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Love Island star reveals 'really bad' Arsenal player 'slid into my DMs' despite being married with kids

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  • Love Island star Vakili reveals DMs
  • Claims married Arsenal star messaged her
  • Not impressed by player's behaviour
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  • WHAT HAPPENED?

    Vakili, a model by profession, appeared in ITV2's famous 'Love Island' in series five of the reality show and made it all the way to Day 52 before she was eliminated. Vakili has now revealed to The Sun that a married Arsenal star 'slid into' her DMs on Instagram despite the fact he was married with children.

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    WHAT VAKILI SAID

    Speaking to The Sun, Vakili said: "I had an Arsenal player slide into my DMs, which was really bad because he was married with kids and literally he has it all over his Instagram as well, so I don't know what he was thinking."

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    THE GOSSIP

    Vakili also revealed that other celebrities had messaged her on Instagram including Blue's lead singer Lee Ryan. She added: "The weirdest DM from me on a personal level would be Lee Ryan from Blue because I grew up with him being my biggest crush.

    "I would have his picture all over the walls in my bedroom, I'd write him letters when I was young and then being older and him messaging me was just such a weird surreal feeling. I didn't reply, I still haven't met him."

  • WHAT NEXT FOR VAKILI?

    The Love Island star revealed earlier that she had been approached to join 'Love Island All Stars' later this year but turned down the opportunity.

    Speaking on her Sisters In The City podcast, Anna said: "I should be in South Africa right now, on Love Island All Stars, in the warmth in a bikini on TV because I was very close to going on there. I don't see it as an opportunity, I look at previously Love Island All Stars and I don't think it did anything for any of them. In terms of me finding someone on there, it's very very slim."

    "It would have not benefited me financially. The kind of man I want to settle down with wouldn't really want a woman that's going on Love Island. I feel that's such a f**king f**ked up thing to say but that's the truth.

    "For example, when I went on in 2019, I had to go on because we were in a bad financial place. It changed me life, it changed our family's life, it served its purpose. Going on there now, is just being greedy. The guy that I would want to marry now, would look down on that 'why you on there snogging different guys in a bikini'.

    "I'm a 34-year-old woman."