Love Island star Liberty Poole has admitted she is feeling 'overwhelmed' after finally being reunited with her mobile phone since leaving the villa.
The 21-year-old waitress from Birmingham decided to quit the ITV2 dating show after ending her relationship with boyfriend Jake Cornish.
Friday's episode saw the other girls in tears as Liberty announced the news and said her emotional goodbye.
However, it seems the bubbly blonde is still in sunny Spain and will appear on Sunday's episode of Aftersun via video link.
Taking to her Instagram Story on Sunday afternoon, Liberty posted several clips filmed in her bathroom mirror.
She began the videos by saying: "Hi guys! So I’ve got my phone back now and I’m just in the villa, and I’ll be appearing on Aftersun tonight.
"I can’t even tell you guys how overwhelmed I am by the amount of support you guys have shown.
"The amount of messages I’ve had saying, ‘you’ve inspired me, you’re my role model’, it honestly means more to me than winning any sort of money or even getting to the final," she continued.
"The fact that Ive inspired so many people, honestly that’s what I wanna do and obviously continue to do. So just a quick video to say big love and honestly thank you guys so much!"
Liberty's comments come after she opened about her split from Jake in her first post-villa interview.
Liberty and Jake had been in a couple since day one, but many viewers accused him of playing a game and just staying with Liberty in order to make it to the final and win the £50,000 prize.
Asked if she thought this could be the case, Liberty said: "I think only Jake can answer that question. It’s hard to comment on what people are seeing, and you guys are seeing it from an outside perspective, whereas I was in the relationship.
"And obviously when you love someone you don’t think of them playing a game. But only Jake can answer that."
She continued to The Sun: "I do actually think his feelings were genuine. I think that the connection was genuine, but things went sour. But I do think he genuinely liked me. But I just was questioning whether obviously he loved me the way I loved him."
Despite things not working out between them, Liberty said she doesn't regret sleeping with Jake in the villa - even though she said she wouldn't have sex on the show.
"I said if you found that natural connection with a boy and that is a natural part of a relationship then that might change. At that moment in time I had a good connection with Jake," she told the publication.
Love Island continues tonight at 9pm on ITV2. Episodes are available the following morning on BritBox.
