LOVE Island fans think they've spotted chemistry between Lochan Nowacki and Samie Elishi just days before his split from Whitney Adebayo.
The former couple, both 27, confirmed on Friday night thatafter meeting two years ago.
But their eagle-eyed followers believe the writing was on the wall earlier this month.
Lochan appeared in a flirty video with Samie, 25, who featured on the previous season of the show to him.
In the clip, the duo shared a candid conversation about getting over heartbreaks whilst filming a cooking tutorial.
Samie began: “It depends what kind of hard time you're going through. Like, if you're going through a heartbreak, for example, which I'm sure so many people are…”
Lochan joked: “She's got a book coming out, actually,” to which Samie said: “No, I actually should. I should. I'm so good at this now.
“OK, actually, in any hard time, it always gets better, even though it feels like it doesn't, it’s the end of the world, and no one's going to move on, and it's just going to get worse and worse and worse...
“It always gets better. It does. And just really focus on you. Like, I'm talking like, take yourself away. Start a new hobby. Just try new things. I tried Muay Thai, in case it's your strength.”;
Lochan chimed in with: “Go on, teach me some.”
The two started joking around with faux martial arts moves, with Samie instructing him on his technique.
Lochan laughed: “Do you know what? I love that stuff, though. Because it's so fun to get a workout that's active. It's not like you're just going for a run.”;
In the accompanying video, the pair even shared a hug.
The chemistry didn’t go unnoticed.
One fan commented: “Rah look how happy he is I’ve never seen him smile this much with Whitney – this the reason gotta be
they would make a nice couple.”
Another agreed: “Samie and lochan will end up together.”
Someone else said: “Whatever happened I just know it’s her fault smh.”
A fourth concluded: “Come back to watch after the break up and I’ve never seen Lochan giggle this much ever. He didn’t stop smiling throughout.”
Whitney andLochan met onin 2023, with the pair placing as runners up and embarking on a rocky love story.
Just mere weeks ago, the pair seemed all loved up when to mark her now-ex-boyfriend's birthday.
They also seemed stronger than ever when Whitney shared a video on TikTok revealing why she and Lochan were still together and other couples were not.
Taking to the video-sharing platform, Whitney shared a video where she penned a message over the top of it.
“POV: Most Love Island couples live with their partner and you decided to move our by yourself,” she wrote.
The video was shared on February 25, and captioned with: “Never fell victim of proving my love onlineee.”
And now, in the wake of Whitney's split from Lochan, fans have reshared the video and now claim that she “jinxed” their relationship.
Sharing the TikTok video in a Love Island Reddit forum, the user penned: “She jinxed it!
“And ppl in the comments of her Tiktok at the time were saying ‘thats why you two are going to last'. Anyway, good luck to both of them!”
Someone then commented: “Never fell victim of proving my love online – she should've gloated less tbh.
“Nevertheless, these islanders can't win. if they're ‘private' and don't post each other much, they get accused of never spending time together, so they must be faking it.
“If they post each other a lot, then it must be a showmance and they're just using each other for engagement lmao.”
While another penned: “People need to stop making rules about this couples bc real life relationships doesn’t have rules... same of them work and some don’t simple like that.”
Earlier this week before the news of the couple's split broke, fans were left convinced Whitney was suggesting someone had been unfaithful with .
“I wish I could tell you there was someone else, something that would make it easier to understand.
“Maybe it was just one of those heartbreaking moments of ‘right person, wrong time’.
“I’m strong, but for the first time in a long time I can admit that I’m broken. I thought I had everything figured out, the future seemed so certain,” the TikTok said.
Whitney also revealed she's moved into a new apartment, adding: “Now I’m 27, standing at a crossroads and questioning everything that I thought I knew.
“So many memories, so many plans, so many ‘I love yous’ that had their last day – I just didn’t know it.
“Now I’m here in my new apartment, surrounded by the quiet echoes of him.”
But despite all of this, when Lochan celebrated his birthday just last month, Whitney shared a gushing tribute.
“First the first time in 27 years, I can honestly say I'm in a happy, loving relationship,” Whitney said over the top of a video.
Whitney and Lochan came runners-up during the Love Island 2023 final, just losing out toand.
