Casey O’Gorman has admitted he and Claudia were “friends with benefits” after Love Island.
The Love Island stars struck up a romance during the 2023 winter series of the hit dating show, but their relationship hit the rocks when bombshell Rosie Seabrook entered the villa.
Casey began to pursue Rosie romantically, leaving Claudia heartbroken.
Shortly after leaving the villa, Casey confirmed he and Rosie had called it quits, after failing to make their relationship work in the real world.
Casey then started hanging out with Claudia again, and the pair went on “double dates” with their co-stars Tom Clare and Samie Elishi.
The pair were later soaking up the sun in Ibiza with different groups, and met up to pose for a sweet snap together – sending fans into a frenzy.
Speaking exclusively to Goss.ie during his appearance on the Goss Island podcast, Casey admitted: “We might have overstepped the friendship boundary maybe once or twice on a night out, but it is very much just friends.”
“And since that happened, we’ve basically said we can’t be doing that. We’re just going to stay being friends,” Casey continued.
When questioned whether it was a “friends with benefits” situation for a while before it fizzled out, the Love Island star admitted: “Yeah”.
“I genuinely feel like if I would’ve stayed with Claudia ’til the end of the show, we probably wouldn’t be friends right now. It probably would’ve ended a lot worse and a lot more emotions would’ve got involved.”
“So, as much as – in a way I wish I stayed with Claudia, I think it’s turned out for the best now, because we are such good mates.”
“If people do fake [their feelings on Love Island], I don’t know how they do it,” Casey continued.
“I could never do it and actually fake emotions being in there, because in there it’s just so intense and fair play to anyone that does, but I don’t know how they could do it.”
The eighth episode of Goss Island is now live across all streaming platforms, including Spotify and iTunes.
This week, host Alan Cawley is joined by Casey O’Gorman, who shot to fame on the winter series of Love Island this year.
Casey explains what’s REALLY going on between him and Claudia, reveals how he could get “revenge” on Lana now that she’s single, and shares his honest thoughts on this year’s Islanders…
Listen or watch the full episode below:
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