THE real reason behind Tom Clare’s split with Love Island ex Samie Elishi has been revealed – and their furious feud since their break up.
Tonight it was teased that Tom, 24 – who shot to fame on the ITV2 show in 2023 – is one of the latest bombshells to arrive for the All Stars series.
The northern hunk caught they eye of a number of his former Islanders during his first stint on the show, including Olivia Hawkins, Ellie Spence and Zara Deniz Lackenby-Brown.
Tom eventually placed third alongside then-girlfriend Samie, 23 – however they broke up weeks after returning to the UK because it “wasn’t working on the outside”.
The star has mentioned how it would be if he came face to face with Samie again – after admitting that they argued a lot in the past.
When asked how he would feel if he came across any former flames, Tom said: “I think it’s hard because I was obviously in love with Sammy so I don’t know how I would react.
“We haven’t seen each other in a long time and things have been said. It would be difficult seeing her.
“Although we might have argued a bit, she’s got a good heart and I haven’t got a bad way to say about her.”
Back in April last year The Sun revealed that Tom and Samie had gone their separate ways.
A source said at the time: “Samie and Tom have sadly decided to call it a day.
“There is a lot of love and respect there but it just wasn’t going anywhere.
“The distance between them was too much and they are both really focused on their careers post Love Island.”
Samie later took to YouTube to talk about why they had split.
She said: “Me and Tom have broken up. It’s ended on good terms.
“No one’s done anything bad to each other, there’s still lots and lots of love there. It just wasn’t working on the outside and we both agreed on the majority of the things.
“There’s no bad blood there, me and Tom. I would never say a bad word about him and he wouldn’t about me.”
She added: “We just weren’t working on the outside. I feel like when you come out of the villa you’ve got so much pressure and so many other things to worry about that plays a huge factor in a relationship.”
Months later a new feud between the pair was revealed as they took swipes at each other online – despite rumours that they were back on.
It all kicked off when the brunette beauty took to TikTok with her former co-star Ellie.
The girls mimed along to, “So I used to date this guy,” before retching loudly.
Samie captioned the post: “True story x.”
In response, Tom lip-synced to Mariah Carey’s 2009 hit Obsessed from his car, featuring the lyrics, “Why are you so obsessed with me?”
Months before Tom hinted they had got back together after he told The Sun: “I do get a lot of female attention but I’m not interested – I know where my heart is at, lets put it that way.”
Samie had also posted a snap from what looked like Tom’s garden.
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