Love Island star Adam Collard confesses he is 'in love' with Zara McDermott: 'I won the show too early'

Host Caroline Flack was left stunned
Natasha Sporn9 July 2018

Love Island dumpee Adam Collard left host Caroline Flack stunned by admitting he is in love with Zara McDermott.

Collard professed his love for the government worker – who was sitting beside him – as he gave his exit interview on Love Island spin-off Aftersun on Sunday night.

McDermott had been branded “naive” by fans for sobbing when she left the villa, saying that she had found love with Collard and would “wait for him on the outside” but was left beaming as he admitted he had “won the show early” when he met her.

Flack asked him: “When Zara left, she said she might have found love. Do you think you have?”

Loved up: Adam Collard and Zara McDermott
Jonathan Hordle/REX

To which the PT replied: “Totally, I totally love Zara. The problem is I won the show too early, when I met Zara. I do love her.”

Stunned, Flack asked the couple if they are “in love” to which they both said yes, to cheers and squeals from the audience.

But viewers were less than convinced by Collard, who had said all this in front of former flame Darylle Sargeant, and discussed the declaration on Twitter.

One wrote: “I'm sorry but WHUT?! Please tell me no-one ACTUALLY believes Adam is THAT into Zara?! The bloke necked someone else RIGHT after she left, DIDN'T go with her and clearly has the attention span of a gnat when it comes to women #LoveIslandAftersun #LoveIsland.”

While another said: “Adam is “in love” with Zara but was snogging other birds in the villa after she’d gone? I think NOT #loveisland.”

“Adam and Zara are such a PR stunt I'm not buying it! #loveisland,” commented somebody else.

Love Island continues Monday at 9pm on ITV. Love Island: Aftersun airs Sundays at 10pm on ITV2.

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