Love Island star QUITS the villa after tearful breakdown and major fan backlash - and they're already on their way home
Series 12 of the popular reality show has been packed with drama since its launch last month.
Now, in a shock move, Harrison Solomon, 22, - who has been in a love triangle with Toni Laites, 24, and Lauren Wood, 26 - has decided to left the iconic ITV2 show.
A source told The Sun: 'It's been a momentous few days for Harrison and ultimately he has decided to quit.
'Everyone was so shocked and people were crying and hugging him. He worked through everything with the ITV duty of care team and is making his way home to his family now.'
Harrison has been in a huge amount of drama since entering the villa as a bombshell on day eight.
He decided to pick Malisha Jordan, 24, and Toni for a date, but built a connection with American Toni.
But while getting to now Toni, Harrison showed an interest in Helena Ford, 29, and that infuriated Toni.
Things appeared to be going well until Casa Amor arrived, when he decided to bring Lauren back to the main villa, and Toni coupled up with Cach Mercer, 24.
Since he's been back, he's been saying that he wants to get to know both girls, leaving them both in tears.
Earlier this week Love Island fans branded Harrison 'disgusting' after he crawled back to Toni after having sex with Lauren during Tuesday night's episode and admitted it wasn't the first time.
As the couple's settled down to sleep, one pair had other ideas as they were seen getting frisky under the covers.
And it wasn't long until they took things to the next level as Harrison was seen whispering across the beds as he asked Harry whether he had a condom.
After Harry passed the wrapper to his friend, Lauren was seen climbing on top of Harrison before the camera panned away to show their islanders shocked faces.
And the next day as Lauren chatted with Helena and Meg, she confessed it wasn't the first time the couple had slept together as she admitted they had gone all the way the other night too.
Yet despite the intimacy, Harrison was quick to change his mind on who he had a greater connection with as he went crawling back to Toni after news of a shock recoupling.
Speaking to Harry he confessed: 'I want Toni' before he met with her on the terrace to beg her to give him another chance.
And shockingly Toni once again chose to give things another go with her former flame, despite insisting she was 'done' earlier in the episode.
Yet it seems Toni may not know the full story, with fans speculating she doesn't know he and Lauren appeared to have had sex.
Taking to X, formerly Twitter, fans didn't hold back with their comments as they penned: 'Harrison is disgusting you're having sex with Lauren knowing you don't even like her and Lauren is just a whole mess both of you go home I'm sick of it'.
'And she still doesn't know he's sh****d Lauren twice this is so dirty someone intervene';
'I beg Lauren stands up and mentions they sh****d twice Harrison ain't even told Toni yet loool';
'this is embarrassing for Toni'; 'nah Toni, girl you've just lost the bag';
'Harrison you CANNOT be crawling back to Toni now after having sex with Lauren and not being honest with her about it';
'Harrison having sex with Lauren then running back to Toni ?! I know Lauren shouldn't have but this is all on Harrison';
Taking to X, formerly Twitter, fans didn't hold back with their comments as they penned: 'Harrison is disgusting you're having sex with Lauren knowing you don't even like her and Lauren is just a whole mess both of you go home I'm sick of it'
'had sex with lauren TWICE mind you, now he wants toni back'; 'Harrison wants Toni but he's having sex with Lauren. Toni and Harrison are such weirdos';
'Harrison asking for a condom and proceeding to have sex in a room full of people ??? Disgusting';
'How do they feel so comfortable having sex with people in the room?!'; 'Having sex with other people in the room is one thing, but on NATIONAL TV??';
'Where is Toni sleeping? Cos if Harrison & Lauren are having sex in the same room, the respect is below hell';
'harrison and lauren are CRAZY bc how are you having sex in a room full of people AND asking for a condom'.
Harrison and Toni officially recoupled at the end of the episode, while Lauren was left in tears after she was forced to recouple with Ty.
Toni and Harrison have had a rollercoaster journey since Harrison brought back the bombshell to the main villa after Casa Amor.
And while Harrison appeared smitten in Casa Amor, he has attempted to reignite his triangle in the competition by flirting with Toni in a scandalous move on the terrace earlier this week as the pair continued to flirt with each other.
However on Monday, despite being in tears over Harrison's sneaky antics in the villa, Lauren appeared to forgive and forget when they retired to bed as the cameras showed the two getting very close under the covers.
In a nightime clip aired by the producers, the sheets could be seen moving over the top of the two islanders - suggesting they were taking their connection to the next level.
The next day, Harrison seemed to have confirmed their antics as he confessed to Harry that 'the whistle was blown' and he 'scored a three pointer' - a football reference which fans took to mean they got intimate throughout the night.
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