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What Luca Bish's exes said about him as he's accused of 'controlling behaviour'

Luca Bish has been causing controversy on Love Island after he had an explosive reaction to one of the Movie Night clips, and accused Gemma Owen of flirting with Billy Brown.

In the clip, Billy went to put his arm around Gemma but she drew the line at his advances, telling him "friends don't hug".

Luca was fuming while watching the clip and said: "Just bring me a f**king bird in and watch. Trust me when I say, if she wants to f**king play games with me, I'll play with it.'

He added: "I can't be with someone like that, I'm sorry."

Love Island fans have been outraged by his actions and have accused him of showing "controlling behaviour" as they say Gemma should dump him. Luca's own family even made an apology on his behalf.

As viewers are left angry about how he treated Gemma, here's who else Luca has dated and what they've said about him.

Sophie Floyd said Luca was 'massively disrespectful'

Luca's ex Sophie said he was 'massively disrespectful' to her (sophfloyd/Instagram)

Before entering the Love Island villa, Luca had come out of a long-term relationship with Youtuber Sophie Floyd.

Sophie is a tattooist and YouTuber and has over 270,000 subscribers.

She and Luca met while at school in their home town of Brighton and dated for over four years, before suddenly calling it quits in 2021.

Speaking about his relationship with Sophie before going on Love Island, Luca said: "I came out of a four-year relationship about a year ago.

"I was enjoying being in a relationship, there were just things I didn’t like and we drifted apart."

But it seems that Sophie doesn't agree with his version of events, in an old YouTube video she hit out at Luca about how their relationship ended.

Speaking to her subscribers about the relationship, she said: "As a lot of you have kind of gathered, me and Luca aren't together anymore.

"It's a lot. I've been dealing with that and all the things that come with that. Very sudden, very unexpected, weird.

"We've been together since we were like 17 so it's such a long time to grow up with someone... We were literally best friends."

Sophie went on to say that Luca wasn't who she thought he was, she added: "It feels very similar to grief that I've felt before. He's maybe not who he was and he's maybe not who I thought he was as well, which is f*****g hard to deal with."

She didn't hold back while opening up about their split as she revealed: "He did f*****g hurt me and he was massively disrespectful to me towards the end, which is why I kind of just had to put things to bed and move forward."

Saffron Barker wished Luca good luck

Luca dated Saffron Barker briefly after his split from Sophie (Instagram)

Sophie isn't the only YouTuber Luca has dated, he also had a brief fling with Saffron Barker before going into the villa.

Luca and Saffron also met at the same school and dated for a few months shortly after his split from Sophie.

He told Metro: “We used to go to the same school in Brighton.

“I think she had just come out of a relationship. And then yeah, that was it. We just kind of hit the ground running a bit. We still remain really good mates.”

Luca said that they split up because Saffron, who also appeared on Strictly Come Dancing in 2019, had a "very busy lifestyle".

In an interview with OK!, Luca explained how dating Saffron gave him his first glimpse of fame.

He said: “I remember going to Pizza Express and kids were running up to the window and taking pictures of us, while I was stuffing my face with dough balls.”

Unlike with Sophie, it seems that Luca and Saffron are actually still on good terms.

When he announced he'd be joining the cast of Love Island this year on his Instagram, Saffron commented “Good luck Luca” followed by a red heart emoji.

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