{"id":47662,"date":"2026-03-04T14:34:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T14:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=47662"},"modified":"2026-03-04T14:34:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T14:34:19","slug":"lucinda-from-love-island-finally-clears-up-rumours-she-secretly-has-a-peppermayo-boyfriend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/03\/04\/lucinda-from-love-island-finally-clears-up-rumours-she-secretly-has-a-peppermayo-boyfriend\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucinda from Love Island finally clears up rumours she secretly has a Peppermayo boyfriend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/01\/27\/lucinda-split-up-with-her-ex-just-weeks-before-all-stars-so-what-happened-between-them\/\">Lucinda<\/a>, who won <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/01\/27\/lets-not-forget-that-lucinda-won-125k-from-love-island-games-a-mere-three-months-ago\/\">Love Island Games<\/a> last year and recently left her appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/02\/02\/zac-woodworth-underwent-a-huge-six-hour-hair-transplant-before-love-island-all-stars\/\">Love Island: All Stars<\/a> with new boyfriend Sean, has been rumoured to have a secret relationship with the boss behind the clothing brand, <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/10\/15\/right-whats-really-going-on-with-love-islands-lucinda-and-this-peppermayo-boss\/\">Peppermayo<\/a>. She&#8217;s now finally spoken out on it.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s been rumours she\u2019s dating clothing brand Peppermayo\u2019s managing director, Huayi Huang, since they were seen together. Then, months ago, an account seemingly belonging to Huayi Huang, commented on Lucinda\u2019s TikTok video with star emojis.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately, rumours swirled that she\u2019s back together with her Peppermayo boyfriend, even though they were never confirmed as dating. And now she&#8217;s left Love Island: All Stars with an official boyfriend, Huayi&#8217;s Instagram account has now unfollowed her. Awkward!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">lucinda is soooo funny bro yk she\u2019s gonna cut off mr peppermayo QUICKLY after that<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ivy \ud83c\udf1f (@urculturecritic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/urculturecritic\/status\/2025691714829144241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\u00a0Finally, Lucinda has addressed it after saying it&#8217;s a &#8220;rumour they&#8217;ve written about online for ages&#8221; on the show. She told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Epg0EJUohnc\">We Need To Talk<\/a> podcast: \u201cThis is absolutely not true. This has been an ongoing rumour for a long time and is actually about one of my friends.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I haven&#8217;t actually spoken to him in a long time, but, I work closely with his brand, and people keep saying that we&#8217;re dating and this, that and the other, and that is just absolutely not the case. Like we are genuinely just friends,&#8221; Lucinda cleared up after all this time.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DIW2rbEsQ7-\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DIW2rbEsQ7-\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Lucinda (@lucindastrafford)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\u00a0Despite them both being spotted on a beach together in Mexico in March, Lucinda has since said she \u201cdoes not have a boyfriend\u201d. Anyway, in the past, Lucinda has shared videos of her drinking shots with Huayi, and previously said no to Love Island All Stars.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of last year, she was spotted on a trip with the brand, who commented on her video, \u201c<span dir=\"\">Kauai was so stunning!!\u201d Lucinda is a brand ambassador for the clothing brand, while her co-star Jessy Potts also works with them closely, who she recently cut ties with.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like <\/i><i><span draggable=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reality Shrine<\/a><\/span><\/i><i> on <\/i><i><span draggable=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realityshrineofficial?rdid=TzQu2kEd2cUqU4rD&amp;share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F14zX5cKubf%2F#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener 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