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Samie Elishi made the most of her adventurous girls’ getaway to New York alongside fellow single star Olivia Atwood, unveiling a fresh collection of photos from their trip on Monday.
Having flown to the States, the Love Island celebrity took a break after news surfaced of her split with Ciaran Davies, a mere three weeks following their victory on Love Island: All Stars.
Insiders suggest the breakup largely stemmed from Ciaran’s lack of communication with Samie, which gradually led to their relationship losing its spark.
Unfazed by her recent romantic challenges, Samie joined Love Island favorites Toni Laites and Sophie Piper in the Big Apple to mark the launch of Olivia’s latest River Island line.
On Instagram, Samie was captured enjoying bottles of beer with Olivia, who herself recently ended her marriage to Bradley Dack in January.
Besides relishing the iconic sights of the city, Samie commemorated the trip by getting a tattoo—a lightning bolt etched onto her middle finger.
Samie Elishi made the most of her ‘messy’ girls trip to New York with fellow single star Olivia Atwood, as she shared a new gallery of snaps from the break on Monday
The Love Island star shared a gallery of Instagram snaps from the trip, including getting a tattoo on her finger to remember the getaway
She captioned the post: ‘Monthly messies NY edition.’
On Monday, a source confirmed that Samie’s busy schedule was not solely to blame for her split from Ciaran.
They told The Sun: ‘Samie is really disappointed it didn’t work out but Ciaran always knew she was a busy girl, he even made jokes about getting lots of Toblerones after each brand trip.
‘Lots of couples survive busy diaries, it just needs both parties to communicate and stay connected that way, which is something that was lacking.
‘She just wasn’t hearing from him. Things just fizzled out because there was no communication and they realised they didn’t have much in common when they were out in the real world.’
The source also dismissed speculation that fellow Love Island star Tyrique Hyde had been sending flirty messages to Samie, insisting it has nothing to do with the split.
Daily Mail has contacted representatives for Samie Elishi and Ciaran Davies for comment.
While Sami has yet to publicly address her split from Ciaran, she did share a telling picture of a sweatshirt that was emblazoned with the quote ‘enforce male curfews’.
It came as sources revealed that Samie’s romance with Ciaran Davies ended after she ‘failed to hear from him’ leading their romance to fizzle out
Samie has brushed off her relationship woes as she showed off her new lightning tattoo on her ring finger
She joined Olivia Attwood, who is also newly-single after she split from her husband Bradley Dack in January
The pair made the most of the New York bars with snaps showing the pair downing bottles of beer together
Samie travelled to New York for the girls trip to celebrate Olivia’s new River Island collection, alongside Toni Laites and Sophie Piper
The picture was notably posted to social media hours before it was announced that she and her Love Island beau had failed to even last a month outside the villa.
A source told The Sun: ‘Samie and Ciaran have decided that, for now at least, they’re better off staying friends rather than pursuing things romantically.
‘They made that decision in the week.
‘Neither of them have a bad word to say about each other. Maybe they’ll end up staying good mates and you never know what could happen down the line.’
Samie’s interest in planning a potential move stateside comes after the Love Islander hit back at claims that she bullied Lucinda Stafford in the villa.
Lucinda had a rocky time in the villa and often clashed with Samie Belle Hassan and Jessy Potts.
Since leaving the South African villa, Lucinda has appeared on Paul C. Brunson’s We Need To Talk podcast and claimed she felt ‘bullied’ by some of the girls, which led to her being ‘isolated’ from the group.
Hitting back at Lucinda’s claims, Samie told the Daily Mail: ‘Some of the stuff that is being said is so bizarre, like the bully accusations, they are not true.
‘Every Love Islander that has gone on a podcast since the show has said categorically no one got bullied and obviously the show wouldn’t go on if there was.
‘That stuff is hard to hear, but you’ve got to move on, like I know what kind of person I am.’
Speaking at Carmex’s Sip & Paint event at Jumeirah Carlton Tower hotel on Tuesday, Samie revealed she is still in contact with all of her Love Island co-stars, other than Lucinda.
Since leaving the villa, the pair have unfollowed each other on social media and have made it clear they are no longer friends.
Samie added: ‘I’m a firm believer that everyone is entitled to their own opinions and that is fair because I’ve got my own opinion and I want people to respect it.
‘At the end of the day, my morals are so strong and I know the truth. I know my truth and the people that I’m close to, their truth, and that’s all that matters. We lived it, we know what went on.’