Revealed: A timeline of Love Island's Harry & Emma's complicated relationship, from first kiss to villa rows

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4 days ago

Love Island is currently underway and it's a jam packed villa, following the Casa Amor recoupling.
We now have a total of 12 couples in the villa and two singletons floating about. One of the new couples is Emma and Conor.
Emma is the ex of Harry, and her arrival in the main villa last night (9th July) caused some tension, as Harry accused her of coming all that way to "throw dirt" on his name.
In tonight's episode (10th July), Emma and Helena have a pretty heated chat, as Helena questions why Emma came on the dating show.
"Did you come in here for Harry?" Helena asks.
"No. You don't for one second need to worry about that," Emma says, before saying: "I think there's been things which I really don't agree with how you've carried yourself… Sneaking off to the Hideaway behind Shakira's back…'
As the exes figure how to live together while in villa, here's a timeline of Harry and Emma's relationship from the good ole days, to villa life.
Harry and Emma dated for about three to four years.
Emma previously shared a selfie on Instagram, where she can be seen cosying up to Harry in matching baseball caps, hers bearing an "E" and, his, an "H".
TikTok users pointed out her similarities to Shakira and Yasmin, who Harry previously had an interest in while in the villa before coupling up with Helena.
The image has since been deleted from Emma's Instagram, which has no posts pre-2024 and the pair no longer follow each other, but they haven't removed all traces of one another.
On 14th March 2021, Harry shared a picture with him and his mother for Mother's Day.
"Happy Mother's Day I owe it all to you! #thecreator" he captioned the photo.
Emma was one of the people to comment on the picture, sharing three pink double-heart emojis.
Harry was also friends with Emma's sister, who commented: "Cool guy" on a snap of him in Egypt back in 2023.
"Very good very cool," he replied to the comment.
It's not quite clear when the duo broke up, but according to Harry they were together for about three years after he cheated. If they got together around 2021, as their social media interactions imply, the pair will have ended things sometime last year.
Speaking to Helena about cheating on Emma, the 30 year-old said: "Yeah, a week in. Then we were together for almost three years after that."
Emma gave her side of events during Casa Amor, saying: "Harry and I had been together for four years but unfortunately we broke up because he was misbehaving."
She then revealed that Harry "brought girls" back to their home without her permission, leading to their break up.
She said: "The fact of the matter is, you've brought girls into our home, and I wouldn't do that to you, because that was the rules, and you think the rules don't apply to you.
"It's my house, Harry. You think as soon as there's a boundary in place, cross it? You think, 'Oh yes, let me just f*** this up', like there's just no need for any other woman to be in my house."
Harry and Emma reunited on Sunday's episode (6th July) of Love Island as Casa Amor kicked off for season 12.
Following the couples breakfast, the Love Island 2025 cast were told to gather around the fire pit as six new girls arrived on the terrace.
Harry then noticed his ex, and told the boys she's the reason he has the letter "E" tattooed on his wrist, although some fans have pointed out that he originally said this tattoo was for his late nan.
Emma blew Harry a kiss from the terrace, and they later caught up at Casa Amor, as she called him out for his behaviour.
They shared a kiss during the game of Raunchy Races, and some fans pointed out that it was quite "long" leading many to think they might be getting back together.
"Harry and Emma that kiss was a little long #LoveIsland #LoveIslandUK," one fan wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
"That Harry and Emma kissed meant so much didn't think it was going to end #loveisland" another said.
Nevertheless, Emma insisted on letting the other cast members know that she wasn't coming to the villa to get back with Harry.
During the Casa Amor recoupling, Harry said that it was a "long way" for her to come to "throw dirt" on his name, and she said that he just didn't like being "exposed' for who he really is.
New episodes of Love Island air on weekdays and Sundays.