Love Island’s Chuggs had previous brush with fame as he made a cameo on Made In Chelsea

He entered the Love Island villa on Thursday night and caused a stir as several of the islanders already know him.

And Oliver ‘Chuggs’ Wallis has already had a brush with fame in the past as he previously had a small stint on E4’s Made In Chelsea in 2019. 

The entrepreneur, 23, was spotted in an unearthed snap from the reality series where he can be seen taking part in a speed dating scene.

Chuggs sported  a blue shirt with a name tag while he appeared to be smiling bashfully in the shot as he chats to a female whose back is to the camera.

The shot was uploaded to Twitter with the caption: ‘So Chuggs was on Made In Chelsea speed dating in 2019!’ 

MailOnline has contacted Channel 4 for comment. 

It comes after it emerged that Chuggs and fellow islander Hugo Hammond reportedly were love rivals at university and competed for the same girl.

The PE teacher, 22, and the entrepreneur both attended Oxford Brookes university where Hugo allegedly considered himself a ‘BNOC’ – Big Name On Campus.

A source told The Sun on Friday: ‘I think they were both interested in the same girl and went head to head on trying to date her.’

Hugo seemed worried when Shannon Gaffka read a text revealing Chuggs would be joining him in the villa on Thursday.

‘I know Chuggs,’ he admitted as he clasped his neck with a nervous expression on his face.

The insider revealed: ‘Hugo and Chuggs knew each other through sport at uni – I think they were both interested in the same girl and went head to head on trying to date her.

‘That’s why Hugo was so nervous in the villa – it’s like history repeating itself,’ they added.

Well known in the villa, Chloe Burrows also claimed she’d encountered Chuggs before but didn’t explain how.

The blonde bombshell is from Bicester – half an hour outside of Oxford – so is likely to have encountered him while living at home.

Despite his popularity amongst the other contestants, Chuggs was left solo in last night’s re-coupling and now faces being evicted from the villa.

It came after Chloe opted to form a couple with Hugo after citing his loyalty and kindness as the main reasons she wanted to pick him.

Chuggs and the other single contestant Brad will now have to work hard to impress the latest Islander Rachel, 29, in order to keep their place in the villa.

After the recoupling, they received a text saying that incoming islander Rachel would be picking from one of them in just 24 hours, with the one not chosen being sent home.