Things started off so well for Shaughna Phillips on this year's Love Island - as she and Callum Jones became one of the show’s first solid couplings. But after he betrayed her in Casa Amor for new girl Molly Smith, Shaughna didn't make a strong connection with any of the other boys who came into the villa and ended the show single.
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Now, she's following in the footsteps of fellow Love Island alumni like Amy Hart, Megan Barton-Hanson and Jack Fincham by appearing on E4’s Celebs Go Dating. This is actually Shaughna's second stint on the show - as she previously appeared as a non-celeb date before she went on Love Island. The show usually sees celebs set up with members of the public by matchmaking experts Anna Williamson and Paul C Brunson - but it looks like it’s another celeb who’s caught Shaughna’s eye...
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A show insider has told The Sun that ‘sparks were flying’ between Shaughna and Pete on the set of the show, which is being filmed in a socially-distanced manner to comply with coronavirus regulations. Shaughna herself admitted that whilst Pete isn't 'her type on paper', they could have 'a perfect chemistry'.
The star-struck 25-year-old gushed:
He's lovely... Even on the first Zoom call with him I was probably a little bit quiet because it's like, ‘Oh my God!’ He is a charmer, I’ll give him that! Him and all the others are celebrities, I am trying to get used to it! I don’t feel like a celebrity, it’s just so weird!
Ladiesman Pete previously dated his TOWIE co-star Megan McKenna and has been linked to a host of other women, including Ex On The Beach’s Harriette Harper, TOWIE's Verity Chapman and Jess Wright, Instagram model Jacqui Ryland, Geordie Shore’s Charlotte Crosby and Love Island's Megan Barton-Hanson and Amber Davies...
