Mitchel Taylor ‘proposing’ to Molly Marsh just three days after meeting has split Love Island watchers.
Of course, the 26-year-old gas engineer was joking about’marrying’ Molly, 21, but viewers were taken aback by how swiftly the couple had progressed.
Molly and Mitchel have been snuggling in bed, and things appear to be going well, as the couple enjoyed their first kiss on the terrace on Wednesday night.
They’d already snogged in bed and during games and challenges, but their move on the terrace looked to be significant.
As they sat down on the sofa, Mitchel turned to Molly and asked: ‘Will you marry me?’
After the pair laughed it off, she said: ‘What? I feel like you’re going to scare me right now, what have you got to tell me? You’re going to scare me!’
He replied: ‘Listen, I know we’ve been kissing in challenges, and I can’t not kiss you tonight when you look that good.’
However, his proposal moments earlier diverted viewers from their romantic patio smooch.
‘Mitchel is the epitome of love bombing, far too much too soon. Cringe,’ one viewer slammed.
Another penned: ‘not being a hater but why are mitchel and molly moving like it’s been 7 days already.’
Mitchel and Molly are scaring me😭 #LoveIsland pic.twitter.com/CqCTJ5Khts
— Tisha 💫🇯🇲 (@ItsNatisha) June 7, 2023
not being a hater but why are mitchel and molly moving like it’s been 7 days already #LoveIsland #loveisland pic.twitter.com/7C00BN1cjD
— C. (@C40969825) June 7, 2023
Molly and Mitchel are gonna be exclusive by next week #LoveIsland pic.twitter.com/PwyADfkWyg
— Harleyjem (@HarleyBark) June 7, 2023
Will you marry me really Nah this season is giving 😂😂😂#Loveisland
— Zahara Abdallah (@ZaharaAbdallah7) June 7, 2023
will you marry me’ joke after 3 days #LoveIsland #loveisland pic.twitter.com/71149W3A8V
— C. (@C40969825) June 7, 2023
Mitchel is the epitome of love bombing, far too much too soon. Cringe #LoveIsland
— clare 🌸 (@claredoylexx) June 7, 2023
Molly and Mitchel on the Terrace already? #LoveIsland pic.twitter.com/JTtf4KbnyE
— Jeenia👑🤍🇨🇮 (@_exornam_fr) June 7, 2023
Other viewers were more hopeful for the couple, with one writing: ‘Molly and Mitchel are either going to win or fall apart, I really hope they work out.’
Another said: ‘Gunna keep pretending to be cool and casual and that I’m not already obsessed with Molly and Mitchel when actually I love them with my whole heart.’
Someone else wrote: ‘I can feel myself getting way too attached to Molly and Mitchel.’
Molly later said in the Beach Hut: ‘He literally just went in and he does move fast, but I guess it worked in his favour!’
Mitchel was applauded by all the females around the campfire on Tuesday after coming over to offer Molly his jacket.
‘Can you train up the other ones?’ Ella joked, while the other boys were urged to ‘take notes’.
‘Me and Mitchel haven’t spoken that much this morning, I feel like people are getting the vibe that the connection is really good, but I don’t want people to see that all the time like I am open to speak to everyone,’ Molly later insisted, before chats with George and Zachariah.
However, a trailer for Thursday’s show suggests that trouble is on the way, as kissing challenges may throw a surprise.
In the clip, Molly is heard saying ‘I didn’t expect that at all,’ after she receives a cheeky snog from bombshell Zachariah Noble.
‘It’s all kicking off again,’ Mitchel warns.
We can’t wait!
Love Island continues tomorrow night at 9pm on ITV2.
