Lucie Donlan didn’t have the easiest ride on Love Island (Picture: ITV)

Lucie Donlan revealed she almost walked out of Love Island after feeling like the girls in the villa ganged up on her, leaving her feeling alone and in tears.

Fans were concerned about the surfer after then-partner Joe Garratt was shown telling her to stay away from other boys, as her co-stars made a big deal of her friendship with Tommy Fury.

‘I did think about quitting. There was one night when I was really upset, because the girls had drilled it into Joe that I shouldn’t be spending all this time with Tommy,’ she said.

‘After that, I didn’t really want to speak to them because I felt I couldn’t trust them enough. I thought if I did, they might bitch about me behind my back.




‘I can remember sitting there crying and thinking, “Will it be like this all the way through? Oh God, I won’t be able to cope with that”.’

She also explained that all she ‘wanted to do was have a laugh’ but found it tough because the girls ‘aren’t like her’.

Lucie had been left in tears several times during her stay in the Villa (Picture: Love Island / ITV2)

Producers convinced Lucie to sleep on her decision, and she admits her situation improved after Maura Higgins and Arabella Chi entered the villa.

She continued to the Sun: ‘We [her and Maura] both had a hard time and supported each other. When she first came into the villa, she said to me, “I realise how they’ve been treating you and I don’t like to see it, so I’m going to back you”.’

Lucie revealed that Arabella spoke to the other girls about their antics, and they had ‘denied it’ at first, but she quickly saw changes in their behaviour.

‘They denied it but they obviously realised bad things were being shown on TV and they didn’t like it, so they backed off after that,’ she added.

Lucie eventually left the show after she was voted off by the other Islanders, who thought Amy Hart and Curtis Pritchard should stay over her and George Rains.

Love Island continues daily, at 9pm, on ITV2.

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