life is a lot different in [the villa] and outside here. A lot more things come up and different situations happen, so it's just like, you know – once we'd spoken about it, we agreed that maybe it's not how we thought it would be.
"It's sad, but at the same time I know we're both on the same page. I'm grateful I met him and I wouldn't have wanted my Love Island experience to be any different.
"I know I have high standards and I wouldn't want to pressure him. I just know our characters are different and it wasn't going to work. I wasn't going to pretend and I'll definitely always be honest with him."
Before Leah broke up with a different ex in December 2022, she says she was single for four years.
The TV star added: "I'm not just going to break [being single] if it's not absolutely everything that I want.
"The next guy I'm getting with best believe I'm going to marry him, so he needs to be the perfect one."
Giving her final verdict, the former contestant said: "My predictions are that Ty and Ella will be first, Whitney and Lochan second, Sammy and Jess third and Molly and Zach fourth."
I guess we will have to wait and see.
Topics: Love Island
Anish Vij