FURIOUS Samie Elishi addressed her split from Ciaran Davies again this afternoon, telling fans: “I can’t stay silent”.
The former couple won All Stars last month and the £50k prize but split just three weeks after leaving the villa, angering some fans.
Earlier this week, Ciaran broke his silence on the Not My Bagg podcast and said Samie suddenly became very distant and didn’t match his energy prior to the split.
It came just days after Samie was spotted on a date night at the Baller League in London with fellow Islander Tyrique Hyde.
The interview sparked lots of chatter about the breakup online and Samie has moved to set the record straight.
“So I wasn’t actually going to say anything on the situation but I feel like it’s everywhere,” she said from inside her car. “Normally I just kind of crack on and stay silent but in this case unfortunately I cannot.
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“I want to start off by saying it’s actually a bit sad that someone who you once had a lot of respect for and saw in a certain light would go on a podcast and say you said things that you categorically did not.
“We all know that they’re rumours and everyone that knows me knows that them things wouldn’t have come out my mouth. So I wanted to clear that up for a start.”
Samie then insisted the relationship ended because the dynamic changed outside of the villa and it no longer felt right to her.
“Secondly, girls it’s okay to call things off with someone that you’re talking to or dating,” she continued. “Me and Ciaran were in the very early stages of dating and we got into the real world and it just didn’t work. And that is absolutely fine, I don’t think anyone should be getting sick for it not working.
“I understand people are invested and I respect that fully but guys it’s life, things don’t work.
“If not being with someone that everyone else wants me to be with makes me a bad person, then maybe I’m a bad person. But what I have been is true to myself with my feelings throughout the whole of the experience and coming out. You can call me a lot of things, but you can’t call me a liar. And one thing I cannot do is fake it with anyone.
“And things changed when we got out and that is it. That is literally, that is all there is to the story. There is nothing else. But yeah, I hope everyone has a lovely weekend. And yeah, lots of love.”
Rugby player Ciaran told how he travelled to London to meet up with his co-stars, take Samie out for dinner and meet her family after winning the show.
But problems soon began after they returned to their respective homes, 165 miles apart.
He said: “I knew she was busy, she was going to New York. Then the messages started to get very very distant. I felt the energy wasn’t being matched.”
Two days into Samie’s American brand trip, Ciaran said she called him and “that was it.”
He then spoke about her growing bond with Tyrique, who previously denied he was the cause of the split.
Ciaran said: “During the time before New York when we were seeing each other he sent flowers to her house and I found out maybe a day or two days ago.
“How he got the address I’ll never know. Now I’m just getting made to look a fool.
“I’ve also come to find out that he unfollowed me the day before we split and the day after he did that post about Samie.”
Last night Samie, 26, hit out at Ciaran on Snapchat after a follower asked her about the split.
They asked: “Are you not going to comment on what’s being said about you?”
Samie said: “Honestly, normally I’m so quiet on this s**t, but being quiet don’t help ya and talking don’t help ya.
“And I’m just gonna say, a lot of that is bo****ks what’s being said. There’s three sides to every story, you’ve got one side, the second side and then the truth baby.
“When people say s*** that categorically did NOT come out of your mouth, if you’re gonna tell the truth, tell it.
“Now leave me alone, I can’t be arsed to talk about it,” she concluded.
