CURTIS Pritchard begged Amy Hart to stay in the villa during an emotional secret showdown – but she was having none of it, The Sun Online can reveal.
The former air hostess, 26, quit the show after Curtis left her heartbroken after he admitted his eye began to wander and he dumped her.
Earlier this week, the pair were among the least three popular couples among viewers – but would’ve remained on the show after being saved by their fellow islanders.
Danny and Jordan were dumped from the villa, and so were Lucy and George.
And although Amy could’ve stayed on the show with Curtis, she decided to bow out early after he begged her stay in scenes that weren’t shown on TV.
A source said: “Amy did think about staying in the villa after she and Curtis survived the dumping, but after a few hours of soul-searching during a break from filming, she decided it would be best to go home.
“She went on the show to find love, and she found it. Unfortunately, Curtis didn’t feel the same way.
“When she told Curtis her plans to leave, he was devastated and begged her to stay.
“He didn’t want to be responsible for ending her time on the show.
“But Amy had made up her mind – she knew how unpopular they were as a couple so realised there was no point staying – even if she did find love again, she would be settling for second best.
“And she didn’t want to be treated like a victim by her friends in the villa as he cracked on with other girls like Maura.”
“She’s now just looking forward to getting back home and seeing all her friends and family.”
During her time on the show Amy raised concern amongst viewers as she wept when Curtis called time on their romance after he pursued Jourdan Riane while the girls were at second villa Casa Amor and he couldn’t guarantee his head wouldn’t be turned again.
Amy broke down in tears after Curtis told her he was having doubts about their relationship.
The fallout episode from Casa Amor, which featured other couples also struggling with the aftermath of the recoupling, sparked 196 complaints to Ofcom.
Last week she spoke to the show’s psychologist and was even removed from the house last week and given extra therapy by the well-being team.
She grew increasingly distressed as she watched fellow islander Maura Higgins made her move on newly-single Curtis.
The Sun revealed that Amy had made the shock decision to leave the show earlier this week and during last night’s emotional instalment of the ITV2 show, viewers wept as Amy told Curtis of her decision to leave.
She said: “I came in here and I thought I was going to meet some nice people and I’d probably date one of them and they’d be alright, and then I met you and you completely turned my whole world around…
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“We made each other happy… I want us to be best, best friends but we both need to move on and we both need to find someone that is going to make us as happy as we make them.
“Realistically for me, I’m not going to be ready in the next three weeks to meet someone else. Realistically for you, you will not be happy all the time here because you’ll always put me first, because you’re such a good person.
“That’s why I love you so much and that’s why I want you to be happy.
“You are not going to be happy whilst I’m still here.”
