Love Island stars announce shock engagement one year on from meeting on ITV2 show

A Love Island couple have announced they are engaged. Taking to social media the duo revealed they had been "sitting on bad boy piece of information" as they shared their huge news.

Uma Jammeh shared the news on her Instagram account. And in the comments section to the post, partner Wil made a Beyonce pun.

A year after the duo met in the Love Island villa, Uma wrote: We’ve been sitting on a bad boy piece of information." She also shared a diamond ring emoji as she showed off the new piece of jewellery in holiday snaps.

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While Wil wasn't in the images, he took to the comments to say: "I liked it, so I put a ring on it." Uma quickly joked back, saying: "Period."

He also posted a picture of the couple clinking glasses as he wrote: "Cheers to that."

Fans and followers were quick to send congratulatory messages to the pair. On Uma's post, fellow former islander Mimmi Tafara couldn't hide her excitement. In a number of posts, she gushed: "AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!," before quickly following it up with: "CONGRATULATIONS OMG."

Uma replied: "@mimiitafara thankyou my sister," followed by a string of emojis, including pink love hearts. "Part of our journey from the start to the end."

Last July after he was dumped from the villa, Wil admitted he felt he was leaving the show with a girlfriend - and things have continued to heat up. He said in his exit chat: "It went so well, but then obviously Casa came.

"I felt like I owed it to myself to explore, doing that caused a few issues but it made me realise I wanted a future with Uma."

He continued: "Coming back to the Villa wasn’t exactly easy and from then on it was about proving to her how I really felt. I feel like I tried to prove it in as many ways I could. I feel like what I did and said to her was enough for her to end her journey with me."

And he added: "It makes me feel amazing, I couldn’t be happier with the outcome to be honest. I’ve been in there for three and a half weeks and I’ve left with a girlfriend pretty much."

Uma made the decision to leave the show with Wil. And weeks after their exit the pair took to their social media to share an insight into where they had moved in together. Wil posted a video to his TikTok where he made the living arrangements announcement.

He opened the door to an empty flat before he spun round and showed viewers a sneak peek.

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