Scott Thomas breaks silence on Love Island exit and reveals unaired Elma moment – as he takes swipe at ‘backstabbers’

LOVE Island's Scott Thomas has today broken his silence after his emotional villa exit this week.

This week fans watched as All Stars, Scott, 36, revealed he was quitting the show after struggling to take his romance with Tina Stinnes, 29, any further.

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The season 2 Islander's dramatic exit followed a huge argument with Elma Pazar and Tina.

Scott then decided the Love Island All Stars experience "wasn’t for him", and decided he wanted out.

After an emotional goodbye, the star is now back on British soil and has been spilling the beans on villa life

Speaking on this morning's Love Island: Morning After podcast, Scott talked more about why he left the show: "I think for me it' just got to a point where I couldn't see where I was gonna go romantically.

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"I tried my hardest where the connections I had and I was just like, I just don't know where I'm going to go from there, so it was nothing to do with the argument and I just want everybody to know that.

"She's amazing and she was like one of my favourite girls in there as well, so that nothing changes that."

The reality star also revealed he found it hard to "trust" some of his fellow Islanders.

"I think what's my biggest regret, I think sometimes I openly trust people too easily, and I think in there it is really hard because people take their moments in there. sometimes," he said.

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"I'm just such a pure hearted guy that I just trust everyone and I think that was my biggest thing... I can't just give everything away straight away.

"People (have) got to earn that trust a little bit and I think that's my only kind of lesson from the whole experience."

SCOTT'S JOURNEY

Scott shot to fame in 2017 on series two of Love Island.

He had reportedly been top of All Stars bookers’ wish list for the 2024 season, but he turned them down. 

Scott started his All Stars journey off in a couple with India Reynolds, 31.

However, after doubts crept in about their relationship, he ultimately decided to call it off and she was dumped from the island.

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A similar situation followed with Tina, and Scott decided to cool things off with her.

This led led to a fiery clash with Elma, who told him he should "leave the villa" and "go" since "nothing was here for him" - and he decided to go.

Addressing this on the Morning After podcast, Scott added: "I just kind of want to reassure everyone that Elma wasn't the reason that I left.

"I don't think they showed it, but we had a big moment just before I left.

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"Elma was like, I'm so sorry, Scott. I said, listen, Elma it has got nothing to do with you, like it wasn't the drama why I left.

"It wasn't nothing to do with that, I can take the heat and I know that she didn’t mean anything by it, she was being a girl’s girl."

Love Island All Stars 2025 official line-up

Love Island All Stars is back on TV for season 2.

Here we take you through the line-up of all the Islanders who are in the villa so far.

• Scott Thomas - season 2 (2016)
• Marcel Somerville - season 3 (2017) - OUT
• India Reynolds - season 2 (2017) - OUT
• Gabby Allen - season 3 (2017)
• Elma Pazar - season 5 (2019)
• Curtis Pritchard - season 5 (2019)
• Kaz Crossley - season 5 (2019) - OUT
• Olivia Hawkins - season 10 (2023) - OUT
• Nas Majeed - season 6 (2020) - OUT
• Luca Bish - season 8 (2022)
• Catherine Agbaje - season 10 (2023)
• Ronnie Vint - season 11 (2024)

Bombshells

Each series brings with it a string of hot single bombshells making their epic entrance into the villa.

Here's who has joined the villa so far:

• Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu - season 8 (2022)
• Casey O’Gorman - season 9 (2023) and All Stars (2024)
• Ron Hall - season 9 (2023)
• Tina Stinnes - season 2 (2016)
• Grace Jackson - season 11 (2024)
• Harriet Blackmore - season 11 (2024)
• Montel McKenzie - season 10 (2023) - OUT
• Sammy Root - season 10 (2023)
• Danielle Sellers - season 3 (2017)
• Samie Elish - season 9 (2023)
• Chuggs Wallis - season 7 (2021)