Love Island’s Ronnie grows close to stunning influencer as they’re spotted flirting after Harriett split
LOVE Island’s Ronnie Vint is already growing close to a glamorous influencer just days after his split from Harriett Blackmore.
The Sun can exclusively reveal Ronnie spent a night in Ibiza chatting up stunning Lauren Watson, who has 153,000 followers on Instagram.
He was at the launch of the Unexpected Hotel in Ibiza on Tuesday and spent most of it flirting with Lauren.
An onlooker said: “Ronnie looked really into Lauren, and certainly wasn’t spending his time pining over Harriett.
“He’s always had an eye for the ladies, so it was no surprise that Lauren caught his attention.
“They spent most of the night chatting and looked very cosy. They’re also following each other on social media already.”
A rep for Ronnie declined to comment.
Prior to the Ibiza getaway, Ronnie and Harriett unfollowed each other on social media and deleted pictures. Yesterday we confirmed they had split up.
Fans had spotted that footballer Ronnie, 28, had removed photos of Harriett, 25, from Instagram – sparking fears they had separated.
But Ronnie took to his Instagram story to deny that they were on the rocks at the time, and said posts about the break-up were fake.
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The Love Island star shared a screengrab from an Instagram page that claimed he and Harriett had split.
The post appeared to show Ronnie commenting: “Yeah it’s true. Will explain my side of things later,” along with the caption: “Ronnie Vint is sharing his side of that story with what happened with Harriett.”
He insisted that was simply a cruel hoax by a social media user, writing: “This is clearly a set up. Edited because we are sweet and I haven’t commented a thing. Thank you.”
The pair had planned to move in together this month before thing took a sour turn.
Harriett told The Mirror: “In June. Everything’s happening at once.
“We’re moving up towards London, which is exciting.
“It’s really close to Matilda (Draper), so we’ll be spending a lot of time with her and going back and forth.”
Last summer, the pair originally split just weeks after leaving the villa.
However, viewers watched as Harriet and Ronnie rekindled their connection on Love Island: All Stars.
Ronnie was an original All Stars islander and Harriett entered as a bombshell on Day 11.
The pair fell short of winning after being “dumped” on Day 34 of 36.
Love Island winners - where they are now
EVERY year Love Island opens its doors to more sexy Islanders who are hoping for a holiday romance that could turn into more.
Here we take you through all of the Love Island winners so far and what their relationship statuses are now:
2025 – The second series of All Stars saw Gabby Allen and Case O’Gorman scoop the crown. STATUS: Still together.
2024 – The summer Love Island saw Mimii Ngulube and Josh Oyinsan were crowned the winners. STATUS: Broken up.
2024 – The first ever All stars spin off show was won by Molly Smith and Tom Clare. STATUS: Still together.
2023 – Jess Harding and Sammy Root took home the 50k, and won the summer 2023 Love Island. STATUS: Broken up.
2023 – The first series of 2023 saw Sanam Harrinanan and Kai Fagan crowned Love Island winners in South Africa. STATUS: Still together.
2022 – Davide Sanclimenti and Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu’s time in the villa was anything but a smooth ride, but they managed to win the public’s hearts – and the ITV2 reality show. STATUS: Broken up.
2021 – Liam Reardon and Millie Court were announced winners of Love Island 2021. STATUS: Still together.
2020 – The first ever winter Love Island saw Paige Turley and Finn Tapp crowned winners after falling in love on the show. STATUS: Broken up.
2019 – Series 5 saw Tommy Fury and Molly-Mae Hague runners up to winners Greg O’Shea and Amber Gill, who met in the last few days of the series. STATUS: Broken up.
2018 – It wasn’t surprising fan favourites Jack Fincham and Dani Dyer won the show, as they were strong throughout. But sadly things didn’t last. STATUS: Broken up.
2017 – Kem Cetinay and Amber Davies had lots of ups and downs in the villa but went on to win. STATUS: Broken up.
2016 – Nathan Massey and Cara De La Hoyde were together from the start of the series, and since they won the show they’ve had two kids and are married. STATUS: Still together.
2015 – Despite poor Jess Hayes being Max Morley’s second choice on the show, they did win – but they didn’t last as a couple. STATUS: Broken up.