Not everyone found on this season of , but one couple that has surprised fans by staying strong post-show is Ally Woodfall and her winner, Joe Blanch. The two had a controversial journey to finding love, with Joe's throughout the series. Six months post-filming, Joe and Ally are still together, and now the show is aired, they're clearing up rumours about their relationship, with Joe saying he's made peace with being the 'villain' for .
Ally said watching their journey on TV has been difficult. "Obviously, reality TV, it's about the drama. It's about these moments that are made to captivate the audience and to follow along the journey.
And I think that for me, I came onto the island for one thing, and that was to find a connection," she told "I wasn't there for money, I wasn't there for anything else, really, and I found that very, very early on. There was connections elsewhere, obviously, but for me, the connection with Joe was the strongest." As for his journey, Joe said that he's happy with how he played his "game".
"The best way I can explain this is you never know what the right thing to say in those moments are. At the time, it's a bit of a joke. You laugh afterwards and go, ‘I wasn't actually being serious’, but it's the way of the edit," Joe explained.
"Sometimes there does have to be a villain, and you know what? That was just me this time, and I'm okay with that. I am happy with how I played my game, not necessarily how the way it was portrayed on TV, but it is w.