Love Island star Haris Namani has been rumbled by attentive fans after claiming he’s never been in a relationship.

Monday’s debut kicked off with Maya Jama taking over from Laura Whitmore as host this year, with a fresh batch of singletons entering a brand new South African villa in the hopes of finding romance.

The first episode saw 10 Islanders enter into couples, with a few steals along the way before the contestants all admitted to wanting to ‘keep their options open’ and get to know each other.

After fans pointed out the striking comparison between him and footballer Phil Foden, the 21-year-old revealed that he has never had a significant other.

‘I’ve never had butterflies and I’ve never fell in love,’ he said during his opener.

Following his admission, a video of Haris and rumoured ex-girlfriend Courtney Hodgson started circulating social media.

They caption read: ‘nahhh not Haris saying he’s never had a relationship + never brought a girl back to his #LoveIsland.’

Naturally fans had a lot to say about the surprise revelation, with one writing: ‘Not Haris being exposed for lying about having a relationship already, Twitter working harder than the FBI as always’. 

‘Haris should have his ex girlfriend in casaaaaaa – the drama,’ another added.

Viewers got more of an interesting insight into Haris’ dating preferences last night after sharing his number one dating rule.

Haris Namani eventually coupled up with Anna-May Robey (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock)

While getting to know the contestants, presenter Maya, 28, asked: ‘Harris, are you a relationship kinda guy,’ to which he responded: ‘I’ve never been in a relationship so it’s a hard one for me.’

‘And any turn-offs?’, the 28-year-old continued, with Harris immediately replying: ‘Size five feet.’

Haris, from Doncaster, coupled up with Anna-May Robey, a payroll administrator from Swansea, in the first episode.

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However, Anna-May had originally picked Kai Fagan, a PE and science teacher from Manchester, who was ‘stolen’ from her by Olivia Hawkins, 27.

However, things are set to get tense as newcomer Tom Clare plans to choose a girl to couple up with.

Metro.co.uk has reached out to ITV for comment.

Love Island continues tonight at 9pm on ITV2.

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‘Twitter working harder than the FBI as always.’