Harrison Solomon has given a huge relationship update after leaving the Love Island villa with Lauren Wood and revealed who he thinks will win the series.
The footballer, 22, quit the Majorca villa on Friday after becoming embroiled in a love triangle with Toni Laites, 24, and Lauren, 26, which saw him shamelessly go back and forth between the two women, causing weeks of upset and conflict.
After his dramatic exit, Harrison and Lauren have proved they are going strong on the outside in their first joint interview.
The TV personality, who has been studying in Florida at the University of New Hampshire, revealed he will be staying in the UK to be with Lauren.
Speaking to The Mirror, Harrison said: As it stands, I’m not going back to America. Coming off Love Island, I want to be around people who love and support me — my family, my friends… and Lauren.’
‘That day without her made me realise what I wanted. It wasn’t a good 24 hours. I just sat and reflected. I went in to find something real, and I knew that was Lauren.’
Harrison Solomon has given a huge relationship update after leaving the Love Island villa with Lauren Wood and revealed who he thinks will win the series
The footballer, 22, quit the Majorca villa on Friday after becoming embroiled in a love triangle and after his dramatic exit, Harrison and Lauren have proved they are going strong
Elsewhere, Harrison said who he thinks will win the series during an appearance on Capital XTRA Breakfast with Robert Bruce and Shayna Marie.
He admitted: ‘I think Toni and Cach will win. I think Yas and Jamie will be up there as well. But yeah, Harry and Helena, D [Dejon] and Meg are no good.
‘There’s no chance at all. But yeah, I think it will be Toni and Cach, honestly.’
Harrison recently hit out at Women’s Aid after the charity accused him of ‘misogyny’ and ‘sexism’ during his controversial stint on the show.
His treatment of Lauren and Toni was condemned by viewers but much to his dismay, Women’s Aid also criticised his actions by releasing a damning statement claiming his behaviour ‘reinforces a culture that excuses and trivialises violence against women and girls.’
The Derby-born Islander had a relationship with US waitress Toni before embarking on a new romance with Lauren after meeting her in rival villa Casa Amor, with the couple becoming the first to have sex on the ITV2 show this series.
But Harrison then sparked outrage by convincing Toni, who was unaware he had slept with Lauren, to rekindle, leaving the distraught influencer in floods of tears.
Shortly after their bedroom antics were exposed, Lauren was dumped from the villa and followed out the door by Harrison, who was quickly informed of Women’s Aid’s criticism which left him dumbstruck.
Speaking to The Mirror , Harrison said: As it stands, I’m not going back to America. Coming off Love Island, I want to be around people who love and support me — and Lauren’
Elsewhere, Harrison said who he thinks will win the series during an appearance on Capital XTRA Breakfast. He admitted: ‘I think Toni and Cach will win’
Breaking his silence in an exclusive interview with MailOnline, Harrison insisted the charity was wrong to call him out and claims the nature of the statement upset his family.
He said: ‘I have seen the backlash and it’s hard to digest. I would disagree with a lot of it in terms of my respect for women, I do respect women.
‘The worst has been from Women’s Aid. I know myself and the girls on the show too, Toni said she knows I’m not a bad person, just went about situations in the wrong way, but the Women’s Aid statement wasn’t nice… it’s not nice coming out of the villa to my mum upset by that so I would say that’s been the hardest.’
He added: ‘To the women I have hurt, I am obviously sorry. I got it wrong and the back and forth between the two connections caused more harm than I ever intended.
‘It wasn’t ever an ego thing. I am not proud of how I handled things and I’m not going to make excuses.
‘I just want to own it. If people can give me the space to grow from it, I will do everything I can to be better and that’s the only thing I can do.
‘There is no handbook for how to be on a show like Love Island. It’s instincts and intentions. I got some of it right, but I know I got a lot of it wrong, and I know that now.’