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Love Island star drops HUGE clue she's secretly engaged after going public with boyfriend

Love Island star drops HUGE clue she's secretly engaged after going public with boyfriend

The Irish Sun19-05-2025

LOVE Island fans have been sent into a spin after convincing themselves one star from the show is set to announce her engagement.
Eagle-eyed fans have spotted that the villa alumni is wearing a ring on her wedding finger after recently going public with her boyfriend.
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Sharon Gaffka has been spotted wearing a ring on her engagement finger
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It comes after she unveiled her relationship with fellow activist Matthew Torbitt
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But now, alongside a series of telling new photos, the 29-year-old is already talking about having a baby with her fella.
Sharon now works as a VAWG (Violence Against Women and Girls) activist and is an ambassador for domestic violence charity Refuge.
Matthew, meanwhile, is a Homelessness & Prison Reform Advocate.
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Together, they have addressed the
Oxford
Union after being invited there to tell Oxford University students about their work.
Sharon has since shared several black and white photos that were taken backstage at
the talk
, which show her in a stunning long-sleeved dress and Matthew in a tux.
But after the law graduate posted the pictures on Instagram, fans couldn't help but spot the ring on Sharon's left hand.
Sharon told her followers: "I can't wait to tell our
future
child that mum and dad were once guest speakers at the union they'll one day be members of 👀."
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Replying, one follower wrote: "It's giving engagement announcement pics tbh."
Much to everyone's delight, Sharon and Matthew both confirmed that an engagement is very much on the cards.
"It's coming," Sharon replied.
Matthew added: "Trust me, it's coming."
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Sharon even went one stage further in response to a follower who had written: "This is so gorgeous. I'm seeing the not too distant future here."
The former reality star replied: "Everyone get ready for the wedding content 😂."
Sharon Gaffka's love life
What we know about Sharon's private life since she left Love Island...
Sharon appeared on Love Island in 2021 because she had grown tired of "being the only single one" in her group of friends.
The former beauty queen and law graduate said she was on the look out for someone intelligent.
Sharon was paired with Hugo Hammond on the show but later accused him of 'touching her inappropriately' outside of the villa. Hugo flatly denied her allegations.
Although it appeared Sharon was heterosexual, she also
Sharon went off the radar in terms of her private life following her villa stint.
But in 2023, she made a rare admission about her love life – revealing she had enjoyed a celebrity romance.
Sharon confessed: "I have only ever dated one person in the public eye in the past two years, it lasted for the best part of five minutes, so it's no even known about outside my inner circle.
"I'd want a relationship that was known of, not known about."
In the same year, Sharon also opened up about
Sharon, who did not reveal who the baby's father was, cried as she told fans about her emotional and heartbreaking experience in a video.
In March 2025, Sharon revealed she had found her happy-ever-after with fellow activist Matthew Torbitt.
The pair declared their love for each other on Instagram alongside a series of photos taken during a trip to Spain.
Sharon had hoped to find a boyfriend in the seventh series of Love Island in 2021.
She was was briefly coupled up with
during her time
in the villa
, but later
- which he denied.
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She alleged her friendship with
ended because of his behaviour following
Love Island, however he described her claims as "completely false" on social media.
Sharon has since remained tight-lipped about romantic liaisons but revealed two years ago that she had suffered a heartbreaking miscarriage.
Opening up as she marked what would have been her baby's first birthday, the women's rights campaigner said: "Grief is not a linear process.
"I'm tired of being told that time is healer and this truth is especially evident in the aftermath of miscarriage for those who never planned to have children. Feelings of loss, confusion, guilt, and even relief can surface unexpectedly, and these emotions are all valid."
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Sharon told her fans she wasn't sharing her story for sympathy, but as part of her healing process.
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Sharon appeared in Love Island in 2021
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She was coupled up with Hugo Hammond but it did not end well
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Sharon has now told fans to 'get ready' for wedding content
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