Love Island stars Mitchel Taylor and Ella Barnes split one month after villa exit

Love Island runners up Mitchel Taylor and Ella Barnes revealed they have split one month after leaving the villa.

The couple, who finished fifth on the 2023 summer series, both took to their Instagram accounts to confirm the news with a statement.

Ella wrote: “Just wanted to come on here and keep you all updated, as you deserve to know as I wouldn’t be where I am without you.

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“Unfortunately myself and Mitch have decided to end our relationship. I really wanted things to work out and I’m gutted that our journey has come to an end.

“I wish Mitch all the best and hope he finds happiness. It’s time for both of us to start a new chapter.

“Thank you so much for all the love and support. It means the world to me,” she concluded.

Mitch went on to share his own statement online, adding: “As you have most likely seen Ella’s post sadly our relationship has come to an end.

“We had no intentions of ending, but with our busy life’s at this moment and living the other side of the country made it extremely hard for it to work.

“I wish Ella nothing but the best as she is a lovely girl and deserves the world.”

It comes after the model and gas engineer – who narrowly missed out on the ITV final – were last pictured together just four days before their separation where they danced the night away at We Are FSTVL in Essex.

The pair previously insisted that they would overcome the long distance between them, travelling between Mitch’s home city of Sheffield and Ella’s home in Kent.

Loyal fans of the ITV dating show will know that the pair had a rollercoaster journey in the villa after Mitch was criticised for how he handled his love triangle with Ella and Abi Moores.

During the final week of the series, the dating show received 913 Ofcom complaints according to the TV watchdog, with fans “primarily objecting to Mitch’s treatment of Abi and concerns for her welfare.”

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Mitch and Ella are the latest couple to separate this year, just one week after Ouzy See admitted he “ruined” his relationship with ex Kady McDermott as he broke his silence after their split.

The Casa Amor hunk, 28, admitted that “he was in the wrong” amid a cheating row between the pair and said he “just wants to clear the air”.

It comes after Kady, 27, made a cryptic dig about his “bad behaviour” in a breakup statement earlier this month.

Ouzy reportedly met up with a stunning brunette influencer named Alicia who he knew before Love Island shortly after he landed back in the UK.

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