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RONNIE Vint has brutally snubbed his Love Island co-stars and claimed he ‘wasn’t there to make friends’.

Ronnie’s outburst comes after he and girlfriend Harriett Blackmore were dumped from the All Stars villa just 24 hours before the final.

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The pair were picked to go by a group of returning islanders, yet Ronnie isn’t bothered by his former co-stars turning on him.

Speaking hours after the couple were shown the door, Ronnie has even admitted he speaks to just FOUR guys from last summer’s Love Island, which he first appeared on.

Ronnie told Love Island’s Morning After podcast: “For me, you meet these people on the show, are they really going to be your mates after?

“I probably speak to four people from my series, boy-wise.”

Ronnie did described the twist, which saw the ex islanders each pick to dump one couple from the least popular three, as “brutal”.

However, Harriett is more bothered about the girls turning on them than Ronnie is with his guy ‘friends’ doing the dirty.

Harriett also said on the podcast: “Some of them voted us the most strongest couple. So it’s like, okay then. To do that is just weird to me.

“I think the girls are who I struggle with the most. Especially Tina and Samie. I just thought they were my really good friends.

“It just awkward, isn’t it?”

Fans were left stunned on Sunday night when Ronnie and Harriett were dumped just hours from the final.

Eleven 2025 islanders returned to the villa in South Africa and were told to kick out either Ronnie and Harriett, Sammy Root and Elma Pazar, or Catherine Agbaje and Omar Nyame.

Ronnie told the boys it was a “sore” way to go and he and Harriett were left raging at many of the reasonings given by their ex co-stars.

Most of the dumped contestants cited the fact Harriett and Ronnie split weeks after leaving the villa last summer as the main reason for kicking them out – something that the couple rejected as a valid reason.

Fans were also furious with the decision to kick the couple out, with one writing on social media that the Love Island app “needed a Harriet and Ronnie were robbed button”.

There are now five remaining couples in the villa.

They are Luca Bish and Grace Jackson, Ekin-Su and Curtis Pritchard, Catherine and Omar, Elma and Sammy as well as Gabby Allen and Casey O’Gorman.

This year’s winning couple will be crowned in a nail-biting final TONIGHT.

• Love Island All Stars: The Live Final, 9pm, ITV2/ ITVX, tonight (Monday February 17)

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A FORMER Miss Asia beauty queen has tragically died after posting a heartbreaking dying message to her fans on social media.

TV star Angy Morad, 33, was suffering from a viral infection she contracted during her second pregnancy.

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TV star Angy Morad died while she was pregnant with her second kid[/caption]

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The former beauty queen died of a viral infection[/caption]

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She was reportedly battling pneumonia[/caption]

The Syrian actress, best known for her roles in TV dramas, was admitted to intensive care in January.

But she sadly died of complications from the viral infection.

Her fans started to get concerned over her health after she posted a worrying message on Facebook.

She wrote in the post: “I am dying, forgive me.”

The star was reportedly battling pneumonia before being moved to intensive care.

Her condition is said to have worsened during pregnancy, leading to serious lung complications.

Devastated husband Samer later posted on social media: “Angy is in a difficult situation between life and death. Please pray for her.”

But the TV actress died on February 9 in the hospital.

Her mum confirmed her death on social media saying: “May God have mercy on you, my daughter.”

Angy was born in the Syrian capital Damascus in 1992.

After graduating from the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts, she began her acting career in 2007.

She is best known for her roles in Syrian drama series such as Baqaa Daw 13 and Al-Gharib.

The TV star found international fame in 2017 when she was crowned Miss Asia World.

She is survived by her husband and a young daughter.

SHOCK DEATHS

It comes after a young influencer suddenly died after suffering complications from an ovarian infection.

Laleska Alexandre was rushed to a hospital near her hometown in the Brazilian city of Juazeiro do Norte.

Laleska Alexandre was rushed to a hospital near her hometown in the Brazilian city of Juazeiro do Norte, on Wednesday.

Another Brazilian influencer recently died after a sudden health condition.

Beauty content creator Lilian Martins Gomes died of cancer aged 42.

The Brazilian revealed this summer that she was battling the disease.

Lilian – better known as Lili Spada to her one million Instagram followers – died on 4 December 2024.

