Lucie Donlan and Luke Mabbott shared the online abuse they’ve received from trolls after his ex-girlfriend Demi Jones claimed he cheated on her during their four-month relationship.
The surfer, 22, and the former heating engineer, 25, took to their Instagram Stories on Monday to highlight offensive comments they’ve been met with from trolls, with some branding the couple ‘s****’.
The Love Island stars, who appeared on the show in 2019 and 2020 respectively, urged their followers to ‘be the solution, not the problem’ as they spoke about the effects of the harsh criticism on their mental health.
‘Be the solution, not the problem’: Lucie Donlan and Luke Mabbott shared the online abuse they’ve received after his ex Demi Jones claimed he cheated on her during their romance
Originally shared to Luke’s account, the media personality wrote: ‘Deleted message when he found out I was going to post. What a shocking comment.
‘Just a hand full of all the stuff we get daily. Mental health is huge right now!! Come on guys. BE THE SOLUTION, NOT THE PROBLEM.’ (sic)
Earlier in the month, the Justin Bieber lookalike was forced to address his split from influencer Demi, 22, after she implied that he had started dating his current girlfriend Lucie while they were still together.
The hunk told his side of the story and accused his former partner of attempting to fake their romance for the sake of her clothing brand launch.
Her side: Influencer Demi, 22, after she implied that he had started dating his current girlfriend Lucie while they were still together
Harsh: The surfer, 22, and the former heating engineer, 25, took to Instagram on Monday to highlight comments they’ve been met with from trolls, with some branding them ‘s****’
She said on Youtube: ‘So we were all happy, we came out of the villa, we came third which was absolutely amazing, we were all caught up in the Love Island craziness.
‘Then we had two weeks worth of freedom, it was red carpets, it was events, and then Covid-19 happened and we were pushed into lockdown.
‘As time went on over lockdown, I wasn’t really getting my energy reciprocated so I was getting left on read quite frequently, I wasn’t really getting any phone calls, texts or nothing.’
Their blossoming bond was captured on the 2020 winter series of Love Island, but cracks started to appear when they tried to maintain a long-distance relationship at the start of the pandemic.
She continued: ‘I was thinking “it’s lockdown so surely you’re more likely to be on your phone and making an effort?” So I knew in my heart that something wasn’t right, it wasn’t really working.
‘I did say to him on numerous occasions, “how do you feel, do you want to continue this?” And he said he did and he wanted to meet up with me when lockdown finished and I was quite satisfied with that.’
As Demi lives in Portsmouth and Luke is based in Redcar, North Yorkshire, she thought it was the distance between them that ended the romance.
But as the North Yorkshire native travelled across the country to embark on a relationship with Lucie, the auburn-haired beauty began to think there was more to the story.
She added: ‘And then all of a sudden, he rang me out of the blue and was like “I need to end it, I need to end it now.” It was quite sudden which I was quite taken aback by, and it then all came out in the press very quickly.
Oh no: Their bond was captured on the 2020 series of Love Island, but cracks started to appear when they tried to maintain a long-distance relationship during the pandemic
‘Very shortly after, I actually received some photos via my DM from a fan that had spotted Luke and Lucie in Cornwall together. I actually never told Luke this because I didn’t want beef but I saw it and this was literally less than two weeks after the public breakup.
‘I went back and went through all of Lucie’s profile to see if there was anything on there to see that they are together, and I noticed all of these cryptic captions with loads of “shhh” emojis and about getting butterflies and secret eyes.
‘I put two and two together and obviously they must have started talking during lockdown. He then obviously wanted to meet up with her or maybe was already meeting up with her, I don’t know, and that’s why he suddenly wanted to cut it [with me].’
Luke hastily fired back on his Instagram story as he gave his own account of their separation and denied cheating.
Investigating: According to Demi, she received photos from a fan of Lucie and Luke together in Cornwall just two weeks after their public breakup and cryptic captions on Lucie’s profile
He said: ‘This is like seven months down the line, I’m happy, she’s [Demi’s] dating other people and I don’t see why it needs to get brought up again, but I’m going to tell you my story.
‘So basically we came out of the villa, she did as well. We weren’t talking for about a week and I thought to myself “I need to do something, I’m not happy” so I’m going to ring her.
‘So it wasn’t out of the blue, we didn’t talk for a week and I thought I need to ring her and explain that we’re not going to persue any further, which I did, and she said “can you wait three weeks for my clothing brand to launch to get publicity around it.”‘
Shock! The TV star revealed that a close friend leaked his split with Demi to the press after they tried to keep up their relationship in the public eye for the sake of her clothing launch
He explained the situation: ‘I was thinking “my feelings come first,” I wasn’t too happy about it but I did say yes, and obviously I was talking to my mates [about Demi]… and it got leaked by someone, and she wasn’t very happy.
‘So me and Demi split on May 29 and that’s when Lucie checked in with me a couple of days after or a week after, to see if I was single and then we went on a date June 17, which wasn’t in Cornwall.’
Luke continued to completely deny meeting Lucie while they were an item, as he hoped to end his drama Demi, once and for all.
He concluded: ‘I don’t know where she’s got Cornwall [from]. If there were images, they would have been leaked to the press I’m sure, so I don’t know where that came from, and then we [Lucie] started going out in July and that’s pretty much it.
‘I would just like to squish it now… I hope everyone can get on with their lives because me and Lucie have never been happier.’