Liberty Poole has opened up about her “secret chat” with Hugo Hammond on Love Island.
During an interview with Closer magazine, Hugo revealed the former Nandos waitress pulled him for a chat in the villa, but the scene was never shown.
Liberty took part in an Instagram Q&A on Saturday, and one fan asked: “I heard about a secret chat with Hugo, was there anything there?”
Liberty set the record straight, saying: “This ‘intimate chat’, it was literally just me and Hugo sat down. I was like, ‘What do you do?'”
“Blah blah blah. It was very much just friends, there was no sexual chemistry there between us.”
“I love Hugo as a mate, but that’s all the chat was,” she insisted.
The 21-year-old was coupled up with Jake Cornish since day 1 of this year’s series, but she ended her romance with the water engineer just days before the final, and they dramatically left the villa together.
According to Hugo, he “had a chat or two” with Liberty after Jake showed an interest in Millie Court when she entered the villa as a bombshell.
The PE teacher said: “When I came out I spoke to my family about my experience, and I was like, ‘Did you see Lib pulled me for a chat when Jake went and had a chat with Mills?’ And I don’t think it was shown but yeah me and Lib had a chat or two then.”
Lucinda Strafford, who was being interviewed alongside Hugo, responded: “Oh was that not shown?”
Hugo replied: “I don’t think so, ’cause I was telling my family and they were like, ‘What you on about?’”
After Hugo refused to reveal any more about their chat, Lucinda said: “Obviously Jake was getting to know Millie so… She was exploring her options wasn’t she?”
Hugo replied: “Yeah I think so.”
