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Love Island winners Julia and Lorenzo struggled through a very awkward This Morning interview on Monday – amid fears they've already split a week after the show ended.
The couple scooped the £50,000 prize during the live final in Mallorca last week but since landing back in the UK they hadn't been seen together until they reunited for the TV appearance.
In addition, after logging back into his socials, Lorenzo was spotted liking other girls' Instagram posts.
The pair then did their first joint interview on the daytime show on Monday with Josie Gibson and Paddy McGuinness.
Josie asked a squirming Lorenzo: 'Now there's a lot of rumours that you're not together... Are you together - and what is this terminology?'
As Julia sat stony-faced beside him, Lorenzo then replied: 'As we've left the villa, we're still in the same place, exclusively dating…'
Love Island winners Julia and Lorenzo struggled through a very awkward This Morning interview on Monday – amid fears they've already split a week after the show ended
The couple scooped the £50,000 prize during the live final in Mallorca last week but since landing back in the UK they hadn't been seen together until they reunited for the TV appearance
To which Julia cut in: 'Yes, we are still dating'.
Lorenzo said it's been a 'crazy few days' since the final and that he believes 'everything needs to settle down' and then 'we're going to go on some lovely dates'.
Julia then bluntly replied: 'Where's the date?'
Josie then asked whether the couple had said the 'L–word' yet, to which Lorenzo replied: 'No but it's going that way.'
'Feelings are developing, it's in the right position… so I feel like give it some time…'
The clothing business owner then said he planned to take Julia to a rooftop bar for their first date.
She responded: 'When?' and later on said yet again: 'When's my date?' before awkwardly asking him: 'When was the last time we saw each other?'
Lorenzo then said the date had 'a lot of planning involved'.
And fans aren't convinced they actually are together, as they penned on X: 'He basically used her to get to the final with ZERO consideration for the fact he was playing with Julia's feelings to achieve it.,'
'I've never seen a winning couple look the most unconvincing among the finalists and so unconvincing about their own connection or win.'
Last week Love Island fans shared their concerns that they had already split after he was spotted 'liking' girls' Instagrams.
Josie asked a squirming Lorenzo: 'Now there's a lot of rumours that you're not together... Are you together – and what is this terminology?'
As Julia sat stony–faced beside him, Lorenzo then replied: 'As we've left the villa, we're still in the same place, exclusively dating…'
Lorenzo said it's been a 'crazy few days' since the final and that he believes 'everything needs to settle down' and then 'we're going to go on some lovely dates'
They revealed towards the end of the series that they were 'exclusively dating' and no longer interested in anyone else in or out of the ITV2 villa.
However, some viewers of the show thought it wasn't appropriate for Lorenzo, 28, to be showing interest in other women by liking a series of models snaps.
Some even took it as evidence that Lorenzo and Julia have decided to go their separate ways.
Sharing their thoughts online fans wrote on X: 'Is there a Love Island winners curse? Because they haven't Lorenzo and Julia posted each other.'
Another person referenced the fact that All Stars winners Samie Elishi and Ciaran Davies broke up after this year's season, writing: 'Not even a week this is worse than Scamie and Ciaran.'
Sharing a selection of the photos Lorenzo had liked, another said: 'So how many more days til Julie & Lorenzo post black screens on their Instagram Stories'.
Others wrote: 'I'm really disappointed Lorenzo damn man u have a girl but you can't keep ur hands off liking other womans pics on insta, ur so bad wtf! Our Yulia deserves better'; 'How can their be a rough patch they weren't even a 'couple'. Scamology 101 and y'all fell for it.'
'It doesn't matter whether Lorenzo knows we see his likes. Or whether he doesn't think it's a big deal. It's not about him. All that matters is Julia. If she's okay with it.
'I've always been in two minds about whether your guy can like other women's pics on socials. #loveisland.'