Love Island star reveals he has secret girlfriend as he shares major relationship update
LOVE Island star Mike Boateng has revealed he has a secret girlfriend with a sweet tribute on Instagram.
The reality star and former police officer, 28, alerted fans to his new relationship simply by holding their hand in a black-and-white photo online.
He didn’t tag anyone else in the photograph, but they appear to be sitting side by side in a car due to the arm of a leather seat into the picture.
Mike added a heart emoji to the picture.
The new romance comes after making multiple attempts to find love in the Love Island villa.
First appearing on our screens during series six – the winter series of 2020 – Mike found himself coupling up with four different women during his time in Mallorca.
Arriving as one of the original cast members, he immediately paired up with Leanne Amaning.
While he was then stolen by bombshell Jess Gale, he would later recouple up with Leanne and remain with her for two weeks before she ended their romance.
He would then couple up with Sophie Piper, before ultimately Priscilla Anyabu, who would remain with him until they were dumped as a couple on day 41, just days before the final.
The pair remained together for 15 months, before ultimately splitting in July 2021.
In a chat on Capital XTRA, Mike blamed going from the quarantine of the villa to the Covid lockdown significantly impacted their time as a couple.
“We’re not together anymore. It was never really a bad breakup, in fact it wasn’t a bad breakup at all, we just had a mature conversation,” he said, noting “nothing bad happened and noone cheated”.
“Lockdown was tough for us, didn’t really have a lot of space away from each other, we had a grown up conversation, like adults, saying in order to save our friendship, maybe we have to take time away as a couple,” he explained.
“You never know what’s going to happen in life, but for now yeah, Mike is single.”
Mike would later return to the franchise, appearing on spin-off series, Love Island Games, last year.
Entering as a bombshell on day 10 of the competition, he partnered Love Island USA star Imani Wheeler, before UK favourite Liberty Poole.
Sadly, he didn’t last long and was dumped just three days after entering the show.