Love Island's Marcel Somerville nearly quit All Stars for unexpected reason

Marcel Somerville has revealed helium had 2nd thoughts astir staying successful the Love Island: All Stars villa aft coming face-to-face with his ex Gabby Allen connected the ITV2 show

Love Island All Stars contestant Marcel Somerville has admitted that helium astir near the villa connected the archetypal time of the show.

Marcel shocked Love Island fans erstwhile helium revealed helium was entering the All Stars villa, but has admitted successful an exclusive chat with The Mirror that helium astir discontinue aft coming face-to-face with his ex Gabby Allen successful there.

The erstwhile Islander archetypal entered the villa successful 2017 and was coupled up with Gabby Allen. The brace stayed successful a narration for 10 months aft the show, nevertheless they divided up aft Marcel cheated connected Gabby portion the brace were connected vacation - leaving them connected frosty presumption for the adjacent 8 years.

The exes were forced to reunite for the archetypal clip erstwhile the brace some ended up successful the All Stars villa, creating an awkward archetypal brushwood which led Marcel to see leaving. Speaking connected the Daily Mirror's Bombshell Briefing podcast, Marcel revealed why.

"Walking in, you're not expecting to spot your ex, but past astatine the aforesaid clip I was like, 'Ah it's my ex,'" helium said. Marcel rapidly realised they weren't connected bully presumption aft 7 years, which near him a "little taken aback" - but the brace managed to get done it and benignant retired their difference.

Going backmost into the villa meant helium and Gabby were enactment backmost successful the aforesaid situation they initially met in, and it's thing the prima said was tricky. He explained: "In the backmost of my mind, I knew determination was ever a anticipation [Gabby could beryllium connected the show] but I was hoping that the anticipation wasn't there.

"I consciousness similar if she wasn't there, it would person been a antithetic concern for me. The archetypal time was the reddish emblem game, and she had been successful determination talking to each the girls before, truthful I had an X connected maine already, and it was a hard mode to commencement the show."

Marcel added that helium was capable to "navigate the situation" and started to bask himself. But that didn't travel without his doubts. He confessed: "On the archetypal time I did person moments wherever I was like, 'Maybe I should permission arsenic I privation Gabby to person a bully time.'"

He considered leaving truthful Gabby could bask herself successful determination without the accent of the pair's frosty relationship, but due to the fact that they had conversations and a hug, they managed to get to a bully spot - particularly arsenic they had to stock a furniture for 3 days. Marcel was past coupled up with Olivia Hawkins, but the brace were past voted retired of the villa connected time 10.

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