LOVE Island winner Jess Harding has dished the dirt on Mitch Taylor after he brutally dumped Liberty Poole.
The beautician, who won the show last year with Sammy Root, was on the same series as 'Messy Mitch' last year.
She and Mitch toyed with the idea of being together early on in their Island journey but decided they were better off as friends.
Watching the show from her sofa, Jess shared a little off-camera gossip about Mitch.
Videoing the moment Mitch picked Liberty, she said: "Nah because @mitcheltaylor_ used to have about 8 takes doing his speeches in our season," adding a laughing crying face.
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"Bless him," she added before saying: "She's the only one left".
The 22-year-old split from her show beau just two months after leaving the villa in October 2023.
It was revealed that she called it quits with Sammy, 22, on the phone.
The project manager insisted that he "genuinely saw a future" with Jess and said he was "committed and respectful" to their relationship.
Jess's insight comes after viewers accused Tom Clare and Josh Ritchie of "bullying" Mitch.
Fans spotted the boys laughing as he made his recoupling speech to Liberty.
Afterwards they continued to mock a baffled Mitch, who asked them to stop it.
Those watching at home were taking aback by their antics, with one person writing: “Ffs can everyone stop bullying Mitch.”
A second said: “I fear the bully tom is back. he and his shit squad during their season is the reason why i couldn’t afford to finish their season.
While a third added: “Not the boys laughing in Mitch’s face.”
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And someone else remarked: “Nahhh are they rude. How can they be laughing at Mitch like this.”
During the speech, Mitch told Liberty: "I would like to couple up with this girl because the last two or three days being a bit messy, I cannot get my head away from this girl.
"She laughs at my jokes when I know I am not actually that funny, not only that but why I am chatting to this girl time flies by even though I don’t even know the time.
"I am drawing blanks here guys."
Josh and Tom burst into laughter as Mitch tried to continue.
Mitch later confronted Josh in the kitchen, saying: "You are a bit of d***head around the fire pit doing that, I don’t understand you."
Mocking him, Josh said: "You don't find that funny?"
Despite feeling sorry for Mitch, there were a lot of viewers who weren't impressed with his behaviour towards Liberty.
Just hours after he stumbled his way through his recoupling speech, he dumped Liberty.
The former gas engingeer, 27, pulled her for a chat, and insisted that he'd been "transparent" with her and had made it clear that he wanted to be open to talking to other girls in the villa.
"I'm fed up of being stressed," Mitch had said, to which Liberty replied: "It's fine, we'll just be friends."
Libby went over to chat to bestie Kaz and said: "We've just decided to be friends because it's not healthy to have this many arguments and we don't know if it's even salvageable at this point because of everything that's gone on us.
"It's sad though because I do feel like we had something special."
Rushing to defend Liberty, fans shared their thought on X - and it wasn't in Mitch's favour.
"HOW DARE MITCH SAY THAT. It’s his actions that upset Liberty!!! Then twisting it and blaming liberty for the reason why girls don’t talk to him. What a p**ck." one wrote.
Another added: "How is Mitch convincing Liberty that she caused all these arguments? GET HIM OUT. DRAFT HIM IN WW3."
While a third wrote: "Why is Mitch moving like Liberty was the one causing stress?? Is he alright??"
"Nah not Mitch blaming Liberty for other girls not getting to know him. Wow I can’t believe,' wrote another viewer.
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