Love Island’s Callum Jones and Molly Smith split after three years… as he moved out of her home and they split custody of their dogs
Love Island 2020 couple Callum Jones and Molly Smith have split.
The duo, 28 and 26, met when Molly was a bombshell for Casa Amor in season six and are said to be determined to remain friends despite the split while Callum leaves his Manchester home and takes custody of their dogs separated.
Insiders told The Sun: “It’s really sad because they were a cute couple together but it’s over – and has been for a few weeks…”
“They’re trying to stay friends – they were together for over three years – but it’s difficult.” I think in the end Molly wanted to get engaged, but that didn’t happen.
“Everyone was really surprised when they split up as they were perfect together. “He has now moved out of their shared home and they have split custody of their two dogs.”
Tough times: Love Island 2020 couple Callum Jones and Molly Smith have split.
Couple: The duo, aged 28 and 26, who met when Molly was a Casa Amor bombshell in season six, are said to be determined to remain friends despite the split
Callum is currently holidaying in Bali and most recently shared a picture of Molly on his Instagram page during a trip to Ibiza in July. Molly shared around the same time.
Molly and Callum met on the first ever winter edition of the ITV dating show in 2020, but left before the finale.
The couple moved into a spacious four-bedroom home in Manchester in November after meeting on the show.
Former scaffolder Callum previously revealed that he could see himself marrying model Molly and possibly having children together.
Last year he gave a now-poignant interview in which he hit out at critics and revealed they had “proved some people wrong” after recently celebrating their two-year anniversary.
He said, “We’re perfect.” We have two dogs, so we have a real little family, which is wonderful. There are other things we want to focus on at the moment, but of course going forward it’s definitely something we both want together…
“We just haven’t really decided when yet. We just enjoy the things we have right now, and then eventually family and marriage come into play.”
In love: Molly and Callum met on the first ever winter edition of the ITV dating show in 2020, but left before the finale
Opening: The couple moved into a luxury four-bedroom home in Manchester in November after meeting on the show
Callum explained that viewers of the dating show judge the islanders but only see a snippet of the day: “People can judge from an outside perspective…”
“Obviously they don’t watch 24 hours of Love Island, just 60 minutes, so of course people can make a judgment on that, but we’re still together. “That was the main reason I went in there. So yeah, I would say we proved some people wrong.”
Reflecting on his experience, he said, “I didn’t think I would get a girlfriend and we would live together.” I was really open-minded and what I really wanted was to find someone
“Obviously you’re not going to be 100% when you go in there, but we were lucky and we’re still here.”
Although the pair initially went from strength to strength, things didn’t always go smoothly as their meeting on the ITV2 show caused quite a stir.
Callum joined the show as one of the original contestants and initially made contact with Shaugna Phillips.
The couple’s relationship continued to blossom until the infamous Casa Amor emerged, where Molly arrived on the show.
Molly and Callum hit it off when they met and he decided to return to the villa with her – leaving Shaughna devastated as she had to fly alone.
Living together: The couple, aged 28 and 26, moved into a spacious four-bedroom home in Manchester in November after meeting on the show
Fitness Oriented: Molly recently started a personal training company