Scots Love Island star Lydia Karakyriakou has described her experience in Casa Amor as a "whirlwind" after she was dumped from the Villa on Thursday night.
Lydia arrived as a bombshell on Monday and instantly took to footballer Tom, and the pair spent time getting to know each other, despite him being coupled with Samie.
But that all came to a crashing end last night when a recoupling event happened and the boys had to decide if they wanted to recouple or stick.
Tom decided to remain with Samie, meaning Lydia was booted from the ITV2 show.
And following her exit, Lydia said: "For me it was very 50/50, it could have gone either way. There wasn’t any indication at all that Tom was saying he and Samie had something really good, or that they were really strong.
"Any comment like that would have made me think, ‘Right ok, it could definitely be Samie.’ So I definitely was surprised. At the same time, I obviously understood. But it wasn’t nice to hear.
"I don’t know why Tom didn’t choose to couple up with me and give himself longer to get to know me, as he said he wanted to give me the same time and effort as he gave to Samie.
"For me it felt like he did want to continue things and see if it could be more than what they had.
"It was a whirlwind. It went so, so quick. As much as I’m obviously gutted to leave as I’d have liked to have experienced it a bit more. The girls got along so well, we clicked so well, it was such a good group dynamic.
"I did think I was making a genuine connection with someone as well so it obviously felt great. It was all good... obviously until the dumping!"
Love Island continues on Sunday at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX.
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