Love Island‘s Shaughna Phillips and Anton Danyluk sent fans wild earlier this week when they posted a flirty video to Instagram.
In a nod at their time on the ITV2 dating show, the Essex reality star, 26, and Scottish personal trainer, 25, pretended to ‘couple up’ in a fun clip.
It comes after Shaughna’s rep confirmed to MailOnline that the brunette beauty had jetted to Dubai with a new mystery man she is dating after meeting recently.
Wild! Love Island’s Shaughna Phillips and Anton Danyluk sent fans wild earlier this week when they posted a flirty video to Instagram
In the clip, Anton says: ‘So I would like to couple up with this person as I’ve got to know them in the last hour,’ which he emphasised.
‘Do you know what, she’s funny and very friendly. Yeah, I feel like we get on and feel like this could go somewhere. So the girl I would like to couple up with is… Shaughna.’
To which Shaughna hilariously walks over and declares her signature catchphrase: ‘Congrats, hun.’
Anton, who has been single since splitting with ex Belle Hassan, then kisses Shaughna on the cheek and the two go on to cuddle up on a chair with people off-camera cheering.
‘Coupling up’: In a nod at their time on the ITV2 dating show, the Essex reality star, 26, and Scottish personal trainer, 25, pretended to ‘couple up’ in a fun clip
Funny: In the clip, Anton says: Do you know what, she’s funny and very friendly. Yeah, I feel like we get on and feel like this could go somewhere. So the girl I would like to couple up with is… Shaughna.’
Although there’s nothing to suggest Anton is Shaughna’s mystery man or the duo are in fact dating, the video sent Love Island fans and their co-stars wild.
Joe Garratt penned: ‘Perfect couple’ followed by a clapping and crying laughing emoji.
One fan wrote: ‘Okay please say they’re a couple this is the cutest thbg.’
A different person said: ‘Are they acc together’ they added: ‘Is this real ahahha.’
‘Congrats, hun’: To which Shaughna hilariously walks over and declares her signature catchphrase: ‘Congrats, hun.’
He picked me! Anton, who has been single since splitting with ex Belle Hassan, then kisses Shaughna on the cheek
While another fan said: ‘This would be a brilliant couple!’ followed by a heart and fire emoji.
MailOnline has contacted both Shaughna and Anton’s representatives for comment.
It comes after Shaughna posted a cryptic photo to Instagram with a mystery man, prompting confusion among her followers earlier this year.
But a representative for the reality personality has since attempted to clarify the matter to MailOnline.
They said: ‘Over the past few weeks Shaughna has met someone who she is currently dating.
Cosy: The two go on to cuddle up on a chair with people off-camera cheering
Mystery man? It comes after Shaughna’s rep confirmed to MailOnline that the brunette beauty had jetted to Dubai with a new mystery man she is dating after meeting recently
‘Prior to this Shaughna has been single since before her appearance on Love Island – so in total has been single for 2 years until now.
‘Love Island has given Shaughna many fantastic commercial opportunities which she is so very grateful for.’
Shaughna has jetted to Dubai – like most of the other Love Island stars of yesteryear – where she appears to be with the man in question.
The confusion began when Shaughna posted the snap cosying up to the shirtless hunk, whose face was covered up with an emoji.
Fans: Although there’s nothing to suggest Anton is Shaughna’s mystery man or the duo are in fact dating, the video sent Love Island fans and their co-stars wild
She captioned the snap with: ‘Starting 2021 with the same people I started 2020 with, and feeling very lucky ❤️’ She has since removed the image from her page.
Many were left wondering who the faceless man was, taking to the comments to press her on the matter.
Some were baffled, wondering how she could still be with the same mystery man a year ago if she had taken part on Love Island – a series for singletons. She also took part in Celebs Go Dating over the subsequent summer.
When she was on Love Island, Shaughna was supposedly looking for romance, famously pairing up with co-star Callum Jones only to be dumped by him after returning from Casa Amor, leading to many a vitriolic remark from viewers.
Deleted: Shaughna posted a cryptic photo to Instagram with a mystery man earlier this month, prompting confusion among her followers. She has since removed the image from her page
‘Did I just read her confirm that she was in a relationship whilst on love Island and cgd? No hate im just shocked!’ one person remarked on Saturday, under her Instagram post.
A different person asked: ‘Were you dating during Love Island? x’, with another saying: ‘You were on LI in 2020…..’
One person questioned: ‘Boyfriend of 2 years? Weren’t you on celebs go dating recently?’
While a different fan asked why Shaughna was covering her mystery man’s face, to which she replied: ‘Maybe the person doesn’t want the attention so doesn’t want their face on Instagram’ followed by confused emojis.
Drama: The 25-year-old, who was on Winter Love Island last January, was supposedly looking for romance on the ITV2 dating show, famously pairing up with co-star Callum Jones only to be dumped by him after returning from Casa Amor
Huh? Yet in her social media post, she is seen on a sun lounger, cosying up to a shirtless hunk, whose face was covered up with an emoji
Elsewhere, Shaughna reportedly hit back at other critics as she said she appeared on Love Island to ‘help her mum financially’ in a now-deleted remark.
In the exchange obtained by The Sun, someone asked: ‘Confused how she can have a boyfriend of two years what with Celebs Go Dating and Love Island.’
To which Shaughna is said to have replied with: ‘It’s television!’
Another asked: ‘Surely if you’re in a relationship you wouldn’t be going on dating programmes?’
To which Shaughna replied: ‘If you had the ability to potentially change your mum’s/parents’ life, would you? For me, personally, being able to help my mum in anything she financially would need outweighed ANY other scenario.
‘That’s the relationship that means everything to me, and I would do anything to give her the life she deserves. We may not agree, but I hope you understand my decisions.’
MailOnline approached Shaughna’s representatives for comment at the time.
Baffled: Many were left wondering who the faceless man was, taking to the comments to press her on the matter (Shaughna pictured on Love Island last year)