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Who is Tom Powell? Sophie Gradon’s Love Island ex-boyfriend who split from the star amid cheating claims

TOM Powell entered the Love Island villa in 2016 and made quite an impression.

Here is everything you need to know about the former barman who was coupled up with the late Sophie Gradon...

 Tom Powell was in Love Island 2016
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Tom Powell was in Love Island 2016Credit: Rex Features

Who is Tom Powell?

Tom Powell, 26 is a former barman from Wales.

He is best known for appearing in the second series of the rebooted Love Island in 2016.

After leaving the villa he pursued his ambition to be a fitness model and has been promoting muscle building products.

After his split with Sophie Gradon he briefly dated fellow islander Malin Andersson but she moved on with her new man Tom Kemp. 

 Tom Powell, left, with Sophie Gradon, right on Love Island 2016
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Tom Powell, left, with Sophie Gradon, right on Love Island 2016Credit: Rex Features

What happened to Tom Powell on Love Island?

Tom Powell was coupled up early on Sophie Gradon.

He walked off the show after their relationship was tested by the arrival of Tom's ex Emma Jane-Woodham.

Sophie then recoupled with Katie Salmon. 

But in the end she quit the show as she decided it was Tom she really wanted to be with.

What has Tom said about Sophie's death?

Tom paid tribute to the late star after her shock death at age 32.

Posting on Twitter, a heartbroken Tom said: "Always had a way with words... you will be dearly missed by so many."

Sophie was found dead at her home in Newcastle on June 21, 2018.

Why did Tom Powell and Sophie Gradon split up?

Tom reunited with Sophie after they left the villa but they split a few months later in November 2016. 

Sophie and Tom both accused each other of cheating.

A row broke out on social media after Sophie posted screenshots of DMs that appeared to show Tom asking another girl for her number.

Tom retaliated by posting a pic of Sophie "cheating" on him and kissing a man she supposedly met in the same week she quit Love Island.

Tom Powell gets ticking off from gran after smoking on Love Island
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