Love Island’s Lucinda Strafford reveals if she’s still dating hunk Zac after hooking up on Australian show
LOVE Island star Lucinda Strafford has revealed that she is STILL dating hunk Zac Nunns after appearing on the Australian edition.
It comes just weeks after Lucinda, 24, was seen snogging New Zealander Zac, 25, outside Sheesh Restaurant in London.
The Brighton-native failed to find love on ITV2‘s series seven, despite forming connections with Brad McClelland and Aaron Francis.
She headed Down Under two months ago in a bid to meet Mr. Right on the dating programme’s Australian version.
And it seems to have worked, as Lucinda revealed that she hopes to have a “future” with Zac.
Speaking exclusively to The Sun, Lucinda said: “We’re doing quite well at the moment, I’m surprised at how well I did in there.
“I was definitely surprised about the connection I had with Zac – I thought I was going to go in there and not meet anyone, so the fact that I found a genuine connection with a guy was kind of funny, but mainly because he was playing hard to get and I love that – I love the chase.”
But it hasn’t all been smooth sailing, following a horror Movie Night where Zac said that Lucinda “needed to be trained” to have better relationships.
Lucinda was left furious at the comment and slammed him for comparing her to a “dog”.
“I had a massive chase at the start,” she told us at The Beauty Awards 2023.
“He was a walking talking red flag, but that’s why I liked him. I mistake red flags for peng.”
Addressing the snaps of her snogging Zac in the street last month, Lucinda said: “It’s something I’d 100 per cent like progress.
“Obviously you’ve seen the pictures in the street, so there’s no hiding that.
“We do have a genuine connection.
“He was in London but he’s now back in Australia but we’re FaceTiming and chatting everyday.”
When asked if she sees a future with Zac, the blonde beauty simply replied: “Definitely.”
While Love Island Australia isn’t currently being aired here, fans won’t have to wait long until it makes its way onto ITV2 and ITVX.
Lucinda from Brighton arrived in the UK villa as a bombshell alongside Millie Court and went on to form the ‘naughty trio’ with Millie and Chloe Burrows.
But she caused drama on the outside after claims she’d had a secret boyfriend all along – who was even looking after her dog while she was in the ITV villa.
Last month, we revealed Lucinda would be joining the line-up for Love Island Australia.
A source told us, “Lucinda is a bona fide Love Island legend so everyone’s really excited for even more viewers to enjoy her special brand of ditzy banter – who can forget her ‘realllyyyy?’ catchphrase?
“She’s so gorgeous, she was a real hit with the lads in the Majorca villa, so no doubt Lucinda will have the Aussie lads’ head spinning too.
“Of course people all around the world watch the global versions of Love Island so it’s likely the cast will know exactly who she is – and know she knows how to play the game – which always ruffles feathers. Lucinda is so excited to get grafting.”