Love Island beauty Lucinda Strafford seems to have confirmed a secret feud with two of her former villa besties.
The model discussed the apparent bad blood on Ami Charlize’s Private Story podcast, shortly after delighting fans with a recent bikini snap.
Lucinda, 24, who rose to fame in 2021 on the seventh series of Love Island, revealed she was closest to Liberty Poole, also 24, from her season.
She made no mention of her former BFFs Millie Court, 27, and Chloe Burrows, 28, leading die-hard Love Island fans to suspect a feud.
During the chat, she said: “On Love Island UK I talk to Liberty quite a lot. You know what, on TV you didn’t see how close we actually were. There were certain scenes in Love Island UK with Libs. We had really funny times together and it just wasn’t shown.”
Host Ami remarked on how the cast appeared “quite grouped” on the series, saying: “Kaz and Lib, you and your two [Millie and Chloe]—it was kind of like you’d been sectioned off, you know?”
Lucinda, wearing a pink top, jeans, and Chanel earrings, responded: “Yeah, but I formed friendships with people that I wasn’t actually… I was close to all the girls, to be fair. Obviously with editing and whatever, they can portray people not to get along when we actually did.”
One fan quickly suspected a spat, commenting: “This is why they say girl groups of three never work out.”
Another noted: “In the same way that Chloe didn’t mention Lucinda either when, in her podcast, she named the people from her season she’s still close with. What’s clear is they’re no longer friends, but nobody knows what happened.”
Whole lotta history In 2022, the trio reunited for a night out on the town. They flew to Ibiza and headed to the glamorous restaurant STK, where they were seen sipping cocktails and dancing on stage. At the time, Chloe called the girls her “soulmates.”
Later that year, Millie and Lucinda enjoyed a long-haul trip to Thailand. Millie confessed: “I can’t tell you how freeing it feels to explore the world and see other cultures and the way they live. We’ve just come to a little island that a family live on with their pigs and it’s the best thing I’ve ever seen!!!!”
This was shortly after they joined forces for Millie’s fashion launch. The girls, dubbed the “naughty trio,” were also quick to reunite for a boozy night after the coronavirus pandemic. Chloe posted a snap to her Instagram Stories showing the trio with a gushing caption that read: “I love you.”
Despite their previously solid friendship, it now seems to have quickly crumbled.