Love Island: All Stars' Grace Jackson has opened up on her romance with Marcus Rashford for the first time.
The reality TV star, who appeared on the 11th series of Love Island, reportedly enjoyed a series of dates with the football star, before they called time on their budding relationship weeks before she entered the villa.
Speaking to new love interest Luca Bish on the ITV spin-off show, she clarified the nature of their relationship when being asked about her famous exes.
"No, we were out in a group having food... we weren't dating but we was chatting a little and texting," she said of Marcus.
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She opened up about the difficulties of their relationship that Manchester United fans posed, adding: "It's difficult because he can't go out and just go on a normal date. All these f**king United fans were like commenting, thousands of comments on my pictures like, 'cause they loved me.
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"When the article came out, he scored two goals and he hadn't scored for like ages, so they said, 'You fixed him!'
"It would have been a bit different, because he couldn't really date. So he'd be like, 'I wanna see you, just come to mine and chill with me', but I'm like, 'I don't really wanna…'."
She said that things "got weird" between the pair, and that the attention on their relationship "changed the vibe".
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Marcus split with his childhood sweetheart Lucia Loi in 2023, while Grace previously dated Joey Essex and Reuben Collins.
Grace and Joey dated before his time on Love Island in 2024, but briefly rekindled their romance in the villa.
Grace ultimately ended up with Reuben, with their relationship continuing after the show for a number of weeks.
Reuben has been supportive of Grace's stint on All Stars following their breakup, commenting, “Now that’s a bombshell!! 🤩👏🏽”, on an Instagram post announcing the news.
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