Love Island star Blu Chegini has sparked buzz after being spotted on secret dates with former Casa Amor model Mollie Salmon, just weeks after his previous breakup
ONE of this year’s Love Island stars is in the throes of a new romance with a stunning Casa Amor bombshell.
He failed to find love despite two stints in this
The cheeky chap has enjoyed a string of secret dates with 2022 Casa Amor star Mollie Salmon.
The Sun can exclusively reveal that the former show stars have been spending time together over the past few weeks and things are beginning to hot up.
A source told The Sun: “It is very early days but Blu and Mollie have been dating each other in private over the last few weeks.
“It has come as a big surprise to their friends with Mollie recently admitting she wanted to be single.
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“They spent Halloween together and Blu has been doing his best to impress her with plenty of nights out at some of London‘s top restaurants.”
Eyebrows were raised over the weekend when they shared a TikTok of their Halloween antics together with The Sun learning that they are in fact dating.
Blu has already treated Mollie to a lavish romantic dinner at London’s La Mome restaurant in the heart of trendy Knightsbridge in order to woo her.
The Sun has reached out for comment.
Blu became best known for two very short-lived stints on the ITV2 programme and for failing to find a solid connection during his time in the villa.
During his first stay, Blu was coupled up with Alima but it soon transpired there was not a connection between the pair.
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However, Blu faced online backlash with some suggesting he had written off a connection with Alima too quick.
He was then originally dumped from the villa in week one when it was left to himself and Shea Mannings to self-evict from the show.
After a showdown in which he famously insisted he “wasn’t f***ing leaving,” Blu walked out of the villa.
He returned over a month later for a second shot at love but failed to find a connection.
Blu infamously clashed with eventual show winner, Toni Laites, during an explosive argument during one of the show’s final tasks.
The star was eventually given the boot once again, this time as a result of a public vote which saw him and Helena Ford axed a week before the final as a result of being in a friendship couple.
Blu’s new love interest, Mollie, equally had a difficult time on the show after failing to find a solid connection.
Mollie lasted less than five days during her time as a Casa Amor girl on the show.
She failed to find any connections in the villa and was largely mocked online for seemingly going missing and failing to be seen in any scenes on the programme.
Cory Wharton Says Daughter Maya’s Open-Heart Procedure Has Inspired Him to Give Back to Families in Need
Cory Wharton says his three-year-old daughter Maya’s latest open-heart surgery has inspired him to give back to other children and families, noting that his charitable efforts are “a far cry from MTV.”
As The Ashley previously told you, Cory and ex-girlfriend Taylor Selfridge’s daughter Maya, who was born with a rare form of heart disease called tricuspid atresia, recently underwent her final open-heart surgery called the Fontan. Two weeks after the surgery, Taylor– who also shares daughter Mila with Cory– told fans that the procedure had improved Maya’s oxygenation levels, as well as her overall coloring.
(According to the Cleveland Clinic website, a Fontan procedure “improves circulation in people who have only one working heart ventricle. This problem happens because of one of several congenital heart diseases. The Fontan procedure lets oxygen-poor blood from the lower part of your body go straight to your pulmonary artery– and then lungs– for oxygen instead of going through your heart first.”)
Cory revealed to TMZ this week that, while Maya’s surgery was successful and she was ultimately discharged from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles after a two-week recovery, he realizes that some families aren’t as fortunate.
“I was just happy that we were able to leave the Children’s Hospital, because there’s a lot of families there that they’re not gonna leave, they’re waiting a year or two for a heart transplant,” he said. “ … It’s sad man, walking around there, but there were people in that building that found a way to smile and … just by talking to them over time, I was just like, these people are staying positive when they’re at their lowest and it was crazy for me to see and experience.”
Cory went on to say that the recent experience has inspired him to find ways to help those in need.
“I’m just so thankful to God that we made it out of the hospital, my daughter’s fine and now the biggest thing for me is, like, I’m trying to give back,” he said. “I wanna do whatever I can to try to help out [at] Children’s Hospital or [with] young ones that are in need.
“I wanna give back a little bit … it’s a far cry from MTV, but I wanna try to do something positive with what I got going now,” he added.
As you may remember, Cory and Taylor previously shared that they learned about Maya’s heart condition when Taylor was about 22 weeks pregnant, at which point they were told that Maya would need a series of procedures due to the condition. At just six days old, Maya had a stent put in place; later that year, Maya– then seven-months-old– underwent her first open-heart surgery, during which she suffered some complications.
Taylor shared this month that Maya should not need any more open-heart surgeries in her lifetime; and if she does, it would not be until adulthood.
