Lucinda Stafford was spotted going solo at a celeb event days after being pictured out and about with her ex-boyfriend.
The 21-year-old looked smitten earlier this week as she enjoyed a day out shopping in London with Premier League footballer Aaron Connelly, who earns £1 million a year playing for Brighton & Hove Albion.
It is thought the couple dated for two years before splitting just before she entered this year’s Love Island villa.
She has since come under fire from fans who claim she never really split with the footie ace.
The pair looked likely to have rekindled their romance after snaps emerged of them cuddling up to each other on Monday.
However, Aaron was nowhere to be seen as Lucinda attended Coco & Eve UK’s first pop up in London this week.
The reality TV star mingled with celebs including The Only Way Is Essex star Demi Sims at the hair and body event at BOXPARK in the capital.
She even got her long blonde hair redone into two plaits at the Braid Bar while she was there.
The online boutique owner from Brighton arrived in the villa on day eight of Love Island, alongside fellow newcomer Millie Court.
She eventually coupled up with Brad McClelland, but their romance was short lived when they were asked to choose whether they would both leave the villa, or one of them could choose to leave.
In the end it was Brad who gave up his place on the ITV2 dating show so Lucinda could stay.
She later cracked on with newcomer Danny and Aaron Francis, much to viewers’ surprise.
Lucinda chose to couple up with Aaron, but they were eventually booted off the show in week five.
It has since emerged Lucinda’s ex Aaron had looked after her pet dog the whole time she was in the Love Island villa, suggesting they never really split at all.
A source told The Sun the pair “argued” about her applying to go on the dating show.
But Lucinda claimed she was doing it to help her online fashion boutique, The Luxe Range, which now has over 56,000 followers on Instagram.
It is also claimed Lucinda and her footballer beau Aaron got back together just before she flew out to Spain.
However, it was “mean to be a big secret” as there are strict rules about contestants being single before appearing on the show.
In an interview after leaving the villa, Lucinda denied the claims and said she was “completely and utterly single”.
She said: ”Never in a million years would I go on Love Island if I was in a relationship, and I'm sure if I had a boyfriend, he wouldn't be very happy with it either.”
Lucinda said her and Aaron “ended quite dramatically at the start of March” but had since made friends.
“Hopefully, he's moved on and I definitely have,” she added.
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