04 October 2023 , 17:35
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Love Island stars Casey O'Gorman and Tom Clare have grown distant from fellow Islander Will Young - as they claim the 24-year-old farmer from Buckinghamshire failed to put an effort into their friendship.
The trio who were contestants in the winter series of the ITV2 dating show were branded the three 'musketeers' after growing a solid friendship inside the villa. While Casey and Tom have broken up with their love interests since the show, Will and girlfriend Jessie Wynter continue to go strong.
The loved-up couple regularly post each other on their respective social media accounts, after Jessie moved across the world to be with Will. However, Love Island finalists Casey and Tom's bromance has flourished over the six months, with the pair moving together over the summer - but the duo have revealed their relationship with Will has hit the rocks.
Tom and Casey were finalists on on Love Island (ITV)"It's tough, a lot has happened since the show," Casey said on The Nikki & Brie Show podcast on Wednesday 4 October. Tom claims he reached out to Will to meet for a catch-up, but claims they "got nothing back." He said: "There's only so much effort you can make with someone until you're like, 'Look, this guy is not making effort with me. I can't do it anymore.' It's a shame as we got on so well," he said.
Speaking on the podcast, Casey said: “Me, Tom and Will, you saw it on the TV I was constantly with those boys. We built up such a strong relationship in there. I just assumed we’d keep that strong relationship outside the villa but that really hasn’t been the case. I know obviously me and Tom are still close, we live together now but I feel like Will has distanced himself from us,” he continued.
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“That’s not to say he doesn’t like us it’s just that he’s so busy with Jessie. I completely understand, he’s a busy boy but it would be nice to meet up with him and speak some more to him.”
It comes after Will unfollowed four of his fellow Islanders— Tom Clare, Casey O’Gorman, Ron Hall, and Kai Fagan —on Instagram and said he wanted to focus on his relationship with Jessie. “I was pretty close with Tom and Casey in the villa, you know, the three musketeers! But kind of outside me and Jessie are just focusing on ourselves,” Will said on The Useless Hotline Podcast.
Jessie added: “We’ve been out on the farm, it’s really hard, they’re all like ‘come to Manchester’ and it’s like babe we’re so far away! It would take us a day to get there.”