First Dates Hotel fans were left laughing at their tv sets after a hunky ex-military medic spotted two previous Tinder matches as he continued his look for love.
Gareth had joined a host of other singletons who had jetted of to Italy in their search for their perfect partner and quickly realised he knew a couple of the women there with him.
The first awkward encounter saw Gareth sitting by the hotel's luxurious swimming pool. He spotted a blonde woman in a stunning red dress and she shouted over to him, much to his immediate delight. Realising the single man hadn't recognised her, the lady introduced herself to him as Mandy.
She quickly got to work in telling him of their past, saying: ""How funny is this? We matched on Tinder and Bumble!"
A bewildered Gareth asked: "Did we?" before an unimpressed Mandy said it wasn't funny. "Sorry about that. We’re meeting now though,” he attempted to reassure her.
In the scenes that followed, Gareth is seen going on a date with mum-of-one Carys from Barry in Wales. With lightning seemingly striking twice, the beauty confesses to him across the table: "I'm pretty sure we have spoken before. I remember you have got a little boy."
NHS paramedic Gareth this time does recognise his potential flame, saying: "Yeah, I know who you are. We probably matched on Tinder about three years ago, when I worked away.
Gareth then told the First Dates Hotels cameras: "South Wales is quite a small part of the country. Everyone knows each other. You might have been on a date with someone or their friend and they all know."
The chance meetings left viewers in hysterics, with many rushing to social media to share their thoughts. One user on Twitter joked: "Gareth the Tinder pro!," while another agreed and said: "Gareth gets around on Tinder!"
A third chimed in: "Certainly isn’t Gareth’s first time at the rodeo. If you’ve been on dating sites so much that two birds on the same show coincidentally recognise you, perhaps it’s time to change your ideals?"
Despite their previous matching, they never actually met up. This time however they had a successful date and both admitted in the confessional after their date that they would like to see each other again.
First Dates Hotel continues next Tuesday at 9pm on C4.
