Love Island 2023’s Haris shuts down rumours he dumped ex for show

By Lauren Morris

Published: Friday, 13 January 2023 at 12:00 am

Love Island star Haris Namani has hit back at rumours that he dumped his ex-girlfriend to go on the show, revealing that he’s “shocked” by the claim.

The 21-year-old TV salesman will be making his Love Island debut on Monday – however since the full line-up was announced earlier this week, Haris’ ex-girlfriend and influencer Courtney Hodgson took to Instagram to label him the “biggest game player going”.

“Leaving me for a TV show,” she wrote in the comments to Love Island announcing Haris in the line-up. “I called it from the second he left me.”

Speaking to RadioTimes.com and other press ahead of his debut on the ITV2 show, Haris spoke out about their former relationship.

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Haris Namani on winter Love Island 2023.
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“So basically, the situation I had with Courtney, we were seeing each other throughout Summer, then it came after Summer, like September time to the start of October and I said to Courtney, ‘I don’t think it’s going to work out.’

“After a few months, I never saw a future with Courtney, you could say, or like even bringing her home – she never met my mum or dad or my two sisters or my brother. I didn’t think it would have [happened] anyway. And that’s it.”

He added that the influencer sees their relationship from “a different view”.

“You could probably say she was a bit more interested in me than I was in her. I’m a bit shocked to be fair, but there’s nothing else I can say on that one.”