Charlie Brake has shrugged off suggestions of embarrassment after his invitation of dinner was publicly rejected by Laura Woods.
The Love Island star tried his luck on Twitter after Arsenal came from behind to beat West Ham 3-1 on Boxing Day. Goals from Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli and Eddie Nketiah ensured that Mikel Arteta’s side remained top of the Premier League upon their return to action after the World Cup.
The win was music to the ears of Brake, who competed in the 2018 edition of Love Island, and TV presenter Woods, who are both Arsenal fans. Both took to social media to celebrate the win, which has the Gunners seven points clear at the top of the table ahead of Manchester City ’s match against Leeds on Thursday.
Woods tweeted: " Ben White is magic," to her 664,000 followers. Brake fired his shot in the comments section by responding with: "You're magic," complete with a wand emoji.
The ITV and talkSPORT presenter replied with three laughing emojis and a polite: "Thank you Charlie." But he was not done there, adding an ambitious invite of: "Dinner?"
Woods was not remotely tempted, writing back: "I'm not hungry but thank you” along with a rosy-cheeked smiling emoji.
The replies underneath his rejection did not make for happy reading for Brake, who was quickly bombarded with memes poking fun at his unwanted approach. It doesn’t seem to have bothered him, though, judging by his subsequent tweets.
“If you don’t buy a ticket you don’t win the raffle,” he tweeted to his 49,000 followers. In a separate post he added: “Dinner anyone?” alongside a magic wand.
He may not have got a date with Woods, but Brake seems to be doing just fine in other elements of his life. As well as Arsenal being top of the Premier League, he has also been dubbed Love Island’s richest ever contestant thanks to the fact his grandfather founded food distribution company Brakes.
After covering the World Cup for ITV, Woods was back presenting Premier League action for Prime Video during the festive season. The 35-year-old recently revealed that she found Twitter addictive, but has decided to take a more measured approach to the social media platform.
“I used to read all my tweets, when I had much fewer followers, and I used that for instant feedback, whether it was good or bad, and I found it addictive,” Woods told the Guardian.
“I take time away from it, I don’t read all of it. I find myself typing a response and then I delete it and go: ‘Why get involved in this now?’ It is a bit like seeing a fight or an argument and you don’t need to get involved. You can just walk away and have a great day.”
