{"id":30629,"date":"2023-02-26T10:53:30","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T09:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1792114"},"modified":"2023-02-27T11:02:58","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T10:02:58","slug":"love-island-star-martin-tanyas-not-in-love-with-shaq","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/love-island-star-martin-tanyas-not-in-love-with-shaq\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Island star Martin: \u2018Tanya\u2019s not in love with Shaq\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Martin says Shaq’s feelings aren’t actually reciprocated. <\/p>

By Minnie Wright\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Sunday, 26 February 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Dumped Love Island<\/a> star Martin<\/a> has plenty of reason to be a little bitter about how things played out between him and Tanya<\/a> but he seems to be taking it all in his stride.<\/p>\n

Martin joined the Love Island cast<\/a> as one of the Casa Amor bombshell boys earlier in the season and quickly hit it off with original islander Tanya.<\/p>\n

The pair got pretty close during the course of Casa, leaving many viewers (and Tanya herself) questioning her feelings for partner Shaq<\/a>, who was back in the main villa remaining steadfastly faithful and waiting for her to come back.<\/p>\n

Tanya ultimately made the decision to recouple with new boy Martin, bringing him back to the main villa with her \u2013 much to the disappointment of lovelorn Shaq.<\/p>\n

However, things clearly weren\u2019t over between the original couple.<\/p>

With Tanya and Shaq eventually rekindling things, Martin was left in the lurch \u2013 and he wound up dumped from the show on Friday (24th February) when the pair officially recoupled again.<\/p>\n

However, he isn\u2019t departing without first getting a few choice words off his chest.<\/p>\n

Admitting he wasn\u2019t surprised to be dumped (\u201cI was in a couple, but I\u2019ve been quite single for a while\u201d), Martin recalled his initial connection with Tanya.<\/p>\n

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Love Island star Martin left the villa on Friday.<\/span><\/figcaption> ITV<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

\u201cMeeting Tanya at Casa Amor was great,\u201d he said. \u201cShe\u2019s a beautiful girl, a sweet, sweet girl as well. We had a very good thing going at Casa Amor; the connection was there, the vibes were there. It felt great to explore that.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was only right that we tried to continue that at the villa. Obviously that didn\u2019t happen, but getting to know her was great. I felt like we definitely had a connection at Casa Amor.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe followed her heart \u2013 which was fair enough \u2013 but she went about it the wrong way\u201d Martin added. \u201cThat\u2019s what I had a problem with. I felt like I needed to know before her little speech at the bridge. She should have told me earlier and given me a head\u2019s up. I feel I deserved that little bit of respect. I didn\u2019t get that. That\u2019s why the row happened. I told her good luck and I wish her and Shaq well.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I left the villa as well I said good luck as I saw she felt so bad. She did what she had to do, she just went about it the wrong way really.\u201d<\/p>\n

But the big question is: are Shaq\u2019s feelings for Tanya actually reciprocated? Well, Martin thinks not.<\/p>\n

Asked if Tanya and Shaq are in love, he replied: \u201cGenuinely, I think Shaq might be in love with her. But I don\u2019t think she\u2019s in love with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

We wonder how this will all pan out\u2026<\/p>