Faye Winter Opens Up About Being A ‘Step-Mum’ For Five Years Before Love Island

26 May 2023, 15:25

Love Island's Faye revealed she was a step-mum to her ex-boyfriend's child for five years
Love Island's Faye revealed she was a step-mum to her ex-boyfriend's child for five years. Picture: Faye Winter/Instagram/ITV2
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Love Island’s Faye Winter got candid about her relationships before Teddy Soares.

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Love Island star Faye Winter has revealed that she took on the role of step-mum for five years ahead of going into the villa.

The reality star, 27, appeared on the dating show in 2021 but revealed that she was almost engaged before making the decision to sign up as a contestant.

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Faye, who split from her Love Island beau Teddy Soares earlier this year, joined the Saving Grace podcast where she got candid about being a step-mum to her ex-boyfriend’s child before heading into the villa.

She said: “My first boyfriend, of five years, I was a step-mum for five years, at 18 until 23.”

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Faye revealed she was a step-mum before heading on Love Island
Faye revealed she was a step-mum before heading on Love Island. Picture: Faye Winter/Instagram

Faye continued: “I actually used to do the school run on my own and got a lovely car out of it, perfect.”

She then explained to TikTok star GK Barry that she almost got engaged to her former long-term partner and reflected on their relationship.

"He bought the engagement ring,” explained Faye, “Told my sister he was going to propose in the July, we broke up in the January, and then he used my ring [to propose to someone else]."

She then said that after bumping into her ex and his new fianceé, she made the decision to talk to them to squash any bad blood.

Faye Winter and Teddy Soares split after 18 months together
Faye Winter and Teddy Soares split after 18 months together. Picture: Faye Winter/Instagram
Love Island's Faye and Teddy split earlier this year
Love Island's Faye and Teddy split earlier this year. Picture: Faye Winter/Instagram

This comes just weeks after Faye opened up about the reason behind her split from Teddy, telling MailOnline earlier this month that ultimately they were just ‘in different places’.

She said: “It's been very obvious, especially over the last few months, we just wanted different things. We were just in different places.”

“And you know, relationships... they're hard, you know, they're hard things to maintain. People go through breakups every single day. People go through heartbreak every single day.

“It's just part of life and it's a really difficult situation to go through. I'm not ready. I don't know if I will ever be ready to disclose what fully happened between us because that is between me and Teddy.”

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