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Charlotte McIntyre

Love Island's Megan Barton-Hanson denies rumours she's reunited with Towie ex James Lock

Megan Barton-Hanson split from her Towie ex James Lock last year and the Love Island star has denied a reunion is on the cards for the former couple.

Rumours began circulating over the bank holiday weekend that the former couple were working on their relationship after being spotted looking cosy.

The Towie star's car was reportedly seen parked outside Megan's house in Essex early on Sunday morning.

However, a representative for the Love Island star confirmed to the Mirror that Megan has not reunited with James and is "still single" while a representative for James confirmed he is also very much still single".

The pair sparked reunion rumours when they were looking cosy together at a party in London last month.

Megan and James met on Ex On The Beach (@meganbartonhanson_/Instagram)
Megan has confirmed she's "still single" (Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Gay Times)

Megan and James were attending the Releaf launch party at Century Club in London together.

The Love Island star wore a silver tight fitted short dress, styled with gold bracelets, rings and a watch while James looked dapper in an all black outfit, featuring a buttoned-up shirt.

The pair have been romantically linked since 2021 and met while they were filming Ex On The Beach.

After returning to the UK, the pair were first spotted all over each at an event in October 2021 before later splitting just after Christmas of that year.

Megan moved on with Demi Sims after splitting with James (@meganbartonhanson_/Instagram)

They later reunited in March 2022, with James gifting her a breast-shaped cake for her birthday before they split again.

Despite rumours that they on-off again couple may be reuniting, Megan has firmly denied this is the case.

A source recently claimed that the Love Island star and Towie stalwart have been in talks on whether to give their relationship another try.

“Megan and James seem to have this magnetic pull to one another," a source told The Sun.

“The attraction between them is pretty strong and they spent time together over the weekend discussing everything that had gone on between them. They weren’t trying to hide anything.”

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