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Angy posted a heartbreaking dying message to her fans on social media[/caption]

Hello friends, and welcome to a Holy Hell Only One Month Away From Selection Sunday edition of Bracketology here at ClutchPoints! Today, in addition to providing a fresh set of Bracketology projections, I’ll also be taking an extended look at the Michigan-Ohio State shootout on Sunday afternoon… a game which I was lucky enough to attend with […]

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Just because his dad is U2 lead singer Bono does not mean Elijah Hewson, lead singer of Inhaler, was handed everything or given great advice. During a recent interview with the Daily Star (per NME), Hewson revealed he wishes his dad would give him “more advice.” It sounds like Bono wants his son to enjoy […]

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There are a number of ways to add talent in the NFL, including through trade and via the NFL Draft. Free agency is what really gets the people going, though. Players with expiring contracts are set to hit the open market on March 10, and, in theory, they are free to sign with any team. […]

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CHILLING new telescope photos of the “city killer” asteroid hurtling towards earth at 30,000mph have been released.

The chance of the space rock smashing into Earth when it loops around in 7 years’ time is estimated at a 1-in-48 chance – or just over two per cent.

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Asteroid 2024 YR4 was faint but can be made out as the bright white smudge in the telescope photo[/caption]

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These new photos were taken by the Gemini South Telescope in Chile[/caption]

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A more zoomed out photo showing the asteroid surrounded by stars[/caption]

The striking new images of asteroid YR4 2024 were captured by a space telescope in Chile on February 7, and show it in the most detail yet.

They were taken through the lens of the Gemini South Telescope – a powerful, 26-foot device in the Andes that specialises in staring deep into space.

Bryce Bolin, a NASA astronomer involved in the photo operation, told Space.com: “Only a few asteroids have been studied like this.”

The grainy images show 2024 YR4 as a bright white smudge against the night sky.

The rock was around 37 million miles from Earth when it was snapped.

Photographing a fast-moving object from such a distance is incredibly difficult, and required the team’s full expertise.

Bryce explained that they “took 12 200-second long exposures in the Red Band [the wavelength of red light] and tracked the motion of the asteroid”.

He said the task was difficult because the asteroid was relatively faint – meaning it could only be picked up using a very large telescope.

Another challenge was presented by the moon, which was 70 per cent full.

The moon’s illumination caused background lighting that made it even harder to see the asteroid.

Physicists will be keeping a close eye on YR4 over the next seven years as it cycles through its orbit around the sun, and are eager to learn as much about it as they can.

They currently believe it is between 40m and 100m across, and if it hits earth could produce an impact equivalent to 8 megatons of TNT.

The “city-killer” name comes from scientists’ prediction that the blast would blow a crater the size of a city into the Earth’s crust.

A terrifying simulation has been produced showing the devastating impact it could have.

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Astronomers think YR4 it is between 40 and 90 metres wide, and would blow a city-sized crater into the Earth’s crust[/caption]

The day of potential collision has been calculated as December 22, 2032 – just before Christmas.

There’s also a 0.3 per cent chance that the asteroid could smash into the moon, rather than our planet.

David Rankin, an operations engineer for the University of Arizona, said that if the moon was hit we would be able to see the strike with our own eyes.

He said: “There is the possibility this would eject some material back out that could hit the Earth, but I highly doubt it would cause any major threat.

“It would be very visible from Earth.”

Bryce said that, despite the chance of danger, he finds YR4 “to be extremely exciting” due to “the scientific potential of studying such a small asteroid in high detail”.

He added that this could be the final “chance we have to observe the asteroid from Gemini” before it approaches again in 2028.

The rock is expected to fade around mid-March, making it more difficult to detect from the ground, but passes nearby Earth around once every four years.

The approach after next is when it could collide with Earth.

Soon after being discovered in late December, the asteroid rocketed to the top of NASA risk list – and further study has only increased the calculated chance of impact.

AT least 11 people are dead as brutal ice, harsh wind, and dangerously cold temperatures have wracked the country in an arctic blast.

A week-long arctic outbreak is bringing the coldest weather this winter has seen from the North Pole up to multiple states across the country.

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A Brattleboro, Vermont resident uses a snowblower to clear his driveway on February 17, 2025[/caption]

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Frozen cars stuck in chest-high water in Detroit, Michigan[/caption]

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First responders perform water rescues for flooding in Clarksville, Tennessee, on February 16, 2025C[/caption]

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A car bein towed in a snowstorm in Lewiston, Maine, on February 16, 2025[/caption]

More than 65 million Americans have been issued cold weather alerts in 13 states from Texas to Minnesota.

The extreme weather has brought freezing rain to states including Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia.

The flash floods in Kentucky have killed at least 11 people, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear confirmed on Monday.

