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Lucy Domachowski

Love Island star claims show bosses begged her to return to villa with ex for new series

Love Island favourite Chloe Burrows has claimed ITV bosses begged her to return to the villa for the upcoming summer series.

What’s more, the 27-year-old has sensationally said that casting staff asked her to make a comeback on the show alongside her ex-boyfriend Toby Aromolaran.

The former reality show star, who rose to fame on the ITV2 hit programme in 2021, has opened up in a tell-all podcast episode.

She sat down with YouTube stars The Fellas to dish the behind-the-scenes dirt on the dating show ahead of the new season airing in less than eight weeks’ time.

In a section of the podcast which has now reportedly been taken out of the video posted this week, Chloe claimed she was requested to return to the Majorcan villa for a second stint.

Chloe and Toby were runners up in 2021 (Matt Frost/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
Chloe and Toby were together for over a year (chloeburrows/Instagram)

Chloe claims she was asked to return for Casa Amor this year and that her ex-boyfriend Toby, 24, who she met on Love Island and split with last year, had also been asked to appear.

"They asked me and Toby to go on this one, the Casa Amor one, but it was unpaid," Chloe told the podcast hosts.

"Because you have to enter as a contestant, that's the way it's fair because everyone is on the same level."

She then divulged exactly how much the reality stars are paid while taking part in the show.

"It's a game show, so it's like £375 a week," Chloe revealed of the contestants' salaries.

Chloe and Toby with Millie and Liam on the show (Matt Frost/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

Her confession comes just weeks after she opened up about her split with ex-Toby for the first time and described the ordeal as the "saddest time of my whole life".

Chloe and Toby, who found love in the Spanish Villa during the seventh season, went their separate ways in October last year after 13 months of dating.

The blonde bombshell won the hearts of the viewers with her down-to-earth nature and the ex-couple went on to finish as runner-up behind winners Millie Court and Liam Reardon.

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