In 2024, Rebecca allegedly sent some flirtatious messages to American rapper Slim Jxmmi.
“Marcel is absolutely devastated,” a source said to the Mirror in February 2024. “Rebecca was his life and he’s changed so many things about his lifestyle to make her happy. The poor guy feels like he’s in a nightmare and he keeps hoping he’ll wake up. To know that Rebecca was telling another man she loves him, and then spent Valentine’s Day with him has completely broken him. He doesn’t know what he’s going to do now, but he’s moved out of the family home.”
In the wake of the tabloid frenzy that followed, Marcel unfollowed his wife on social media and filed for divorce in March. Rebecca herself made a statement, seemingly taking responsibility for her actions.
She wrote on Instagram at the time: “By now most of you would have seen what’s going on, I’ve made a huge mistake, I’ve embarrassed not only my husband but myself and both our families. My actions were foolish and have hurt so many people around us but most importantly my husband. I’ve said a lot of things that I shouldn’t have and it was stupid of me so I won’t sit here and justify my actions, those decisions should have never been made.
“I want to publicly apologise to my Marcel, just as loudly as the rest of the noise. For all the hurt, embarrassment and pain I have put him through there is nothing and no one in the world that comes before you and our family. No-one could ever compare.”
In Tuesday night’s episode, Marcel opened up to Gabby about the split. “I tried to make it with her and tried to make it work, but it was like, every day I was waking up and just being like, ‘I can’t… I can’t do this,’” he said. “You know when you are unhappy and you just know you’re unhappy?”
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Is Marcel still married?
The short answer is… yes. Marcel Somerville is both a Love Island contestant and, technically, a married man. But, as Marcel explained in a recent interview, their relationship is over and they’re in the midst of finalising a divorce.