Love Island winner Paige Turley hits back at ex Lewis Capaldi and says she won’t give him a cut of her £25K winnings – The Sun

LOVE Island winner Paige Turley is refusing to bow to ex-boyfriend Lewis Capaldi’s demand for some of her prize money – so she can pay her debts.

The chart-topper joked in January that he deserves some of the cash if she wins because he is the reason why she earned a place on the ITV2 show.

But Paige, who won the first winter series and shared £50,000 with boyfriend Finn Tapp on Sunday, reckons he won’t get a penny.

In an exclusive chat, she said: “That’s just Lewis, it comes as no surprise he said that. But I can’t give him any money because once I pay off my debts there’ll be nothing left.”

During her time in the villa, Lewis won two Brits — including Best Newcomer — and revealed during one of his acceptance speeches that his hit song Someone You Loved was written about his gran, not Paige as had been speculated.

On Lewis’s revelation, she said: “Lewis has never told me what the songs were about so if he said it was about his nan, then it was.”

Finn said he won’t be intimidated by Lewis if they bump into each other.

The Oxford City footballer says he has his own music ambition and aims to knock the singer “off his perch”.

He joked: “I’ve got a shower-singing album coming out and hopefully he’ll feature on a couple of tracks with me.

“I want to collaborate with him and win Best Newcomer at the Brits next year.

“I’ve never been in a situation where my girlfriend’s had such a high-profile ex. I wouldn’t say it was intimidating, I love his music and I’m a fan. I’m excited to meet him.”

The ITV2 show winners, who are planning to move to Manchester together, say the series was tinged with sadness following the death of the show’s former host Caroline Flack, who was replaced for the winter series by Laura Whitmore.

Finn explained: “We were told just before the final. They wanted to tell us at the best time and the best way and we’re thankful they did that.

“We remember her fondly. We loved her as a fan watching it on telly over the past few series, that’s the relationship we had with her.”

Paige added: “Everybody knew how much she loved Love Island.

“It’s such a sensitive subject, we just send love to Caroline’s family.”

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