Dubliner Andrada Pop dumped from Love Island villa in ‘shocking' elimination
"It was shocking because we didn't even gather round the firepit, we just received the unexpected text,' she said.
"I didn't think that Ben and I were the weakest couple. I felt like mine and Ben's bond was getting stronger and stronger. It's bittersweet but I'm happy to be leaving with Ben.'
The Dubliner entered the main villa after returning with Ben from Casa Amor, a part of the show where the male and female contestants are separated to test their loyalties and see if sparks fly with a spate of new faces.
Speaking after her elimination, Andrada said it had been hard to 'like two people and crack on with them both under the same roof'.
"You have to be selfless and go after what you want. I had different connections with them both,' she added.
"Ben is the boy version of me but Dejon was like the candy that you couldn't have. Your ego comes into play when you wonder if you could turn someone's head. As time went on, I could see myself more and more being with Ben on the outside.'
She hit out at Dejon after the dumping, describing him as a 'very smart and calculated guy who knows how and when to use his words' who 'shut it off' when they returned to the main villa.
"We would have a flirty conversation wherein he'd ask me a question, I'd answer it, then I'd return the same question but he wouldn't answer because it would make him look bad,' she said.
"When we got back into the main villa, he was still open but then Meg got on his back and was upset. Then he shut it off.
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"I don't think that he shut it off because he wanted to, he did it because Meg told him so. I definitely feel like things would have been very different if she wasn't there.'
She said that she 'didn't leave on bad terms with anybody' and she wants to 'see where things go' with Ben as they 'get along very well'.
"There's nothing I can fault about the guy. He's a gentleman and treats me like a princess.'
Asked to summarise her experience on the show, she said: 'It was the best experience ever and I'm grateful for the opportunity.'
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