After her grueling stay at the villa, dumped Love Island star Helena Ford has revealed that she is looking forward to a second date with an unattainable contestant.
Love Island contestant Helena Ford has spoken for the first time since being dumped from the villa, confirming she intends to remain friends with former partner Harry Cooksley and has even made plans for a double date with him, Meg and Dejon once filming is over.
Helena was eliminated on Thursday night alongside Blu, with whom she was in a friendship couple. The exit followed a turbulent few weeks in which she and Harry went exclusive before he ended their relationship to pursue fellow Islander Shakira Khan.
Despite the breakup, Helena said she wanted to maintain a friendship with Harry. It comes after there was even more chaos in the villa as another couple was dumped just moments after a romantic final date.
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In her exit interview, she said, “I don’t regret saying we would be friends because I was accepting of the situation and starting to move on.” We had such a strong connection, so our friendship was what was most important to me, not losing the relationship. I wished I could stay close to him and avoid him.
Helena stated that, despite the pressures of the villa, the relationship between them would change.
We will be friends without the pressure of seeing each other outside the Villa. Me, Meg, D, and him already planned to work together. We share a lot of similarities, which is the origin of our relationship.
She also addressed the criticism Harry has received from viewers for how he handled the situation.
Actions always have consequences, she said, but I would still support him because of his remorsel. He doesn’t appear to be a bad person; rather, “I don’t believe he knows how to handle certain situations.”
When Helena hugged her fellow Islanders and sent Harry a brief but notable exiting message, her soft side was highlighted during her on-screen exit. She instructed him to “Look after Shakira.”
The gesture came despite previous tensions between Helena and Shakira, as well as an ongoing feud between Shakira and Helena’s friend Meg, which has been described as one of the “biggest feuds in Love Island history.”
Harry acknowledged that he was still in love with Shakira despite being exclusive with Helena, which contributed to the breakdown of their romantic union inside the villa.
Some social media users praised Helena’s statement as showing grace in a difficult situation.
It’s lovely Helena walking away by saying to Harry, “Be good to Shakira,” whatever you think of her. She’s not the mean girl that many people portray her as, according to a fan on X.
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