CALLUM Jones is hoping to find love second time around in the villa - but fans won't have forgotten his first Love Island romance with Shaughna Phillips and that iconic recoupling moment.
The Manchester lad, 27, returned as bombshell at the end of Monday night’s launch show.
Callum was left surprised when his ex-girlfriend of three years Molly Smith, 29, also entered as the first female bombshell of the series, and he was given the opportunity to either steal another Islander’s girl or couple up with his ex.
But die-hard Love Island fans will remember his first stint on the show and how he left Shaughna, now 29, heartbroken when he dumped her and re-entered with Molly after Casa Amor.
During a dramatic showdown, Londoner Shaughna unleashed hell on the scaffolder - as she slammed him as a "liar" as she raged that he had used her during the 2020 winter series.
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She branded him "fake" but Callum tried to explain and said: "I just don’t want you to feel like everything I said was a lie, because it’s not."
But she replied bluntly: "I think you are a liar."
He insisted: "Nothing I’ve said in the past three weeks has been a lie. Let’s get that straight, because I’ve not come in here to play a game."
However, Shaughna replied curtly: "Molly said to me today that I know one Callum and she knows another."
Callum replied: “This is what you’re taking out of context, the way I was with you. I thought I’d give it time.
"That’s what’s made my decision. The way I am with you and the way I was with Molly, that’s clarified for me it wasn’t working.”
Shaughna replied sarcastically: "I'm really glad you’ve got clarity. You knew coming back, you knew for a fact that I wouldn’t be standing down there with anyone else."
And with that, she got up and stormed off - with a shocked Molly looking on.
Callum infuriated Shaughna when he failed to return from Casa Amor single, instead walking back in with Molly on his arm.
Loyal Shaughna had stayed true to him and was left standing there - and vulnerable off being kicked off in Love Island's next recoupling.
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She uttered one of Love Island's most iconic lines ever, "Congrats, hun" to Callum.
Shortly after leaving the villa, Shaughna made it clear she is still not over Callum dumping her during their time in villa.
And when asked if things were smoothed over between her and Callum, Shaughna rolled her eyes and turned her back on him.
"We're friends aren't we?" Callum asked Shaughna during on Heat Radio's Under the Duvet programme today.
"I really like Molly," she replied making it clear things were not OK between them.
Then things really kicked off when Callum tried to say he was "not bitter" about what had gone on between the pair.
"I'm so glad, I can sleep better at night," Shaughna replied sarcastically.
After the show, she spoke about the betrayal and said: "I did genuinely think Callum was going to bring someone back from Casa Amor.
"I could have coupled up with one of the new boys, just so I wasn’t standing there on my own.
"But I would have been forcing it and that’s not me at all."
She added: "If I had my time again I’d definitely have ditched Callum sooner than Casa Amor, which would then have left me with some ‘openness’ and then I’d have probably noticed I liked Luke M a lot sooner than I did.”
But Shaughna has since moved on and is now the mum to adorable baby daughter Lucia, who she welcomed in April 2023.
While Callum and Molly went their separate ways six months ago.
The news came as a shock as just months before their split, the couple were reportedly talking about marriage and kids.
A source close to Molly told The Sun: “It all began when Molly started to say to Callum that she thought they should look at buying a house together instead of continuing to rent.
“She just thought they were wasting money so it made financial sense.
“Obviously as far as she was concerned they were pretty solid - they had two dogs after all - so didn’t see it as a big deal.
“But Callum totally freaked out.
“The idea of that next level of commitment sent it all sideways and was the catalyst for lots of rows.
“He totally changed after that and became really cold. That was the beginning of the end.”