“All of Kentucky still has standing water in different areas,” Beshear said in a storm briefing.

“Over 300 roads still impacted and closed, so everyone, be careful.”

The flooding was so extreme in Detroit, Michigan, that people had to be rescued from their homes, according to ABC affiliate WXYZ.

Frozen cars in Detroit were stuck in icy flood water standing at least two feet high, a terrifying video posted on X showed.

The chilly rain will be followed by snow flurries before record-low temperatures are expected to hit the US in the coming polar vortex.

A polar vortex is swirling cold air that moves from the North and South Poles.

The icy weather event, which is the tenth and coldest so far this winter, will move temperatures well below zero for states across the Midwest and East Coast.

Temperatures are expected to plunge to -45 degrees Fahrenheit with wind chill in areas including northeastern Montana and North Dakota.

The wind chill is expected to make the temperatures even lower,

Areas in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota face an “extreme cold warning,” according to the National Weather Service.

“Your face will fall off at these temperatures,” Meteorologist Ryan Maue warned on X.

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LOVE Island’s Lucinda Strafford has revealed her new romance just a week after quitting the All Stars holding villa.

Lucinda, 25, who had jetted off to South Africa for the current series last month, made a dramatic U-turn, flying back to the UK before entering the show.

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Love Island’s Lucinda Strafford has revealed her new romance just a week after quitting the All Stars holding villa[/caption]

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The former Islander had been gifted flowers by a mystery man[/caption]

Now, it seems the influencer’s found romance elsewhere.

The former Islander shared a cryptic TikTok yesterday, holding a bouquet of flowers at the top of a snowy French ski slope, in response to a fan’s comment.

The message had read: “Wait, you were meant to be on Love Island and all of a sudden someone’s buying you flowers????” referencing a previous post of hers.

Lip-syncing to Kendrick Lamar’s Swimming Pools (Drank), Lucinda appeared to confirm she’s moved on swiftly – sparking speculation about her mystery new love interest.

Taking to her Instagram grid, Lucinda continued to pose from the Courchevel Ski Resort, writing: “a valentines to remember..” in her caption.

A source previously told The Sun that Lucinda had been keen to return to the Love Island villa but grew frustrated with the lengthy holding period before entering:

They said: “Lucinda was asked to come and do Love Island again and she was really ready to give it another go.

“But she ended up being in holding for too long and wasn’t happy about it.

“She decided it would be too late for her to go in and make a connection.

“It was a tough call but she decided to head home.

“She thinks it’s for the best and this season just wasn’t for her.”

Lucinda later shared a very cryptic post, confirming this year’s All Stars “wasn’t for her”.

A video of her in a car beaming with excitement and happiness was shared on TikTok with a very defiant message.

The clip had writing over the top of it which read: “Respectfully, this is how it feels knowing Love Island All Stars is not for you this year.”

It certainly got tongues wagging in the comment section, with one person saying: “The mountain in the background looks familiar, are you sure??”

CHANGED HER MIND

Someone then speculated: “I think she was going to go on but has changed her mind now so she’s leaving.”

While a third said: “Camps Bay/Clifton are very distinct.”

A fourth then echoed that the area she was driving through looked familiar when they said: “Ya we know Cape Town lol.”

“Next year girl,” said a fifth.

While a sixth penned: “Maybe she wanted Scott and now he’s gone.”

‘TRUST YOUR GUT’

Lucinda didn’t share just one cryptic video, because she shared another that saw her on a plane giving her followers some advice.

“Trust your gut,” she said defiantly.

She added: “If something feels off, it most definitely is off.

“You know yourself more than anyone else. So definitely make sure to trust your gut.

“Also, if things are out of your control, let it have freedom of your mind, there’s nothing you can do about it.”

LUCINDA’S OTHER ISLAND STINTS

Lucinda shot to fame when she appeared on the reality-dating show in 2021.

As an islander in season seven, Lucinda entered as a bombshell on day nine before being dumped on day 28.

During her time on the show Lucinda was coupled up with three different guys including Danny Bibby, Brad McClelland and Aaron Francis.

After her UK Love Island stint, Lucinda headed down under for Love Island Australia around one year ago.

Entering the Aussie villa on day two, she was then crowned runner-up on day 29 alongside then-beau Zac Nunns.

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As well as starring on Love Island UK in 2021, she also appeared on the Australian version last year[/caption]

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Lucinda jetted off to South Africa for the current series last month – but made a dramatic U-turn[/caption]