Love Island’s Eve Gale has set the record straight on her shock romance with Demi Sims.
The TV personality confirmed last month that she was dating the former TOWIE star, and previously admitted that she “loves” her.
Now, the 24-year-old has addressed speculation surrounding their budding relationship.
Eve spoke about her and Demi while on the Private Story podcast, and said: “It’s actually so crazy because I went on that podcast and Demi mentioned the date and, after that, suddenly it was like my ‘coming out’.
“I didn’t see it like that, it was a date. Everyone’s gone crazy with it like, ‘oh my god, they’re official and in a relationship, she’s my girlfriend’.”
“Obviously she’s not my girlfriend, we just had a little date,” she clarified.
Jess, Eve’s twin sister, chimed in that the pair are “taking it slow”.
Last month, the reality star broke her silence on the possible romance between her and Demi.
She confessed to The Sun: “I love Demi, she’s a really great girl. Because of the dates, a lot of people think we’re in a really serious relationship.”
“But it’s very chilled and I really like being in her company.”
“We’re just seeing where it goes to be honest,” she admitted.
The influencer continued: “I haven’t been on a date with her since. I’ve seen her a couple times out and about with everyone else.”
“We’re both really busy, I’ve been away and she’s always away. I think she’s in Spain at the moment.”
The pair first opened up about their romance during an episode of Demi’s new podcast, Sims Squared, with her sister Frankie at the beginning of April.
Demi confessed: “Me and Eve went on a date last week for anyone watching and it was our first date, wasn’t it?”
Eve said: “We kind of had other dates, but it’s not been a date date. That was like our first date. I had the best time.”
The pair then admitted that they had previously enjoyed a flirty friendship after meeting three years ago at a Boohoo event, and said: “We have been speaking for like three years.”
Demi spoke about their first date, and admitted: “I was nervous [the date] was going to get awkward, you know because usually we’ve always got people around?”
“I was thinking, ‘Is there going to be any awkward silences?’, then when I picked you up, you were chewing my ear off. I actually didn’t get a word in.”
She continued: “And then we got there, had a drink, had so much food…and yeah, it was quite a short date to be fair.”
“It was quite a private date, though, because we were in Amazonico and we were in this booth and everyone was behind us.”
Demi added: “People assume we’re besties, don’t they?”
Then, Eve admitted that she only has eyes for her, and said: “I said this to Demi, I never would actually go on a date with another girl.”
Eve appeared on Love Island: All Stars earlier this year alongside her twin sister Jess – where she struck up a brief romance with Casey O’Gorman.
