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Rebecca Cook

Love Island star claims bosses denied her doing Adam Collard-style return for one reason

Love Island star Coco Lodge has claimed to fans that bosses at the ITV2 reality show will not let her return to the villa in a similar fashion to Adam Collard.

The Newcastle lothario shocked ITV viewers last summer when he was unveiled as a new bombshell, reentering the villa four years after he first made his sensationally controversial debut on the show.

The 26-year-old even managed to get significantly further in the competition than he did the first time around, after he coupled up with paramedic Paige Thorne, who he has since split with.

Yet Coco Lodge, who also appeared on the most recent series of the show, has now told fans they cannot expect a similar return for her to the villa.

Coco rose to fame in the summer and caused a stir with fans after her brief romance with Andrew Le Page, who saw their X-rated antics spill out to his now-girlfriend Tasha Ghouri.

However Coco has now made the sensational claim that bosses of the dating show have ‘will not put her back’ in the villa.

Responding to a fan comment on TikTok that suggested she should try her luck on Love Island once again, in a similar vein to Adam, Coco revealed she would not be allowed to do so.

Coco admitted that because she took part in the show as a Casa Amor bombshell, producers would be allegedly unwilling to re-cast her in any future editions of the programme.

The star replied to the fan: "I know but they won't put me back cos I was a casa girl."

The Newcastle lothario shocked ITV viewers last summer (ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

Since leaving the villa, Coco has not been shy about her distaste for her ITV2 co-stars since leaving the show in the summer.

Coco, 27, opened a discussion with her Instagram fans for them to ask her anything in a Q&A session on her social media page.

One fan asked whether she "regretted" going on Love Island earlier this year.

"Do you regret going on Love Island?" the fan asked. "Would you change anything about your time spend on the show?" [sic]

Coco rose to fame in the summer and caused a stir with fans (ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

Coco took the opportunity to share her thoughts, replying: "I mean, yes and no. I've had some amazing opportunities since the show and have a platform that I can help inspire your girls which is what I wanted from the show."

She then took a savage swipe at her former co-stars, who include Gemma Owen and Ekin-Su Culculoglu.

"Anyone who said they went on for Love is a liar,” she savagely wrote.

"As the 'villain' of this season, I've had to deal with a LOT of bulls**t from both the public and the cast and I think some of it is toxic."

The Mirror has contacted Love Island for comment.

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