Love Island’s Lucie Donlan has confirmed her romance with Luke Mabbott after weeks of speculation.
The surfer, 22, and Justin Bieber lookalike, 25, took to Instagram on Friday night to share a collection of loved-up snaps from their seaside getaway to Saltburn beach, in North Yorkshire.
In one photo, Luke tenderly kissed Lucie’s cheek as she beamed to the camera while another snap saw the couple grinning.
CONFIRMED: Love Island’s Lucie Donlan has confirmed her romance with Luke Mabbott after weeks of speculation
The new couple kept their captions simple, opting to tag each other on their Instagram Stories with a kiss emoji.
It comes after Luke’s ex Demi Jones appeared to make a thinly-veiled dig at Lucie amid their new romance.
The former style adviser, 22, took to Twitter earlier this week to post a cryptic tweet about ‘knowing your worth’.
Demi penned: ‘Girlllllllll, know your worth,’ followed by a yawning emoji.
Cosy: The surfer, 22, and Justin Bieber lookalike, 25, took to Instagram on Friday night to share a collection of loved-up snaps from their seaside getaway to Saltburn beach, in North Yorkshire
Seaside getaway: The new couple kept their captions simple, opting to tag each other on their Instagram Stories with a kiss emoji
The Love Island star’s 24.2K followers were quick to react to the tweet as they claimed it was about Lucie.
To which Demi insisted: ‘No it really isn’t [crying laughing emoji] actually just felt like tweeting it because us gals need to be reminded sometimes lol, Twitter reads into things too deep x.’
MailOnline contacted Lucie’s representative for comment.
It comes after Lucie and her ex Luke M enjoyed an idyllic staycation at the weekend and shared matching videos from the trip.
Dig? It comes after Luke’s ex Demi Jones appeared to make a thinly-veiled dig at Lucie amid their new romance
Taking a swipe? Demi penned: ‘Girlllllllll, know your worth,’ followed by a yawning emoji
Hitting back! The Love Island star’s 24.2K followers were quick to react to the tweet as they claimed it was about Lucie but Demi insisted that it wasn’t
Demi and Luke M split in May after getting together on the winter edition of Love Island in January, she claimed there was no effort with communication during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Lucie, 22, and the Justin Bieber, 25, lookalike are said to have found love after messaging on Instagram during lockdown and since rules have been lightened they shared matching videos from the countryside over the weekend.
Amid news of their union, sources told The Sun: ‘They were messaging each other over Instagram during lockdown and as the rules relaxed their romance blossomed!’
Sweet: It comes after Lucie and her ex Luke M enjoyed an idyllic staycation at the weekend and shared matching videos from the trip
Luke split from co-star girlfriend Demi in May while Lucie’s romances on the show were less than lucky yet love is said to have blossomed for the duo.
The source went on: ‘Luke wasn’t single for long after he split with his ex Demi and Lucie is his dream woman – he can’t believe his luck.’
On Monday, the duo shared mirror images of a hot tub in an idyllic location, during what appeared to be a joint mini break.
Shortly after their posts, a fan from Portsmouth shared a beaming image of the happy couple during a trip to a supermarket.
Happy days: The duo, aged 22 and 25 respectively, are said to have found love after messaging on Instagram during lockdown and since rules have been lightened they shared matching videos from the countryside
‘Dream girl!’: The source went on: ‘Luke wasn’t single for long after he split with his ex Demi and Lucie is his dream woman – he can’t believe his luck’
Lucie and Luke are thought to have started talking amid the coronavirus lockdown following Luke’s recent split from Demi.
A source told The Sun it was early days but added: ‘Luke and Lucie have been speaking for a few weeks but they haven’t actually met up yet.’
Lucie had recently hinted at a possible romance being on the cards with a series of cryptic posts on Instagram – but kept the identity of the mystery man a secret.
Cryptic: Luke indicated that he had his sights set on someone new with a caption underneath a shirtless photo that read: ‘Since you’ve been around I smile a lot more than I used to’
Alongside one sizzling bikini snap, she wrote: ‘Just recently I’ve been catching feelings… not flights.’
And under a second post, she added: ‘Dear tummy… Sorry for all the butterflies lately. I swear it’s not my fault… it’s his.’
Luke had also indicated that he had his sights set on someone new with a caption underneath a shirtless selfie that read: ‘Since you’ve been around I smile a lot more than I used to.’
Lucie and Luke’s representatives declined to comment when approached by MailOnline.
It comes after Demi broke her silence on her split from Luke M, four months after they finished in third place on the first-ever winter edition of Love Island.
In an interview with MailOnline, the reality star confirmed the pair officially called it quits in May, a decision she claims was encouraged by the heating engineer.
Awks! Luke split from his co-star girlfriend Demi in May while Lucie’s romances on the show were less than lucky yet love has blossomed from the duo (pictured in February)