Love Island's Sammy Root addresses Elma Pazar split rumours - 'Fans overestimated our connection'

It's been three months since and , 32, left the : All Stars villa together. Upon leaving the villa, the pair were welcomed back by their TOWIE castmates who through a celebratory brunch, and fans watched their new relationship unfold on camera.

Off camera, the pair continued to post on social media, although fans recently noticed a shift in how often they post. Last month, rumours escalated further when in which fans feared she branded her partner a "red flag".

Sammy has now set the record straight, and revealed exactly why we don't see much of the couple online anymore. Plus, he reveals the full extent of his relationship with Elma before Love Island.

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Speaking exclusively to the , Sammy, who won the show in 2023 with ex , said: "It's going well. We're just doing our own thing, staying as private as we can. Once you've been in the public eye, you'll always get people's opinions so we keep ourselves to ourselves really."

Although Sammy declared "a private life is a happy life," the star is aware that with that, comes speculation of a split. Sammy doesn't let the outside noise get to him, although he revealed that the words affect Elma that little bit more.

"I'm very good at blocking outside noise, I don't let it get to me," he said. "I think Elma probably lets it get to her a little bit more, which is why I'm here to bring her back down to Earth."

Sammy continued: "You're always going to have people saying stuff whatever you're doing, that's just part of life. You've got to get used to outside noise and block it out really."

Elma had a rocky start to her Love Island: All Stars journey, after things didn't work out with . However, as soon as her TOWIE co-star Sammy Root walked through the door, sparks through and the pair only had eyes for each other throughout.

It wasn't the first time fans had seen chemistry between the two onscreen. The pair had previously been flirty on - with many sceptics believing their "plan" was to go in Love Island together. However, Sammy has now revealed that there was nothing going on between the two away from the TOWIE cameras.

"Neither of us had a clue each other was going in," he said. "I think everyone overestimated this connection we had. We'd filmed on TOWIE and maybe flirted a little bit, but what you guys saw was the full extent of it. There was nothing going on behind closed doors. We never really texted, we never kissed or anything."

TOWIE fans have seen Sammy and Elma's relationship play out post-villa in the most recent series, and fans can expect to see more of their relationship in Portugal next season

"We're flying out to Portugal soon to to film a new season, which I'm very excited for, so hopefully we can show you guys a little bit more of me and Elma when we're out there," he said.

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