LOVE Island star Adam Maxted has insisted that he and Arabella Chi were "never a couple".
The pair split five weeks after leaving the villa after they were booted off the show ahead of the final.
Adam, 32, finally broke his silence on their split after joining Anton Danyluk on his What's the Crack podcast.
Fellow Islander Anton asked what happened between Adam and Arabella and what caused the split.
"I can't even call it a break up because we weren't officially together. The public put a lot of pressure on your situation, your couple - we never announced that we were boyfriend and girlfriend," Adam explained.
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"I knew Arabella like nine days, 10 days, nothing in there is fake, I vibed with her and I can't fake that stuff."
"I think we were just at different stages in life. She'd just come out of a high-profile relationship and I remember saying to her: 'I think you need to go and figure out what it is you want to do and heal from that as well'".
Prior to her time on the show Arabella dated Manchester City footballer Rueben Dias.
Despite applying for Love Island, Adam admitted that he was more focused on "capitalising" from the show.
"Coming off the show I've got a chance to try and capitalise on things, what is it that I want to do? We did get on good, but a relationship wasn't priority for me."
Arabella had a very rocky road on Love Island All Stars but finally found a partner when Adam entered as a bombshell.
They were unhappy when they got the boot, with Adam saying: "It seems that we've been judged on the time we've had, rather than our connection."
Speaking about her time on the show, Arabella said: "At times I thought in the villa, 'How am I being as unlucky in love in here as outside?'
"But when Adam walked through the door finally my luck changed. I am now lucky in love!”
She added: “Of course I am sad not to make the final.
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“But I was instantly attracted to Adam, we couldn’t stop staring at each other."
Since their split, Adam was rumoured to have struck up a romance with Liberty Poole, 24.
The pair were seen getting very cosy during a night out in Manchester and ended up going back to Adam's new apartment.
Liberty was seen leaving his pad in the morning - sending fans not a frenzy that romance could be on the cards.
Adam lifted the lid on their budding relationship, admitting he would love to date her.
He told us: “Me and Liberty get on really good. I think she is such a genuine girl, really authentic, wears her heart on herself, if you watch her content, you know she is all about being vulnerable, saying things how they are and those are all really admiral qualities in someone.
“I am obviously really physically attracted to her as well. We haven’t actually planned a date, we have been talking about it, but I am just very busy getting settled in Manchester, working on things and I know she is busy in Birmingham with her own life.
“There is definitely an attraction there but it’s maybe just not the right time to get into something serious.”
Adam added: “We probably will date if we keep the communication, we’ve been chatting a couple of times a week, but we are both just busy.”
