LOVE Island fans think they have figured out exactly when the villa divide came to fruition.
Loyal ITV2 viewers took to social media as they revealed the exact moment the girls started to turn on each other.
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In recent scenes on the long-running dating show, we saw the departure of Helena Ford and Blu Chegini.
Conor Phillips and Megan Forte-Clarke were also dumped from Love Island, just days before the grand finale.
This may have signalled the end of the highly-publicised villa divide between the girls.
Millions of viewers have watched the likes of Toni Laites and Shakira Khan clash with Helena and Meg Moore.
Things got especially heated when Harry Cooksley’s head was turned back to Shakira after he made his partnership with Helena ‘exclusive’.
But one viewer noticed that the divide came about a long time before the infamous Grafties ceremony.
On fan forum platform Reddit, one informed fan noticed that the girls were splitting in the villa all the way back in episode two of the 2025 series.
A throwback clip posted on the platform, in a thread titled ‘Episode 2- the start of the divide’.
In the video, Shakira made a new best friend in Toni after her bombshell arrival and the duo gossiped together by the firepit.
This was as Alima Gagigo, Sophie Lee, Megan, Helena, and Meg were all sitting together in a separate part of the villa.
Shakira told the Las Vegas cabana server that she felt like she was judged from the rest of the girls for chatting with so many of the boys so early on.
She remarked: “I’m not joking, getting ready then the vibes felt so off.
“So it’s not enough to like pick up on and say something about because it’s nothing that is being said, but it’s the energy.
Toni replied: “You know everyone is interested in you.”
Love Island 2025 full lineup
- Harry Cooksley: A 30-year-old footballer with charm to spare.
- Shakira Khan: A 22-year-old Manchester-based model, ready to turn heads.
- Megan Moore: A payroll specialist from Southampton, looking for someone tall and stylish.
- Alima Gagigo: International business graduate with brains and ambition.
- Tommy Bradley: A gym enthusiast with a big heart.
- Helena Ford: A Londoner with celebrity connections, aiming to find someone funny or Northern.
- Ben Holbrough: A model ready to make waves.
- Dejon Noel-Williams: A personal trainer and semi-pro footballer, following in his footballer father’s footsteps.
- Aaron Buckett: A towering 6’5” personal trainer.
- Conor Phillips: A 25-year-old Irish rugby pro.
- Antonia Laites: Love Island’s first bombshell revealed as sexy Las Vegas pool party waitress.
- Yasmin Pettet: The 24-year-old bombshell hails from London and works as a commercial banking executive.
- Emily Moran: Bombshell Welsh brunette from the same town as Love Island 2024 alumni Nicole Samuel.
- Harrison Solomon: Pro footballer and model entering Love Island 2025 as a bombshell.
- Giorgio Russo: The 30-year-old will be spending his summer in the sun, potentially his sister Alessia’s successful tournament at the Euros in Switzerland.
- Yaz Broom: Professional DJ from Manchester who appeared on X Factor 2016 in girl group Four of Diamonds.
- Andrada Pop: Miss Bikini Ireland 2019 winner who hails from Dublin and works as a nail technician and personal trainer.
- Emma Munro: Harry Cooksley’s ex who entered as a bombshell and works as a hydrogeologist.
Departures:
- Kyle Ashman: Axed after an arrest over a machete attack emerged. He was released with no further action taken and denies any wrongdoing.
- Sophie Lee: A model and motivational speaker who has overcome adversity after suffering life-changing burns in an accident.
- Blu Chegini: A boxer with striking model looks, seeking love in the villa.
- Malisha Jordan: A teaching assistant from Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, who entered Love Island 2025 as a bombshell.
- Shea Mannings: Works as a scaffolder day-to-day and plays semi-pro football on the side.
- Caprice Alexandra: The 26-year-old bombshell owns a nursery in Romford.
- Poppy Harrison: The bombshell broke up with her boyfriend after finding out she would be in the villa
- Will Means: The fourth fittest farmer in the UK according to Farmers’ Weekly in 2023 entered the villa as a bombshell
- Megan Clarke: An Irish actress part of the OG line-up.
- Remell Mullins: Boasts over 18million likes and 500k followers on TikTok thanks to his sizzling body transformation videos.
- Alima Gagigo: 23-year-old personal banker from Glasgow who fancies herself as a ‘good flirt’.
- Ryan Bannister: 27-year-old gym hunk who entered the show as a bombshell.
Then Shakira stated: “I’ve been grafting, but I feel like the girls don’t appreciate that.
“But equally what’s stopping them from doing the same thing? We’ve all been here [only] a day.
She added: “Like, I think I have a right to get to know everybody.”
Meanwhile in the separate sofa area, Meg remarked: “The problem is, thinking of what Maya said last night, I think it is in Shakira’s court.
It’s not enough to like pick up on and say something about because it’s nothing that is being said, but it’s the energy
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“That’s why she’s been grafting her f****** a*** off today.”
To which Helena sarcastically responded: “I think she fancies everyone doesn’t she?”
She jokingly added: “She probably fancies the plants!”
Captioning the preview, the fan wrote: “Is this when the ‘bullying‘ started?
LOVE ISLAND 2025 – ALL the dumped stars so far
LOVE Island 2025 is in its penultimate week. Here are all the dumped Islanders so far …
- Sophie Lee
- Blu Chegini (has since returned)
- Malisha Jordan
- Will Means
- Shea Mannings
- Poppy Harrison
- Caprice Alexandra
- Megan Clarke (has since returned)
- Remell Mullins
- Ryan Bannister
- Alima Gagigo
- Martin Enitan
- Chris Middleton
- Yas Broom
- Rheo Parnel
- Giorgio Russo
- Emily Moran
- Andrada Pop
- Ben Holbrough
- Tommy Bradley
- Lucy Quinn
- Lauren Wood
- Harrison Solomon (quit)
- Emma Munro
- Boris Vidovic
- Billykiss Azeez
“This was only episode two and watch how they treat Shakira.”
In the captions below, fans seemed to concur that this was the moment the villa divide started.
One fan posted: “Yep the twist of Shakira being single and having to graft the boys to stay def started the divide.”
While a second added: “I’m no Shakira-Harry fan, but as a guy, it always came across to me that jealousy was a primary motivator in those in the villa that disliked her.”
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Love Island continues on ITV2 and is available to stream on ITVX.
