Love Island’s Sophie Piper and sister Rochelle Humes met long lost sibling last year after 23 years apart
LOVE Island’s Sophie Piper and her sister Rochelle Humes met their long lost sister last year after 23 years apart.
Sophie has just been announced as one of 12 TV star wannabes entering the villa for Love Island's first winter series.
The 23-year-old medical PA grew up with Rochelle and raised by their mother and famous footballer uncle Paul Ince after their parents divorced.
But they had another sister called Lilli - on their dad's side - who Rochelle met once aged five.
In a bizarre twist, it was actually Rochelle's This Morning co-star Kem Cetinay - who won Love Island 2017 - who reunited her with her long-lost sister.
The television presenter explained on Giovanna Fletcher's Happy Mum Happy Baby podcast: “I've never told anyone this before.
"Two years ago, I was at our management's Christmas party and Love Island's Kem was there.
“He was chatting away and said, ‘I got to talk to you... as soon as I became a celeb, I promised my friend Lili that I would talk to you as she's your sister on your dad's side.’
“I knew of her and met up with her when I was five, but it was so complicated as they were a lot younger and my dad wasn't involved.”
The former Saturdays singer went on to reveal that Kem asked if he could give Rochelle’s number to Lili and the two started chatting.
She said: “She WhatsApped me and I didn't reply till the morning. We planned to go out for dinner with my other sister and brother and I made Marvin come with me because I was so scared.
“We are literally the same people, Marvin was like, ‘OMG, there's more of you.’
"We've spoken every day since - Jeremy Kyle style. It's like we've known each other all our lives.”
Mum-of-two Rochelle uploaded a photo of herself and Lili holidaying in Dubai earlier this month and fans were stunned by the two sisters' similarities.
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One wrote under the snap: “I thought it was two of you then!”
While another added: “You could be twins, it took me a while to figure which one is you lol I hope I'm right.”
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