{"id":29449,"date":"2023-01-31T16:18:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T15:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1777654"},"modified":"2023-01-31T16:40:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T15:40:52","slug":"love-island-superfan-sam-thompson-backs-tom-after-ellie-kiss","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/love-island-superfan-sam-thompson-backs-tom-after-ellie-kiss\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Island superfan Sam Thompson backs Tom after Ellie kiss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> The Love Island podcast co-host can see where Tom is coming from. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Grace Henry\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 31 January 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Things are heating up in the <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-winter-2023-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Love Island<\/a> villa, especially for <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2023-contestant-tom-clare\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Tom Clare<\/a> whose big secret is about to come out on tonight\u2019s episode (Tuesday 31st January).<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday night, Tom kissed <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2023-contestant-ellie-spence\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Ellie Spence<\/a> on the terrace moments after telling <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2023-contestant-olivia-hawkins\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Olivia Hawkins<\/a> that he still wanted to get to know her following his split from <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2023-contestant-zara-deniz-lackenby-brown\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Zara Deniz Lackenby-Brown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In tonight\u2019s episode, Zara will spill all to Olivia after learning of events from <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2023-contestant-tanya-manhenga\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Tanya Manhenga<\/a>. And it\u2019s not looking good for Tom who told Olivia in Monday\u2019s episode that he only saw Ellie as a \u201cfriend\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Following Tom\u2019s drama, we spoke to\u00a0Love Island super fan and reality TV star Sam Thompson, who can see where 23-year-old footballer Tom is coming from.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking exclusively to <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> the day after Sunday\u2019s episode, Thompson who hosts the Love Island: The Morning After podcast with season 8 star Indiyah Polack, explained: \u201c<span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\">The thing is, I think about two sides of the fence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\">\u201cThe first side is as a viewer and a fan first, and I\u2019m literally like, \u2018Give me that entertainment!\u2019 I\u2019m there for it.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" 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data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/Ellie-and-Tom-kiss-5eceb56.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Ellie and Tom kiss in Love Island.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>ITV<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\">\u201cAnd you know, you always have to kind of be like, \u2018Well, I feel like he\u2019s not actually with anyone. He is single. He hasn\u2019t declared his love for anyone or anything like that.\u2019 <\/span><span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\">He did just say, \u2018Look, I\u2019ve still got eyes for you\u2019 and all that kind of stuff.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\">However, while Thompson maintains that Tom is technically \u201csingle\u201d, he isn\u2019t keen on the footballer\u2019s communication with the ladies, adding: \u201cBut then, t<\/span><span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\">he communication is terrible. The entertainment value is 10, the communication is a one.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Despite this, the <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/made-in-chelsea-cast\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Made in Chelsea<\/a> star can see some of his own ways in Tom and the <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-winter-2023-cast-line-up\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Love Island 2023 cast<\/a>.<\/p> <p class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\">He continued: \u201cWhat I really find is that I\u2019ve made so many of these mistakes myself. It\u2019s interesting watching other people make them. I go, \u2018Oh I\u2019ve done that!\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\">\u201cThat\u2019s why I love Love Island because you see people \u2013 they\u2019re humans. They\u2019re human beings. And he\u2019s there and he\u2019s acting like he doesn\u2019t know what show he\u2019s on. He\u2019s literally acting like he\u2019s on a night out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\">\u201cHe\u2019s just like, \u2018I don\u2019t even know what\u2019s going on here,\u2019 and then you\u2019ve got someone like Will [Young] who is like, \u2018I want to find a wife instantly.\u2019 All these different characters. It\u2019s so amazing!\u201d<\/span><\/p> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove\" embed=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove__player\" vjs-playlist-player-container=\"\"> <video data-video-id=\"&quot;6319495769112&quot;\" data-account=\"&quot;69912529001&quot;\" data-player=\"&quot;ByeOf0VZEl&quot;\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\"\/><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"&quot;\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js&quot;\"\/><p><b>You can catch TV presenter and radio broadcaster <span class=\"&quot;searchHighlight&quot;\">Sam<\/span> <span class=\"&quot;searchHighlight&quot;\">Thompson<\/span> (<a href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/SamThompsonUK&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">@<span class=\"&quot;searchHighlight&quot;\">Sam<\/span><span class=\"&quot;searchHighlight&quot;\">Thompson<\/span>UK<\/a>) on Hits Radio from Monday \u2013 Thursday at 7pm.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>Love Island airs on ITV2 and ITVX at 9pm. 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