Love Island star Yasmin Pettet is left heartbroken as she reveals her beloved cat Miaow Miaow has died following cancer battle
The reality star, 24, often spoke lovingly about her pet during her time in the villa, but heartbreakingly, Miaow Miaow passed away from cancer at the age of 11 while Yasmin was still filming the show.
Announcing the news on Instagram on Wednesday evening, Yasmin wrote: 'As I've spoken about her on the show I'm sure a lot of you will know I have a cat called miaow miaow who's been by my side for 11 years now.
She continued: 'When I was filming Love Island I had a bad gut feeling something was off and when my mum and sister came into the villa I asked them and still felt like something was off.
'Rightfully they didn't tell me because I was still in the villa but after the final I called my sister and she told me that miaow miaow had cancer and died whilst I was away filming Love Island.
'I'm trying to be as active as I can be on socials but am taking time for myself to process this heartbreak.
She concluded the heartbreaking post: 'RIP to my beautiful baby girl, you were so loved and will always be in my soul.'
Yasmin, who came in third place with her partner Jamie Rhodes, 26, returned to social media earlier today to thank fans for their support throughout her journey.
She said: 'My love island journey has been crazy to say the least but I really wouldn't have been able to do it without my Jamie, Toni and Shakira.
'I feel so grateful and blessed and can't wait to see what the future holds.'
Jamie, who affectionately describes Yasmin as having 'black cat energy', praised her now that they're back home, writing: 'Absolutely smashed it, wouldn't want to do the journey with anyone else.'
It comes after ITV released the voting breakdown for the final, confirming it was the closest result in the show's history.
In total, Toni and Cach received 33.5% of the vote, with Shakira Khan and Harry Cooksley taking 26.2% - showing the result was a close call.
Yasmin and Jamie came third with 22% and Angel Swift and Ty Isherwood placed fourth with 18.3%.
Toni and Cach won despite the bookies' odds revealing it was Harry and Shakira in the running to win, just hours ahead of the live final.
And fans seemed delighted with the decision as they took to Twitter to wish the couple congratulations.
They penned: 'Justice served well done Toni & Cach .. what a gentleman man he is';
'Congratulations Toni and cach. First American and she won. Iconic moves';
'a bombshell + a casa boy winning love island - iconic!'; 'Love island didn't disappoint with Cach & Toni winning';
'Toni was her true authentic self'; 'Amazing winners - hats off to the producers for an elite season of #loveisland'.
But it looks like Toni and Cach may be spending even more time together in front of the camera, as ITV are reportedly planning to offer the couple a spin-off show chronicling their long-distance relationship, according to The Sun.
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