Love Island star fuels reunion rumours with ex as she reveals they are back in contact – just weeks after heartbreaking split
LOVE Island star Whitney Adebayo has fuelled reunion rumours with Lochan Nowacki as she revealed they are back in contact.
Just weeks after their heartbreaking split, Whitney, 27, has hinted at lingering ties with her ex-boyfriend, also 27, which is set to come as a big surprise to fans.
The reality star opened up about her post-breakup healing process in the latest episode of her What’s It Giving? podcast, where she spoke candidly about navigating heartbreak.
When asked for her number one piece of advice for getting over a breakup, Whitney didn’t hesitate.
She said: “Take the time to get to know yourself. If he messages you, don’t reply,” before cheekily admitting, “They’re saying it about me. They’re saying it about me. That’s my advice. Take it or leave it.”
The cryptic comment didn’t go unnoticed by her followers – with many interpreting it as an admission that she had, in fact, been messaging her ex.
Though Whitney didn’t name Lochan directly during the exchange, she later confirmed off-mic that the pair had “been in contact” since their split, which was announced just last month.
It’s the first time she’s addressed rumours of a possible reconciliation head-on.
Meanwhile, in the same podcast episode, Whitney claimed she was “bamboozled” by the split.
“Some people don’t wanna compromise,” she said.
“Because my last relationship….” Whitney then trailed off before announcing she was “getting into it”.
She then explained that when he “came over” he told her how much she had changed.
Whitney recalled how he said: “I’ve seen how much you’ve changed, and you’re becoming like the woman that we always spoke about you becoming.
“And I’m just not willing to do that.”
Josh, Whitney’s friend who stood in for podcast co-host Lizzy, then said how he feels that some men “don’t like seeing the other partner grow”.
Whitney then admitted: “I was bamboozled. This is the person that you told me you wanted.”
She then spoke to listeners and said how she hadn’t “changed for a man” but instead changed how she spoke to him.
Josh then chimed in and explained how he had noticed how Whitney had “calmed down” a lot when in confrontational situations, such as past arguments with her ex.
Whitney admitted that she was “very hot-headed” in her relationship, adding how “with time I understood the power of less is more”.
She then praised her ex and said: “He actually did calm me down and help me tame my emotions.”
“He taught me silence,” she added.
Just mere weeks before the couple’s split they seemed all loved up when Whitney shared a sweet video to mark her now-ex-boyfriend’s birthday.
They also seemed stronger than ever when Whitney shared a video on TikTok revealing why she and Lochan were still together and other couples were not.
Taking to the video-sharing platform, Whitney shared a video where she penned a message over the top of it.
“POV: Most Love Island couples live with their partner and you decided to move our by yourself,” she wrote.
The video was shared on February 25, and captioned with: “Never fell victim of proving my love onlineee.”
Just days after Whitney’s split from Lochan, fans reshared the video and claimed that she “jinxed” their relationship.
Sharing the TikTok video in a Love Island Reddit forum, the user penned: “She jinxed it!
“And ppl in the comments of her Tiktok at the time were saying ‘thats why you two are going to last’. Anyway, good luck to both of them!”
Someone then commented: “Never fell victim of proving my love online – she should’ve gloated less tbh.”
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Beauty mogul Whitney entered the villa on Day 3, and experienced highs and lows on the hit ITV2 reality show, stealing contestant Andre Furtado, 22, the same day she entered into the villa.
She coupled up with Mehdi Edno, 26, on Day 5, and in a surprising turn of events, she took personal trainer Zachariah Noble, 26, out on a date but their chemistry would soon fizzle out.
Her luck changed in Week 5, when Windsor-born Lochan entered Cara Amor on Day 26. On Day 31, Whitney chose to couple up with Lochan.
The show favourites lost out on the winning spot to Jess Harding, 23, and Sammy Root, 23 on the show finale on Day 58.
She recently told how the pair were planning to move in together.
Yet in July 2024, eyebrows were raised after the pair unfollowed each other on social media then attended an event together – leaving some fans calling out a “publicity stunt.”