Ollie has quit (Picture: Rex)

Ollie Williams has quit Love Island after just three days.

ITV has confirmed that the 23-year-old has made the decision to leave the villa, with Ollie explaining his decision in the beach hut.

He said: ‘I have to be honest with myself, and everyone, that I do still love someone else… I have to follow my heart in this scenario and it would be wrong for me to ignore these feelings.

‘At the end of the day, this is Love Island and it’s about finding love. If I carried on anything with Paige, or any other girl that might come into the villa, it wouldn’t be fair on them.’




Ollie had already become one of the most controversial islanders in the show’s history, after he was pictured posing with dead animals online.

However, the heir has claimed he is leaving the show due to feelings for his ex-girlfriend Laura Nofer, 23, who he dated for 18 months before they split last year, and apparently, three days in the South African villa has made him have a change of heart.

Ollie reportedly has feelings for his ex (Picture: Raquel Fernandes/ITV/REX )

A source told The Sun: ‘The show made Ollie realise he wasn’t ready to be in another serious relationship and he still has really strong feelings for Laura.

‘Meeting girls who were so different to him and his background only clarified how he felt about his ex and he felt it was only fair to leave the competition and sort his head out.

‘He told producers and acted on his feelings as soon as he made up his mind.’

Ollie is currently coupled up with Paige Turley, who was unimpressed in Monday night’s episode when her partner admitted to having cheated on his ex ‘eight or nine times’.

Just before the news broke of Ollie’s exit, a first look from tonight’s episode saw the Scottish singer confront Ollie about his chat with Siânnise Fudge – when he told the Bristol beauty consultant that he was interested in her as well as Paige.

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Ollie says: ‘I said to everyone here, I don’t fancy anyone else in this villa’ – with Paige firing back: ‘Well that’s a lie, that’s an absolute lie. You never said that ’cause you told Siânnise the very opposite.’

Following the first episode of Love Island on 12 January, 231 people complained to Ofcom about Ollie’s inclusion in the line-up.

Williams – whose claims he will inherit the Lanhydrock estate in Cornwall aren’t that accurate – is director of a hunting business called Cornish Sporting Agency, which organises ‘tailor-made hunting trips to South Africa and other destinations’, and was pictured posing with a client and a dead eland bull on Instagram in a now deleted image.

Elands – a type of antelope – are listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

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A source close to Ollie denied that he was hunting for sport, telling The Sun: ‘It is categorically untrue to suggest Ollie is involved in hunting for sport. Ollie is a passionate conservationist and worked with an anti-poaching unit in Mozambique.



‘Conservation is crucial to the survival of animals and as part of that work Ollie was involved in the culling of sick animals who were a threat to the health of the herd.

‘There is a very big and important difference between trophy hunting and the conversation work Ollie has previously been involved in. At no point has Ollie organised or booked anybody to go to Africa to shoot game.’

Ollie was coupled up with Paige (Picture: Rex)

Wildlife conservationist Chris Packham called for Williams to be removed from the villa, telling the Daily Mail: ‘We should be naming and shaming. Why on earth are ITV thinking about giving this man a platform?

‘You can’t give a platform to people who are killing wildlife for fun.’

Love Island host Laura Whitmore also admitted that the pictures of Ollie with dead animals upset her.

It is unclear if two female islanders will still get the boot in the first dumping of the series.

Shaughna Phillips and Leanne Amaning have been left vulnerable after twins Eve and Jess Gale chose to couple up with Callum Jones and Mike Boateng.

Love Island continues at 9pm on ITV2.

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