Love Island: Sophie Gradon QUITS show – ‘I was at the end of my tether… Katie is playing a game’

The contestant – who had been in the Spanish villa since the beginning of the show – decided to leave after falling out with many of her housemates over her brief thing with Katie Salmon, and the fact her former flame Tom Powell had left.

Speaking to OK! Online, Sophie said: “I left the villa because I felt I was at the end of my journey. It wasn’t my time anymore.

“I had wanted to leave the day before I actually left.

“I slept on it, saw how I felt. I gave it another shot, but my time in there since Tom left wasn’t the same. It was my time to leave.

“You do think, when you get to this point – you think, ‘What are my chances of winning?’

“This was literally… I was at the end of my tether, I had nothing left to give. It wasn’t a life changing amount of money.

“For me, it was just time to go.

“I believe if you’re not happy with a situation then change it, so I did.

Sophie was seen having a heated discussion with Katie in the house on tonight’s episode, where she said she felt “mugged off” by her.

However, Soph claims the pair have buried the hatchet.

She said: “Everything with Katie is fine. I was open and honest with her. I didn’t want to be there anymore. She understood.

“As a friend, I told her I wanted to chill out – I told her I wanted to be with Tom after this, but she wanted to play the game, get to the end together.

“I never, ever, ever held it back from her that I wanted to be with Tom. If the relationship with Katie had been genuine it would be a big thing for Love Island – the first bisexual couple.

“We could potentially get to the end, potentially win the show. But I wasn’t feeling it.”

Love Island continues on ITV2, tomorrow night at 9pm.