Who is Love Island All Star’s Josh Ritchie and when did he date Georgia Harrison?

WHEN it comes to reality TV dating shows, Josh Ritchie is well known on the circuit.

The Bolton lad shot to fame as an OG on Love Island, and has now headed back into the famous villa.

Who is Josh Ritchie?

Born on May 21, 1994, in Bolton, Greater Manchester, Josh Ritchie is a British reality star.

Before finding fame as a TV star, he worked as a joiner.

He is known for shows like Love island, Ex On The Beach, and Celebs Go Dating.

However in early 2024, Josh revealed despite his reality fame, he had gone back to work as a builder.

However, shortly after this admission Josh revealed he was giving reality TV another shot on Love Island All Stars.

When was Josh Ritchie on Love Island?

Josh shot to fame on the first ever Love Island in 2015.

The eventual winners were Jessica Hayes and Max Morley but he finished a respectable joint third place with his partner Lauren Richardson.

Josh has now returned to Love Island for the 2024 All Stars series and was the third bombshell.

A source told The Sun: "Josh is a show legend and really charming so would really shake things up in the villa.

"The lads need to be watching over their shoulders if he goes into the show - Josh has been on loads of reality shows so knows how to play the game."

When did Josh Ritchie date Georgia Harrison?

Josh and fellow Love Island All Stars star Georgia Harrison dated for a few months in 2022.

Although they didn't last long, it was long enough to receive criticism from fans following a staged photo op.

In March 2022, Georgia and Joshua posed for pictures on a red carpet and she deliberately placed her hand on her tummy.

Posting the shot on social media, she said: "Can’t believe we have managed keep it a secret for this long at least the cat is out the bag. To new begins."

Georgia added in a second comment: "Obviously we're hoping it has my brains, both our sense of humours and 80 percent my looks after editing."

The couple were swamped with messages of congratulations on their 'pregnancy', but fans soon realised it had just been a 'joke'.

Georgia was later spotted boozing on holiday before she admitted to fans: "I'm obvs not pregnant we were just lolling because for some reason I'm holding my hand on my belly."

When did Josh Ritchie date Charlotte Crosby?

Josh was in a relationship with Geordie Shore's Charlotte Crosby for two years before their bitter split in 2019.

Shortly after their break-up she took part in the Australian version of I'm a Celebrity where she opened up about it.

Charlotte said: "I recently split up with my boyfriend of two years and it has been a pretty bad break-up.

"I'd go to work every day, have late nights and travel around everywhere, and he would be sat playing on his PlayStation [at home]."

Before his romance with Charlotte, Josh also had trysts with the likes of actress Stephanie Davis and former Towie star Danielle Armstrong.