Love Island's Molly-Mae has been caught clutching an illicit item, previously thought to have been confiscated.

But, it turns out that she managed to smuggle it through security.

The item in question? A teddy bear (well, elephant, to be exact).

Tommy Fury looked shock when he woke-up in last night's Aftersun, as he was face to face with a soft toy spreadeagled across Molly-Mae's face.

Love Island TX 7 – Tommy Fury
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Although voice-over Iain Stirling had suggested it had been confiscated earlier in the series, the footage confirmed it had been smuggled through.

Later, we saw a security guard rifling through Molly-Mae's luggage, and allowing her to keep the toy.

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Named Ellie Belly, Molly-Mae gave us the lowdown on the toy:

"We have Ellie Belly, he's literally been with me since I was a baby. So he has to come in the villa."

It's also some of the most cutting symbolism the show has ever seen. After all, there exists a figurative elephant in the room surrounding Tommy, Molly-Mae and a third intruder.

After only just managing to escape a love triangle between himself, Lucie and Joe, Tommy is now having to deal with a metaphorical bedfellow in Anton.

Love Island TX 7 – Tommy Fury and Anton Danyluk
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Anton dropped the bombshell in last night's episode, talking to Tommy first.

"I’m going to have chats with Molly-Mae later on. I just feel, out of respect for you, I would always say that," the gym owner said.

Anton later spoke to Molly-Mae: “Obviously, I’m just going to keep getting to know you. You’re the only girl in here that I’ve got an interest in, to have something more than a friendship. That’s how I feel.”

There's two elephants in the room, then, for Tommy to deal with. Best give security a ring...


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