Love Island’s Ollie Williams is back with the ex-girlfriend he left the villa for, he has revealed.
The Cornish land owner has said he made the “gamble of the century” after reuniting with Laura Nofer, calling her “the love of his life”.
Ollie quit the ITV2 reality show earlier this month after just three days, having realised he was still in love with Laura.
Speaking to The Sun about their reunion, he said: “I now realise that Laura is the girl I want to marry. I’m so grateful she has taken me back.
“We’re going to move in together in London over the next few months.
“I can’t wait to start a life with her.”
Ollie and Laura were together for 18 months before they split last September, citing distance as the reason.
The reality star, who is heir to the Lanhydrock estate in Cornwall, also revealed that some of the boys in the villa tried to persuade him to stay on the show “because of the endorsement and brand deals”.
“All the brand deals in the world couldn’t buy the love that I felt for Laura,” he said. “I couldn’t possibly risk losing her so I left.”
Ollie’s exit came after complaints were lodged to Ofcom and a petition was launched online to have him removed from the villa, following the emergence of pictures of him posing with dead animals.
However, he later denied that he was responsible for any of their deaths, insisting he had taken part in a conservation and anti-poaching unit in Mozambique, saying: “I did not shoot any of the animals shown in the photographs, nor have I ever shot as a trophy hunter.”
In his interview with The Sun, he doubled down on his defence of the pictures, but admitted he “can see why people reacted in the way they did”.
“The photos are offensive, all people can see is a dead animal and me smiling and I apologise for the offensive nature of them,” he said.
“I knew the negativity were about these pictures, because taken out of context they look bad. I’m not a trophy hunter and I don’t take gratification out of killing animals.”
Love Island airs Sunday to Friday at 9pm on ITV2.