Love Island star Harriett Blackmore spoke to the Mirror recently about her relationship with Ronnie Vint, the couple double dating with other islanders and her career

Former Love Island star Harriett Blackmore has shared updates on her romance with Ronnie Vint. She’s spoken about them taking their relationship to the next level after All Stars and going on double dates with celebrity pals.

Harriett, 24, met Ronnie, 28, on the ITV2 show last summer. They began a relationship at the time but just months after they left the villa it was announced that they had split up. They rekindled their romance earlier this year though after having reunited on the latest series of spin-off All Stars.

Since leaving the villa for a second time in February, the pair have become ‘official,’ with Harriett accepting a proposal to be Ronnie’s girlfriend last month. She’s also shared that he has spent time with her family since getting back together.

Harriett shared updates on their relationship whilst speaking to the Mirror earlier this week. She teased in the interview that it feels “completely different” with Ronnie now, compared to when the couple were together months ago.

She told us: “Me and Ronnie are really good. He’s such a changed person this time so I’m just enjoying the new man.” She shared: “Even though it’s the second time round, it kinda feels like the first of how it actually should have been.”

Asked if it feels like they have taken things to the next level, and are in a different phase of their relationship, compared to last time, Harriett said: “Yes, definitely and I just feel like y’know before we never actually… We were together but we didn’t have the girlfriend and boyfriend label.” She added: “I think it actually is quite a big deal. We never really crossed that path. Now it’s … we’re girlfriend and boyfriend. It’s just … yeah, it’s just completely different. But I love it!”

Harriett shared that she “struggled” being out of the villa with Ronnie after their first stint on Love Island. She said that dealing with a “new environment” and a “new job,” for example, were “overwhelming” enough without then having to also navigate a new relationship with her partner.

She went on to say: “Now it’s much more enjoyable because we’ve both been there. We’ve done it before. We know kind of what to expect from like the public and like work aspects of things. So now we’re just like y’know letting that happen and then just focusing more on our relationship.”

During our interview, Harriett revealed that the couple have been on double dates with the likes of All Stars winners Gabby Allen, 33, and Casey O’Gorman, 28. She shared that they are also close with fellow islanders Luca Bish, 25, Grace Jackson, 26, Sammy Root, 23, and Elma Pazar, 32.

Discussing the dynamic between the recent All Stars’ cast, she said: “We’ve been on a few double dates with Casey and Gabs. We’re really close with Grace and Luca, because obviously we were friends before. Sammy and Elma, we’re really close with as well. We actually speak to everyone.”

Sharing further insight into double-dating, she told us: “We just have fun! I think we all get along so well and we have so many of the same interests and stuff. It’s just nice to actually have chats outside the villa with no camera and [no one] speaking to you saying ‘you can’t say this, you can’t say that’.”

Harriett said it’s “more relaxed” being able to socialise with the likes of Casey and Gabby outside of the villa. She teased in the recent interview that it allows the islanders to enjoy themselves and “have a good time”.

She also revealed in the interview that her and Ronnie have been out with his pals Olivia Attwood, 33, and her husband Bradley Dack, 31. Harriett shared that they had a “really fun” time after filming Olivia’s So Wrong It’s Right podcast.

Asked if the two couples had been on any double dates, she said: “We have! After the podcast we went out that evening. It was really fun. Obviously Ronnie always speaks so highly of them both and [the] first time round because we were both so busy I didn’t really get the chance to properly like meet them but now yeah we have, and it’s really nice.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Harriett teased that she would like to work with Ronnie in the future. She’s also open to following in the footseps of her close pal Saffron Barker, 24, who competed on Strictly Come Dancing back in 2019.

When asked if she would consider doing the BBC show, dancer Harriett said: “I would love to do say Strictly or a Dancing On Ice sort of thing.” She then added: “Y’know never say never but yeah it’s definitely like one of my goals.”

Harriett shared that she would be interested in “those sorts of shows” for her career but also hopes to collaborate with Ronnie. She said: “I’d probably like to do something with Ronnie, maybe. Just like us two. But definitely for me, myself, [I’d do] the like dancing [shows].” She teased: “Obviously I would never ever do the Love Island [shows] again.”

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