{"id":30800,"date":"2023-03-06T15:08:28","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T14:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1795862"},"modified":"2023-03-06T15:41:25","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T14:41:25","slug":"what-happened-on-love-island-2023-last-night-episode-49-recap","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/what-happened-on-love-island-2023-last-night-episode-49-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"What happened on Love Island 2023 last night? Episode 49 recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Ron isn&#8217;t happy with all the villa gossiping! <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lauren Morris\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 06 March 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>We may be just a week away from the <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2023-final-air-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Love Island 2023 final<\/a>, but the villa pandemonium hasn\u2019t petered out yet thanks to <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2023-contestant-shaq-muhammad\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Shaq Muhammad<\/a> and <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2023-contestant-ron-hall\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Ron Hall<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>From accusations of game-planning to heated conversations and fire pit gossiping, divisions are continuing to form within 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\">season 9 cast<\/a> as the drama unfolds.<\/p>\n<p>If you missed yesterday\u2019s episode, not to worry. We\u2019re here to catch you up with <a href=\"\/\/RadioTimes.com&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com<\/a>\u2018s latest recap video.<\/p>\n<p>Also, don\u2019t forget to check out our companion show,\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-lowdown-casey-claudia-rosie-snog-marry-pie\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">The Love Island Lowdown<\/a>, for all the latest gossip, behind-the-scenes theories and predictions for the rest of season 9.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;ad-placement&quot;\" data-count=\"&quot;646&quot;\">\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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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=\"\"\/> The contestants on winter Love Island 2023.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>\u00a9ITV Plc<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Last night\u2019s episode (Sunday 5th March) kicked off with the group breaking down Friday night\u2019s couple challenge, in which Ron and <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2023-contestant-lana-jenkins\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Lana Jenkins<\/a> were voted the third most likely pair to have a game plan in the villa. Unsurprisingly, Ron wasn\u2019t happy, taking Lana aside to air his grievances before confronting Shaq over his decision to vote for them.<\/p>\n<p>Sat at the firepit, Ron told Shaq that he was worried the results of the challenge would plant a seed of doubt in Lana\u2019s head, while Shaq said that he didn\u2019t want him to take it personally and that it was part of a challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Having hugged it out, Ron discussed the challenge with <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2023-contestant-sanam-harrinanan\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Sanam Harrinanan<\/a>, <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2023-contestant-kai-fagan\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Kai Fagan<\/a>, <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> and <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/love-island-2023-contestant-samie-elishi\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Samie Elishi<\/a>, telling them that he could see why they thought he was playing a game, adding: \u201cWhen I was a viewer I thought, the ones who have their drama nice and early and then get comfy and treat it like a holiday, they\u2019re the ones who are probably like, they just cruise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can see why people probably thought, \u2018Oh Lana and Ron are just cruising through.\u2019 I\u2019m not bothered by any of that. As I know I\u2019m not, otherwise I never would have made her my girlfriend \u2014 it means too much to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He then dished out a bit of advice to <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2023-contestant-rosie-seabrook\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Rosie Seabrook<\/a>, who was questioning whether her relationship with <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/casey-o-gorman-love-island-2023-age-instagram\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Casey O\u2019Gorman<\/a> was one-sided after the challenge, telling her that she should take \u201ca little bit of space\u201d from him and that Casey \u201cloves being one of the \u2018Three Musketeers&#8217;\u201d with Tom and Will.<\/p> <p>If this year\u2019s cast have proven anything this season, it\u2019s that they absolutely love to gossip \u2014 and that\u2019s exactly what they did after Ron\u2019s comments, with Tom telling Casey and Shaq that Ron had revealed his \u201cgame plan\u201d, while Samie did the same with the girls.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Rosie told Casey about her own conversation with Ron, revealing his comments about Casey prioritising the boys over her. It wasn\u2019t long before Casey pulled Ron aside and the two hashed things out, with Ron saying that he never claimed Casey prioritised his time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo why has Rosie said that then?\u201d he said. After pulling Rosie over to clarify, they agree to disagree with Casey saying: \u201cI don\u2019t really know what to think to be honest with you. Ron\u2019s saying one thing, Rosie is saying the other. It\u2019s a sort of he-said-she-said situation and I\u2019m stuck in the middle of it.\u201d<\/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;6321547765112&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>After a day of whispers, gossiping and tense chats, the islanders got ready for another evening in the villa and after toasting to his amazing friendships (oh, the irony!), Ron was dealt a bombshell by Lana.<\/p>\n<p>She sat him down to let him know about what was being said behind his back, saying that the islanders thought he was playing a game. Ron was absolutely livid, storming over to Kai and Sanam to vent. \u201cIt\u2019s all f***ing stemmed from a s****y little game yesterday,\u201d Kai said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a shock yesterday when you\u2019s two were up there, it actually was a shock so now I feel like they\u2019re just like trying to pin it on you\u2019s because you\u2019re still the strongest couple.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the episode leaving us on a major cliffhanger as Ron prepared to go to war over the rumours, we\u2019re on tenterhooks ahead of tonight\u2019s episode \u2013 with Ron set to confront Samie before the annual Love Island talent show.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Love Island continues tonight at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX. 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