LOVE Island star Scott Van Der Sluis has revealed that he ended his relationship with Catherine Agbaje when she returned from Casa Amor – but it was never show on camera.
The semi-professional footballer, 22, was left gutted when Catherine, also 22, returned to the main villa with Elom Ahlijah-Wilson.
Scott revealed he ended things with Catherine after Casa Amor
Catherine split from Elom earlier this week
ITV2 viewers watched Scott fight for his relationship with Catherine, but with no luck.
Joining host Maya Jama on Aftersun on Sunday night, Scott revealed that he was the one who ended things, not the other way round.
He told the presenter: “I didn’t know what was going to happen to be honest.
“I don’t think I told her enough before I went into Casa.
“It was obviously horrible standing alone.
“I ended it on the night, I don’t know if that was shown to everyone or not.
“But that was my pride, it wasn’t nice there. It took me a couple of days to get used to what was going on.
“Me and Catherine are friends now.
“I just want to put it out there, this is a reality show.
“I’ve seen a bit of what’s been said to Catherine and it’s not right at all. We did get on as friends and we’re in a good place now.”
Sharing the clip on social media, one fan wrote: “So basically, they made it seem like scott wanted Catherine back and kept pulling her for chats just for her to be Cold when really Scott ended it the night she came back w elom ???!!! Wtf.”
Another posted: “Girl we knew he ended it. He literally said he wanted to apologise even though it was done and she had been horrible. Catherine tried to make the narrative that she left him.”
While other eagle-eyed fans were quick to pipe up, with one commenting: “They did show him ending it in that first convo when she was shouting at him for the firepit conversation.
“He clearly told her at one point ‘Catherine there’s no time, you go with him, it’s done’ and ended the convo with ‘listen enjoy yourself’.”
Someone else said: “We saw that he ended it when he pulled her for a chat but she acted as if it was already ended but he said only because of his pride and he had other chats where he pulled her just to say he did genuinely like her and stuff, nonetheless I hope they both have a reunion.”
During the interview, Maya quizzed Scott on whether Catherine had reached out to him since leaving the villa and after her split from Elom.
The host asked: “Is there anything more than friendship at this point because you’ve obviously seen rumours swirling around.
“Apparently she’s been in your DMs, can you confirm or deny?”
Scott awkwardly smiled and replied: “At the moment we get on as friends really well and there is nothing different to that at the moment.”
Maya then asked: “Maybe a date? Maybe a reunion…rekindle?”
Scott added: “I don’t know about a date just yet, I don’t know. I was sort of over that situation in the villa. You can never say never with it. But for me at the moment, I’m sort of done with it.”
Scott’s time in the villa came to an end last week.
He found himself in the bottom three couples with Abi, alongside Molly Marsh and Zach Noble, and Ella Barnes and Mitch Taylor.
Their fellow islanders were told to pick who to send home.
Abi and Scott were the couple chosen to pack their bags and leave – but they didn’t go without a scene.
Earlier in the episode, Scott and Mitch shared crossed words over Abi.
Abi was then ‘friend-zoned’ by footballer Scott, who told the boys it was a ‘weight off his shoulders’ to quash any romance between them.
Scott said he has no plans to reignite his romance with Catherine at the moment