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Who is Adam Collard? Ex Love Island contestant expecting child with ITV Amazon Prime & TNT Sports presenter Laura Woods
The hunky ex-Islander reveals how he met girlfriend Laura Woods
SINCE shooting to fame on Love Island when he was just 22, Adam Collard has remained well and truly in the spotlight.
The reality star is now getting ready for his next challenge of being a dad, after he and girlfriend Laura Woods announced they were pregnant.
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Who is Adam Collard?
Born on October 26, 1995, in Newcastle, Adam Collard is a reality star who is best known for Love Island.
He works as a personal trainer and gym director, as well as becoming an influencer since finding fame.
Before finding fame on Love Island, Adam also briefly appeared in season 12 of Geordie Shore.
But it hasn't always been a smooth ride for the hunky TV star.
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Adam previously opened up about how he had been bullied as a child for his appearance.
He said: "I had a bit of a right time in school with people.... got picked on and stuff like that... just standard stuff that everyone gets but I took it to heart a lot more than other people."
When did Adam Collard start dating Laura Woods?
Adam and Woods began dating in October 2023.
The former Islander was instantly smitten with the TNT host and quickly called her 'The One'.
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Speaking exclusively to The Sun about his romance with Laura, Adam told us: "The first time we met – I’ll hold my hands up – I did DM her first."
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Adam said he and Laura had an instant "connection" and winning her over came natural.
The tattooed hunk said: "It was never hard, I can't remember it being this easy and I think it's because I'm older.
"I think I'm ready, I probably wouldn't have been ready a few years ago when I was on TV, I was a jack-in-the-box, I couldn't do that if I tried now.
"I'm in a totally different headspace now, Laura is amazing, she's really really amazing and it was always just when I was ready."
First-forward less than a year and their whirlwind romance has seen the couple reveal they are expecting their first child together.
Announcing their baby news in July 2024, they posted a snap of her French bulldog and a sonogram with the caption "Hey, baby".
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Who has Adam Collard dated in the past?
Lottie Moss
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Adam got together with Kate Moss' sister Lottie Moss when they both appeared on E4's Celebs Go Dating.
They broke show rules and got together while supposedly heading out on dates set up by the matchmaking agency.
However, after a whirlwind romance Lottie and Adam ended things after the show, and the OnlyFans star has since slammed him.
Speaking after their split, she made her feelings known about her former flame as she took a scathing swipe at him.
The star revealed that she and Adam are no longer on talking terms and said: "I hope he finds happiness – deep down in that cold shell of a soul."
She added to : "We had a natural attraction from the beginning, but I think it was just an attraction."
Speaking later to The Sun, Adam revealed that why they hadn't spoken.
He explained: "It’s one of those things, there was an element of real there, and there was an element of we had a really good excuse of seeing each other, because the TV crew were putting us in the same cars, and they were making me travel to London more.
"I had an excuse to go and see her because we were working together
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During his second appearance on Love Island, Adam coupled up with paramedic Paige Thorne.
However the villa romance fizzled out quickly after the end of the series.
In October 2022, it was reported the couple had "split" after allegations of cheating on his part emerged.
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In the summer of 2019, and the pair sparked up a relationship.
The couple marked the relationship milestone by enjoying a romantic holiday in Morocco at the lavish Mazagan Beach Resort in July 2019.
However, the relationship didn’t last long, as the couple parted ways just a few months later in January 2020.
At the time, Adam shared with OK! Magazine: “Nothing bad has happened at all.
'We still have mutual work interests and I want to see her do well with whatever.”
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Adam's first public romance was on Love Island where he was coupled up with Zara McDermott.
The couple's 2018 romance came after he had brief flings in the famous villa with fellow contestants Kendall Rae-Knight and Rosie Williams, before choosing Zara.
However their relationship was short lived after they left the show, with the couple splitting in February in 2019.
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When was Adam Collard on Love Island?
Adam's first outing to the villa was back in 2018 on season four when he was 22-years-old.
He entered as part of a twist where he could steal the girlfriend from another lad.
Adam then returned to Love Island as a surprise bombshell in 2022.
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It caused fireworks after he coupled up with islander Paige Thorne following the shock departure of Jacques O'Neill.
But Paige and Adam were voted off the show just one day before the final - after their fellow islanders decided they were the least compatible couple.
How Laura Woods tamed Love Island bad boy Adam Collard
HE was one of Love Island's most notorious bad boys - but one woman seems to have changed all that.
Personal trainer Adam Collard, 28, has been dating Euro 2024 presenter Laura Woods, 36, since 2023.
The former loverat has called her “The One,” spent Christmas with her - the first time he’s done so with a girlfriend since he was 21 - and kept their relationship relatively out of the limelight, seemingly on Laura’s wishes.
It’s a far cry from the man who admits himself he’s been “ruthless” in the past, claims to have had 25 girlfriends, and spent many years partying and juggling flings with girls including Zara McDermott and Lottie Moss.
Relationship expert Jo Hemmings says: “He’s now 28, he's a professional with a job, and I think he just went off the whole idea of ever realistically meeting somebody on a TV show.
“He's now met somebody who is also a professional, and is only on TV as a byproduct of what she does in sport.
“He’s got himself in a comfortable place. Financially, he's older, he's more mature, he's more settled.
“He once played into this roguish character that people saw him as, and became a parody of himself. But look who's laughing now.
“He's got a fabulous girlfriend, they're in a long term relationship, he's well off, he's still in the public eye, and he's getting on with his life in the way that I think he always wanted.”
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