Love Island 2022: Danica couples up with Luca as Remi is dumped from the villa 

Love Island‘s latest bombshell Danica Taylor coupled up with Luca Bish in the dramatic show opening that saw Remi Lambert dumped from the villa on Sunday. 

Danica certainly ruffled feathers during the recoupling as she chose to pair up with the ‘gutted’ fish monger, sending his relationship with Gemma to the rocks. 

The shock decision saw Gemma forced to take back her day one partner, Davide Sanclimenti as single Remi was forced to pack his suitcase after all the other couples were confirmed. 

Shock: New bombshell Danica Taylor has coupled up with ‘gutted’ Luca Bish in dramatic show opener that saw Remi Lambert dumped from the villa on Sunday

Speaking ahead of her choice, Danica told them she had ‘to go with heart’, despite not even being in the villa 24 hours. 

‘I can kind of only go on what I can see at face value and somebody who I feel like is usually my type. I need to explore that unfortunately so I’m going to have to follow my heart on this one. The boy that I want to couple up with is Luca.’ 

Luca could be seen with his head in his hands, later telling Gemma: ‘I want you, that is it and I don’t care.’

Gutted: Danica certainly ruffled feathers during the recoupling that sent his relationship with Gemma to the rocks

Drama: Speaking ahead of her choice, Danica told them she had ‘to go with heart’, despite not even being in the villa 24 hours

Before he jokingly added: ‘It just means you have something good if a new girl comes in and picks me doesn’t it.’ 

Gemma laughed as she replied: ‘I feel like I’ve gone back to day one again going back to Davide.’

‘My eyes are only for you at the minute, you make me feel like a young kid who hasn’t experienced anything before all I want to do is get to know you more and more,’ Luca continued. 

Speaking in the beach hut, he added: ‘It will make us stronger but I am gutted.’ 

Feelings: Luca later told Gemma: ‘I want you, that is it and I don’t care’

Should Gemma be worried: He jokingly added: ‘It just means you have something good if a new girl comes in and picks me doesn’t it’

Upon his exit Remi detailed: ‘I’m a bit disappointed – I wish I could stay longer to get to know Indiyah and Danica mostly. At the same time, I feel like it was my time to leave. I was getting mixed signals and I wasn’t getting a clear answer from the girls.

He revealed that he was initially attracted to Paige before admitted that Indiyah caught his eye.

Remi continued: ‘I feel like me and Indiyah had a connection but her and Ikenna were there from the start and they’ve built a strong connection and foundation. I just wish I’d had more time with her.’ 

Elsewhere, viewers saw Ekin-Su pair up with Jay, who she previously shared sneaky kisses with, Tasha continued her relationship with Andrew, Amber chose Dami, whilst Paige stuck with Jaques and Indiyah stood by Ikenna, despite the couple appearing to be on the rocks. 

Love Island returns on Monday night at 9pm on ITV2 and ITV Hub.