Love Island All Stars fans delighted as Chris Taylor is dumped from villa in shock twist after very brief automatic recoupling with Arabella Chi

By Owen Tonks For Mailonline

22:46 09 Feb 2024, updated 00:21 10 Feb 2024

Love Island All Stars viewers were delighted as Chris Taylor was dumped from the villa during Friday’s episode.

Bombshells Joe Garratt and Joanna Chimonides became the latest pair to be given the boot from the villa, leaving their respective partners Arabella and Chris single.

As a result, Chris and Arabella were automatically coupled-up after falling out after their previous pairing.

But the union was very short lived as bombshell Adam Maxted, 31, arrived at the end of the episode and chose to split the pair up, coupling-up with Arabella and leaving Chris single.

He then learned by text message he had been given the boot from the show before the instalment came to a sudden end.

Fans of the show took to social media to say they were pleased Chris had left, with one person writing on Twitter: ‘Chris getting his karma for how he treated Arabella by being coupled back up with her then dumped because Adam chose her.’

While someone else wrote: ‘That was short & sweet for Chris leaving, didn’t even get to see him say bye – producers had enough.’

Another person posted: ‘Producers heard Chris wanting to go home and producers said “say less”.’

While someone else commented: ‘The producers got sick of Chris complaining that he got saved so they dumped him a day later.’

And someone else wrote: ‘Chris was so upset & wanted to go home that the produces said bet.’

Another audience member at home remarked: ‘ #LoveIsland producers putting Chris out of his misery. They definitely told Adam to pick Arabella.’

‘Well you got what you wished for Chris,’ wrote someone else.

Someone else wrote: ‘Georgia’s manifestation crystals worked overtime to get Chris dumped from the island like he wanted damnnn.’

While someone else shared: ‘LOL Chris was practically begging Adam to choose Arabella with his eyes. The dislike he has for her…I need to understand.’

‘Arabella GOT THE LAST LAUGH HAHAAHHAHA THATS WHAT CHRIS DESERVES AFTER ATTEMPTING TO BREAK HER SPIRIT,’ shared another viewer.

While someone else posted: ‘HOLD ON – Chris gets dumped (thank God), it immediately cuts to the public vote then they roll credits?! Producers really said no goodbyes and no exit interview for you, son – cheerio.’

Bombshells Joe and Joanna became the latest pair to be given the boot from the villa, leaving their respective partners Arabella and Chris single earlier in the episode.

Show host Maya Jama told them: ‘The Islanders decided to dump Joe and Joanna. You will automatically couple up. How would you feel about that one?’

Looking solemn while staring at the ground and standing with his hands in his pockets, Chris muttered: ‘Yeah, great…,’ after Arabella laughed: ‘Back to the beginning.’

Viewers took to social media to express their opinions on the recoupling.

One person wrote on Twitter: ‘How has Chris stayed over Joe? What an absolute waste of time bringing him in? Poor Arabella being coupled up with Chris again.’

Another viewer shared: ‘Joe was 100% wrong decision. They are choosing based on their pals rather than who should actually stay. Joe never had a chance. Chris should have gone.’ 

Someone else posted: ‘Weirdest decision ever, should have been Chris and Arabella going, all they seem to care about is keeping their friends in, not them finding love.’

While someone else commented: ‘Chris started the series quite funny and seemed a nice guy but his constant spiteful behaviour to Arabella has shown his true colours, wish he had gone instead of Joe.’ 

‘Chris’ hatred for Arabella is disproportionate and odd,’ shared someone else.

While someone else remarked: ‘Does Chris know he can just leave? I’m actually tired of this 33 year old man-child.’

Someone else asked: ‘Chris is you love Joanna so much why don’t you leave?’ 

Another viewer fumed: ‘Oh my lord Chris is so ungrateful, no thank you or anything for keeping him in, please can we get him out.’

While someone else posted: ‘Chris, with all due respect, you know where the door is…’

Chris previously told Arabella he cool things off with her while he was getting to know another Islander.

Arabella was caught off guard when she spotted him and Sophie Piper holding hands earlier in the day. 

As she pulled Chris over for a chat to air how she felt in the evening, the conversation quickly became heated, leading to the pair calling quits on their ‘relationship’.

Chris felt Arabella was acting jealous because ‘she wasn’t getting her own way’, while Arabella felt Chris was handling the situation disrespectfully.

Arabella said: ‘The reason I chose you is because I thought I could be with you on the outside and I do have feelings so that is why I’m hurting right now.

‘Last night you sat on the sun deck with me and said you were going to be respectful and not going to do anything in front of my face.’

Chris said: ‘And I hold my hands up and apologise for that’, Arabella chipped in: ‘But that’s why I’m annoyed.’

He urged: ‘Dial it down a bit please. I didn’t want to hurt your feelings, please don’t raise your voice at me. If you’re going to interrupt me while I’m talking’.

Arabella added: ‘Because you aren’t letting me speak, don’t mess me around Chris.’

As the pair called time on their short-lived romance, Arabella broke down in tears as she spoke to the girls’ around the mini fire-pit.

She said: ‘I would never have expected Chris to have been like this. I just feel like it always happens to me, I really do. I coupled up with Chris because I saw something with him… I could have couple up with any guy.’

The pair have struggled to get along in the villa since.

It comes after Love Island All Stars’ Joe Garratt and Joanna Chimonides became the latest pair dumped from the villa on Friday evening.

Bombshell Joe was left fuming by the shock decision as he was given the boot just days after entering alongside twins Jess and Eve Gale.

The couples named the most incompatible were up for the chop and Joe and Joanna found themselves at risk alongside their respective parters Arabella and Chris, and Casey O’Gorman and the twins.

The other couples were embroiled in a tense back and forth as they attempted to choose who would be sent home, before eventually choosing Joe and Joanna.

Love Island All Stars: Unseen Bits airs on Saturday 10 February at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX.