"A walking red flag" — Love Island: All Stars fans criticize Ronnie for texting Olivia while in a relationship

Season 2 of Love Island: All Stars premiered on Monday, January 13, 2025, featuring a lineup of twelve cast members, who returned to the villa to find love. Among them was Olivia Hawkins, who confessed she knew Ronnie before the show. However, Ronnie landed himself in a challenging position after Olivia revealed he messaged her while dating his then-partner, Harriett Blackmore.

Ronnie and Harriett were one of the couples on the 2024 season of Love Island UK. Although they did not walk away with the winner's title, they continued their relationship outside the show. However, they called it quits within weeks of leaving the villa.

On Monday's episode of the ITV2 series, Olivia claimed that fellow islander Ronnie had texted her while he was in a relationship with his ex, Harriett. While Ronnie defended himself, saying he was not in an exclusive relationship with her, Olivia stated that she saw them together holding hands.

Love Island: All Stars fans took to X to react to the disclosure. While many criticized Ronnie for texting a woman while dating another, others were not surprised by his behavior.

"Ronnie is just a walking red flag. He knew damn well he was with Harriett when he messaged Olivia, & that was only 6 months ago so you know he hasn’t grown or matured," a fan wrote.

"Ronnie DMed Olivia while with Harriet? MESSY," another fan wrote.

"Looooooooool Ronnie of course you was messaging another girl," a netizen tweeted.

Love Island: All Stars fans disapproved of Ronnie's actions, criticizing him for sliding into Olivia's DMs.

"Ronnie messaged Olivia while he was with Harriet?? What a piece of s**t," a user reacted.

"Ronnie is a wild boy for messaging Olivia while with Harriet lol," a person commented.

"Ronnie dm’ed Olivia while he was with Harriet? & they want us to believe they’ve “changed” " another fan wrote.

"Ronnie setting up a secret date to Olivia whilst he was with Harriet. Disgusting," one user posted.

Some Love Island: All Stars fans were surprised by Olivia's revelation.

"RONNIE MESSAGED OLIVIA WHILE WITH HARRIET????" a person reacted.

"OMGGGG RONNIE MESSAGED SCHEMING OLIVIA WHEN WITH HARRIET," another netizen commented.

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Love Island: All Stars season 2 episode 1: Olivia claims Ronnie discussed arranging a "secret date"

Olivia confessed that she shared a history with Ronnie when host Maya Jama asked the islanders if they had connections outside the villa. She elaborated on it during a game of red flags, saying that he messaged her when he was with "another girl." When Maya asked Olivia who she was talking about, she replied, "Harriett."

Upon hearing that, Ronnie defended himself by saying:

"Seeing a girl and being in a relationship with her are two different things... I weren't in a relationship with the girl."

Later in the episode, the female islanders asked Olivia to explain what had happened between her and Ronnie. She revealed that he tried to have a "secret date" with her.

"He was, like, trying to get me on a date, and then he was saying, 'Oh, my agent can set it up, it's like a secret date'," she said.

The Love Island: All Stars cast member added that Ronnie's request offended her as she wondered why he thought she would agree to entertain him.

As the episode progressed, Maya returned to the villa to announce who the public had voted to be together. While they paired Olivia with Luca Bish, they coupled Ronnie with Elma Pazar. The other four pairs were India Reynolds and Scott Thomas, Catherine Agbaje and Nas Majeed, Curtis Pritchard and Kaz Crossley, and Gabby Allen and Marcel Somerville.

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Love Island: All Stars airs Monday to Friday at 9 pm only on ITV2.