Love Island’s Tasha Ghouri loved secret dates with Strictly champ Giovanni Pernice

Deaf Love Island star Tasha Ghouri loved secrets and techniques dates with Strictly champion Giovanni Pernice – a month after he gained the present with Rose Ayling-Ellis.

Italian professional dancer Giovanni, 31, and Islander Tasha, 23, related through Instagram and messaged privately on the app, which ultimately led to the pair assembly in January. 

Giovanni wined and dined Tasha, who’s additionally a dancer and has carried out for the likes of pop star MNEK, however their fling fizzled out as a consequence of him being on the Strictly tour.

A supply near Tasha stated: ‘Giovanni was persistent when it got here to Tasha.

‘They’ve quite a bit in frequent, each being dancers, and he had simply realized quite a bit concerning the deaf neighborhood performing with Rose on Strictly, who Tasha actually admires.

‘Tasha was impressed by how gentlemanly he was, taking her out to prime London eating places and providing to ship automobiles to gather her, however she’s unbiased and all the time made her personal solution to see him.

‘Their romance did not progress as a result of Giovanni was travelling quite a bit with the Strictly tour and Tasha was already concerned with another person.’

MailOnline has contacted Love Island and Giovanni’s representatives for remark. 

On Tuesday, MailOnline revealed that Tasha was relationship former Too Scorching to Deal with contestant Robert Van Tromp, 30, between October 2021 and March of this yr.

In January, Robert hung out away within the US, and the couple agreed to see different folks.

Throughout final night time’s Love Island, Tasha appeared to discuss with her earlier fling with Giovanni saying: ‘I’ve dated Italian earlier than and it isn’t for me.’ 

Tasha is presently coupled up with actual property agent Andrew Le Web page, 27, however she has her eye on fishmonger Luca Bish, 23, who’s half Italian. 

Giovanni was beforehand in a relationship with Love Island’s Maura Higgins, 31, and has additionally dated Pussycat Doll Ashley Roberts, 40, TOWIE’s Jess Wright, 36, and former Coronation Road actress Georgia Might Foote, 31.

Tasha revealed to her fellow Islanders this week that she was born deaf and wears a cochlear implant.

She informed MailOnline concerning the ‘obstacles’ she’s overcome following years of speech remedy and listening to rehab.   

‘I wasn’t all the time assured in my life, I’ve realized that is who I’m and it isn’t a adverse factor or one thing I hate. I find it irresistible now. I actually am glad about it’, she defined forward of the Love Island launch on Monday. 

Final yr, Rose made historical past as the primary deaf contestant to participate in Strictly, occurring to win the competitors together with her dance accomplice, Giovanni.  

Tasha praised the EastEnders actress after she raised consciousness for the deaf neighborhood and touched audiences together with her now BAFTA award-winning {Couples}’ Alternative efficiency.

Talking in Mallorca final week, Tasha stated: ‘I like Strictly and being a dancer, Rose is such a tremendous function mannequin it was so highly effective what she did. 

‘She represented me, in addition to the deaf neighborhood and I simply thought it was superior. It was an exquisite message.’