A former Love Island star has confirmed his romance with an EastEnders actress months after the duo were spotted on the red carpet together
A former Love Island star has made their new relationship with an EastEnders actress public as they confirm their pairing. Michael Griffiths, 33, and Rukku Nahar, 29, finally made it Instagram official this week after months of speculation.
The duo were spotted on the red carpet together last year but their latest outing has confirmed their status as a couple. Taking to his Instagram Stories, Michael reshared a post where he is giving the actress a peck on the cheek as she smiles.
The image is paired with Tems’ tune, Love Me JeJe. It came as the pair enjoyed the boxing on Saturday night as Oleksandr Usyk brutally dispatched of Daniel Dubois to remain undisputed heavyweight champion.
Michael shared a number of images on his grid of the pair enjoying the occasion at Wembley Stadium. In the first, the former Islander is seen grabbing his partner as she beams.
He also uploaded a shot of the pair of them taking their own selfies of each other in their cute coupling. And the final image in his reel showed the duo posing for a picture together as they wrapped their arms around each other’s waists.
Michael captioned the post: “Her first official fight night. And what a night it was, here’s to many more adventures.”
The followers were quick to react to the official relationship announcement. Among them was former Love Island pal Liam Reardon, who simply put two flame emojis. Fellow islander Josh Denzel also replied with only emojis, typing to clapping hand emojis.
And MAFS star Laura Jay Vaughan also said: “I love you both so much.” She added a love heart emoji and a character with love hearts for eyes.
The duo first appeared to be a couple at last year’s UK premiere for The Venom: The Last Dance. At the time, they looked happy together and posed for shots as a pair, but stopped short of confirming their relationship status.
At the time, neither Rukku nor Michael had admitted to dating, and they hadn’t featured on each other’s social media accounts either. However, Michael was spotted leaving flirtatious comments under some of Rukku’s Instagram posts in the build-up.
While Michael made a name for himself on series five of the ITV2 dating show, Rukku is best known for playing the role of Habiba Ahmed in Walford. Michael was locked in TV drama in his series as he was involved in one of the show’s most unforgettable love triangles.
At the time he abruptly dumped Amber Gill for Joanna Chimonides. His relationship with Joanna only lasted a few months post-villa before ultimately ending.
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