Love Island viewers dub Reece Ford ‘Anton Danyluk 2.0’ after reaction to brutal recoupling

Reece was hoping to couple up with Danica tonight (Picture: ITV)

Love Island bombshell Reece Ford has been compared to past contestant Anton Danyluk after the newcomer was left surprised not to be picked by Danica Taylor. 

Reece entered the villa earlier this week, alongside Jamie Allen, Nathalia Campos and Lacey Edwards, all in the hope of getting to know some of the existing islanders. 

While Lacey soon ended up flirting with Deji Adeniyi, the fate of the other three latecomers remained unclear ahead of tonight’s recoupling. 

Singleton Danica, who hasn’t had the best of luck with the lads so far, was enjoying getting to know both Jamie and Reece, and kissed both boys. 

But she realised she would soon have to make a decision after the islanders were alerted the girls would have to pick which boy they wanted to be in a pairing with. 

However, while it wasn’t clear in Danica’s speech who she was going to lean towards, but Reece certainly seemed to look as though he believed she was about to choose him. 

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Reece looked in positive spirits as Danica gave her speech (Picture: ITV) Danica decided to pick Jamie (Picture: ITV)

She explained: ‘Fair to say I’ve had quite a journey in here so far, this decision wasn’t easy for me. I’ve had 2 guys come in here, with great qualities. 

‘I feel like I’ve been looking for someone to match my energy and I think I need someone who is the opposite. 

‘I have to go with my heart on this one. I feel like this guy, I just have a little bit more of a connection with… Jamie,’ she told the islanders.

Oh Reece! (Picture: ITV)

Reece’s face instantly fell when he failed to be picked by Danica, with fans soon comparing it to a very iconic past moment, involving Anton, back in 2019. 

In one recoupling, Anton believed he was about to win over the affections of pharmacist Anna Vakilli, as she shared in a speech: ‘I would like to couple up with this boy because in such a short amount of time I’ve come to really care about him.

‘I feel like every time I’m a bit down he seems to put a smile on my face.’

Anton smiled as he thought Anna was talking about him (Picture: ITV)

As Anna continued and said: ‘He’s got a really sexy body, which is not bad to look at as well,’ Anton couldn’t hold back his emotions and broke into a wide smile.

However, he was left mortified when she ended up choosing Sherif Lanre instead, which led the Scotsman’s face to instantly drop, which was immediately picked up on by fans. 

But his face fell when she picked Sherif (Picture: ITV)

Many compared the two hilarious moments after Friday’s instalment, with one sharing on Twitter: ‘Reece just did an Anton 😭😭😭 #loveisland.’

‘Reese seriously had an anton moment there #loveisland,’ said an amused fan.

Another wrote: ‘DID WE JUST GET A REPEAT OF ANTON AND ANNAS RECOUPLING NO WAY #LoveIsland.’

A viewer chimed in: ‘OMG we just had an Anton recoupling 2.0 HAHA #loveisland,’ with someone else commenting: ‘Reece fully did an Anton thinking that we wouldn’t notice #LoveIsland.’

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Instead, Reece was chosen by Nathalia, who was also left without anyone else to couple up with.

But will they manage to survive the results of the latest public vote?

Love Island continues tomorrow night at 9pm on ITV2.

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