LOVE Island newbie Harriett Blackmore has left fans confused after she revealed the date she applied for the process. Some ITV viewers have suggested that Harriett applied for the show despite having a boyfriend. In her VT video ahead of her villa entrance tonight, Harriet revealed that she started applying for the ITV2 show in January.

She also shared that she's only been single for four months. Some sceptical fans were quick to point out a possible overlap, with one writing: "4 months!???? when did she even apply for Love Island." A second posted: "4 months single, is that it.

" A third asked: "Doesn’t the process to get on love island take longer than 4 months?" But one viewer explained: "Sometimes Love Island contacts people on their socials and invite them. So they might have only a month to enter the villa." While former Islander Brett Staniland shared his own application process experience, saying: "Mine was pretty much 4 months from first reaching out to confirming me.

" It comes after The Sun revealed that Harriett told her boyfriend she still loved him , just days before being announced as a contestant. Josh Curling, 25, only found out the dance r and personal shopper, 24, was going on in The Sun's exclusive line-up reveal , with friends saying he was livid and hurt. Sources who know the couple said the self-styled “It” girl spent Friday night at his house, where she gave him a scrapbook of photos from their relationship together and told him: "I love you.

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