Who is Olivia Hawkins’ ex-boyfriend Maxwell Samuda and what has the Love Island All Stars contestant said about him?
OLIVIA Hawkins is back to take another shot at finding romance in the Love Island villa.
The All Stars contestant previously appeared on Love Island season nine where she met and coupled up with Maxwell Samuda.
Bombshell
Many viewers will recognise Maxwell Samuda from season nine of Love Island.
Maxwell entered the villa as a bombshell alongside Bayley Mummery, Frankie Davey, Kain Reed, Martin Akinola and Ryan Weekley.
He made his entrance during Casa Amor week on day 28, and earned himself a spot in the main villa four days later.
Turning heads
Maxwell was one of the only three out of the 12 new additions to make it back into the main villa after coupling up with Olivia ‘Liv’ Hawkins.
The finance student from London managed to turn the head of Olivia, who had previously been coupled up with islander Kai Fagan.
Before Maxwell stepped foot in the villa he had eyes for Samie Elishi, adding that he wouldn’t be afraid to go after what he wanted.
Although Maxwell didn’t pursue Samie, he did manage to spark a steamy romance with Olivia that continued only for some weeks after leaving the show before they eventually called it quits.
Life before & after Love Island
Prior to joining the cast of Love Island, Maxwell was a host at Dishoom, which is known for its Indian cuisine.
He has also worked as a sales assistant at Footasylum, and in numerous finance internships.
Maxwell studied at the University of Liverpool and has a bachelors degree in Business Economics and Finance.
Since leaving the villa Maxwell declared that he wouldn’t be chasing fame and decided to pursue his career in finance after accepting his place on a graduate scheme.
According the Linkedin, the ex-islander is currently working as a policy analyst at the Bank of England.
As well as this, Maxwell teamed up with Shaq Muhammad to launch an events company, The Shaq & Maxwell: Day Party, too.
What Liv had to say
Despite ring girl Olivia ‘Liv’ Hawkins ditching Kai Fagan for Maxwell in the winter series of Love Island 2023, the two didn’t last very long after leaving the show.
Before the break up the couple received a lot of speculation about their split from suspicious fans.
They were accused of being in a “showmance” after Maxwell was spotted on a lads holiday in Mexico following the Love Island reunion.
At first Olivia denied rumours they’d secretly split, telling the Not My Bagg podcast: “There’s been rumours that we split up.
“But no we’re literally fine. We’re really good, cool calm collected he’s a good guy and he treats me nice.”
After days of rumours circulating online about their split, Olivia’s rep confirmed the pair had called it quits just weeks after leaving the show.
Since the pair went separate ways Olivia has said the breakup was mutual and that there was no bad blood between them.
Speaking exclusively to The Sun, Olivia said: “Maxwell was a sweet boy but I need a big personality. Someone cool!”
When quizzed who she would want to couple up with from past Love Island contestants, Olivia said: “Looks wise I’d say Ovie [Soko]! Everyone says Ovie, don’t they?
“Then personality wise probably someone like Toby [Aromolaran].”
While her relationship with Maxwell didn’t quite work out, Liv hasn’t given up on love and is back in the villa as a Love Island All Star.
Love Island All Stars 2025 official line-up
Love Island All Stars is back on TV for season 2.
Here we take you through the line-up of all the Islanders’ who are in the villa so far.
- Scott Thomas – season 2 (2016).
- Marcel Somerville – season 3 (2017).
- India Reynolds – season 2 (2017).
- Gabby Allen – season 3 (2017).
- Elma Pazar – season 5 (2019) – born in 1993.
- Curtis Pritchard – season 5 (2019).
- Kaz Crossley – season 5 (2019).
- Olivia Hawkins – season 10 (2023).
- Nas Majeed – season 6 (2020).
- Luca Bish – season 8 (2022).
- Catherine Agbaje – season 10 (2023).
- Ronnie Vint – season 11 (2024).
Bombshells
Each series brings with it a string of hot single bombshells making their epic entrance into the villa.
Here’s who has joined the villa so far:
- Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu – season 8 (2022).