Liam ‘goes missing’ from Love Island villa BEFORE his shock departure aired – leaving fans confused

LOVE Island fans have been left baffled as Liam went “missing” before his on-screen departure aired.

The Welsh lad, 22, appeared to disappear after he enjoyed dates with bombshells Ekin-Su and Afia.

After the news he had quit the villa came out, Liam’s airtime was dramatically cut.

He wasn’t seen until 25 minutes into Friday night’s episode – and even then he was asleep.

“Did anyone else notice that Liam is missing?”, asked one.

Another said: “Oh no Liam is missing this entire night. Must be a family emergency.”

Liam turned on the charm last night as he tried to impress the new singletons on his double date.

First up was his date with newbie Afia and the master’s student pulled out all the stops to impress – even making her laugh when he said he had no idea where Waterloo is.

Next up was Turkish beauty Ekin-Su, the pair got on like a house on fire and there seemed to be chemistry.

But when the trio arrived back in the villa, Liam appeared to have vanished.

He was no longer on their radar as they immediately made a beeline for hunky Italian Davide Sanclimenti, 27, and Andrew Le Page, 27.

This led fans to joke he’d left the villa.

One wrote: “Wait where did Liam go? He’s been missing since them dates. Is he OK?”

Another posted: “Has Liam gone missing?? #LoveIsland”

A third commented: “MISSING PERSON: Looking for Liam, went on a date with to women and haven’t seen him since. #LoveIsland”

A fourth added: “MISSING: LIAM where has he gone after those dates? #LoveIsland”

It comes after Gemma, 19, set her sights on Davide while being coupled up with Liam and ended up recoupling with the Italian hunk earlier this week.

But Davide and Gemma’s coupling hit the rocks last night as Ekin-Su Culculoglu set her sights on the businessman.

The pair spent the morning working out together in the garden, much to Gemma’s annoyance.

Meanwhile fans think they witnessed the show’s “most awkward moment ever” last night as Gemma quizzed Davide.

In cringeworthy and frankly bizarre scenes the 19-year-old asked the Italian stallion, 27, to use three words to describe her.

Davide looked completely baffled and fell silent before insisting it was too late at night to play those games.

After a painful pause, he finally shared his thoughts in the ego boosting game.

Those watching the show at home couldn’t cope with the moment, with one viewer moaning: “Still can’t get over that davide couldn’t come up with THREE words to describe Gemma…..the awkward silence was SO LOUD!!! #loveisland.”

Another tweeted: “The awkward silence of Davide thinking of 3 words for Gemma #LoveIsland.”

While someone else wrote:  “That awkward silence between gemma and davide got me cackling #LoveIsland.”

Later that evening, the islanders gathered together for a game of beer pong with every accurate throw prompting a dare.

Ekin-Su used her dare to perform a seductive dance on Davide before kissing him on the cheek.

Speaking in the beach hut after the task, she said: “Who else would I want to be rubbing my booty against, you know, the nice little eight pack!”

However, Davide’s flirtations only appeared to push Gemma away and towards Luca.

And she admitted she has feelings for him, which are very much reciprocated.