Love Island star Tasha Ghouri reportedly had a few secret dates with Strictly Come Dancing champion Giovanni Pernice.
The ITV2 contestant - who is the first deaf person on the series - and Giovanni connected on Instagram and started DMing each other.
According to an insider, they ended up meeting up in January this year, a month after he won Strictly with deaf star Rose Ayling-Ellis.
"'They have a lot in common, both being dancers, and he had just learned a lot about the deaf community performing with Rose on Strictly, who Tasha really admires," a source claimed to MailOnline.
"Tasha was impressed by how gentlemanly he was, taking her out to top London restaurants and offering to send cars to collect her, but she's independent and always made her own way to see him.
"Their romance didn't progress because Giovanni was travelling a lot with the Strictly tour and Tasha was already involved with someone else."
Mirror have contacted Giovanni and Love Island for comment.
It was recently reported that Tasha dated Too Hot To Handle star Robert Van Tromp for several months before they parted ways.
The two supposedly connected in October last year and dated until March, three months before she went into the villa.
"Robert is gutted after seeing Tasha on Love Island," a source told the same publication.
"She ticks all his boxes and he had hoped to reconnect with her after regretting their breakup."
Meanwhile, Tasha is currently living it up in the villa and is coupled up with Andre Le Page, thanks to the public vote.
Before Tasha stepped into the villa, it was noticed that she already has a famous friend.
In October 2021, blonde beauty Tasha uploaded a snap of herself looking totally different while donning a black wig.
Rose, who won Strictly with Giovanni, double-tapped the snap and liked the photo – proving the pair have known each other for some time.
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And just like EastEnders ' Rose, Tasha strives to raise awareness for deaf people.
Back in 2019, Tasha didn't wear her cochlear implant in order to raise money and awareness for National Deaf Children's Society.
Taking to Instagram she penned: "Hey guys, so I am going to be deaf for the day on the Friday 1st March, not wearing my cochlear implant at all. I will still be attending dance college as normal and will still be participating in the lessons.
"This is going to be the hardest and biggest challenge that I’ll ever do! I will be so grateful for any kind of donations. Please take the time to read about this on my just giving page, please share this around!"
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