Returning Love Island star Curtis Pritchard has addressed his last relationship ahead of his turn on All Stars.
The reality star was among the contestants unveiled for the spin-off's second season earlier this week, having originally risen to fame on the main show's fifth season in 2019.
Curtis was recently in a relationship with Sophie Sheridan, though they broke up last year – and in a new interview, he opened up about the split.
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"I had a girlfriend just previously. Obviously it didn’t work out," he told The Sun. "Love doesn’t always last and sometimes people fall out of love – that’s what happened with that one and that’s why I’m here now.
"I’ve not had that much dating. Bar from the Love Islands and Celeb Go Dating series, I did the Mansion during lockdown. Bar them, I’ve not done that much dating."
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The star confirmed that they separated around September, adding: "[Sophie] was amazing, absolutely unbelievable and whoever she ends up with, will be a very, very lucky person… she’s a fabulous girl.
"But sometimes people just fall out of love and it just wasn’t meant to be. So I felt ready from there to experience life and do things again."
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Curtis also addressed how he has changed since his last stint in the villa, explaining: "I just feel that I’m more mature and older. I’m at different points in my life, I feel very mentally driven, physically driven in life, and I just want to go into it open mindedness.
"I’m not trying to create any game plans. I’m not trying to think how I want this to go or previous times, because they were different times in my life, different people.
"I just want to go in there really open-minded and organic. I think that’s the best way to kind of hopefully create a real relationship out of this."
Love Island: All Stars returns at 9pm on January 13, 2025 on ITV2 and ITVX.
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