Ron Hall hits back at Scott Thomas over claims he was waiting for ex Lana to enter Love Island All Stars villa

LOVE Island prima Ron Hall has deed backmost astatine Scott Thomas' assertion helium was waiting for ex-girlfriend Lana Jenkins to get arsenic a villa bombshell.

Ron followed Scott retired of the villa aft failing to find a transportation with immoderate of the girls, but insisted helium had nary expectations of rekindling a romance with his ex.

Speaking connected The Morning After podcast conscionable 2 days aft Scott made his claims connected the show, Ron said: "Why has helium said that? It isn’t true.

"I had an inkling. I knew she was single; I knew she would astir apt beryllium unfastened to going backmost on. So, successful my head, arsenic you do, if I was astir apt successful a mates and plain sailing with someone, it wouldn’t astonishment maine if they threw her successful to spice things up. Everyone’s caput was connected that if they had an ex who was single; we each benignant of spoke astir it.

"We wondered, 'Would your ex bash it?' So we were disquieted astir it, and obviously, Ronnie’s Harriett came in.

"I would person been OK due to the fact that if I saw her, we would beryllium friendly. We ended truthful well; thing went wrong, truthful it would really beryllium rather casual for me.

"I deliberation it was due to the fact that the boys would tease maine astir it. We utilized to accidental it to Scott, what if Kady [McDermott] comes in. It does play with your head. Regardless of however it ended you don’t privation to spot your ex."

Makeup creator Lana appeared to instrumentality a swipe astatine Ron erstwhile helium exited the villa.

She toasted his departure by sharing a representation of herself enjoying a portion successful a bar.

In the caption, she simply wrote: "The Bar" alongside an emoji illustration rising disconnected the leafage and a winking face.

Fans commented that it appeared to beryllium a excavation astatine Ron, with her "setting the barroom high" for him erstwhile helium returned to All Stars.

"Another Ron dig??," wrote 1 fan, prompting different to respond: "he virtually stated his barroom is high, she was however precocious the barroom was acceptable at.. it's the truth, acold from a dig."

"What an indirect" laughed another, portion a 4th said: "Well that's not cryptic! ;)"

Ron's exit scenes aired connected Monday night, with him pulling the pack to the firepit to explicate his determination conscionable days aft Scott besides walked.

"I cognize we’ve conscionable mislaid Scott, and I cognize it’s s**t, but it is my time," helium told everyone.

"There’s lone truthful overmuch that I tin do, sitting successful the sun, conscionable benignant of staring astatine the doorway for the close person.

"I conscionable don’t cognize whether that close idiosyncratic is going to travel successful for me, truthful I americium going to spell tonight."

He'd antecedently told the boys of the decision:  "My clip is done... I think, not having a couple, not having, similar that beardown transportation with anyone, I’m a precise logical person."

"It’s like, what accidental is determination that the close idiosyncratic volition locomotion done the door? I privation to permission connected a blessed note."

During his archetypal clip successful the villa, Ron recovered himself successful request – archetypal coupling up with Lana earlier helium was "stolen" successful a recoupling by Tanyel Revan.

He remained with Tanyel for the next mates of weeks, but yet returned to Lana, with the brace making it to the last together.

The brace were runners up of the Winter 2023 series, with Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrinanan – who are present engaged to beryllium married – taking location the win.