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Are Love Island 2025's Shakira and Harry still together?
15 January 2026, 16:54
Shakira Khan and Harry Cooksley's on-off relationship gripped viewers from the get-go on Love Island but are they still together now? Or have they split? Here's the latest on their romance.
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Love Island stars Shakira Khan and Harry Cooksley had a rocky road to love in 2025's steamy villa, only rekindling their romance towards the end of the series.
The flirty footballer, 30, was coupled up with now ex Helena Ford for the majority of his time on the TV show, but it was Shakira, 23, who stole his heart from the start.
After weeks of secret eye contact, heartbreak and emotional chats, the couple found their way back to one another and came second in the 12th season of the ITV dating show.
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But with so much at stake and Harry's notorious wandering eye at play, fans are dying to know if their relationship has managed to beat the odds against them – so are Love Island's Harry and Shakira still together? Here's what we know.
Are Love Island's Shakira and Harry still together?
Shakira and Harry are still very much together. They keep their romance very private since exiting the villa with only the odd display of support on their social media channels.
At the end of 2025, Shakira confirmed the couple, at that point, were still not boyfriend and girlfriend. She confirmed they are still only dating, avoiding putting any 'official' titles on their relationship just yet.
In an exclusive interview with Heart, she told us: "Still taking things slow, it's been a month. Everyone forgets it's been like a month and a week, so yeah, just going at our own pace."
How did Love Island's Shakira and Harry get together?
Shakira and Harry first locked eyes on day one of Love Island as both were part of the original starting line-up.
After a whirlwind first 24 hours in the villa, which Shakira turned heads, Harry decided to recouple with the pretty northerner and all was well until he and Helena snuck off to the Hideaway.
Harry and Helena's relationship quickly heated up, despite Harry getting to know plenty of other bombshells, and they became exclusive after claiming they had an "undeniable" connection.
Meanwhile, Shakira flirted among the guys and struck up a romance with best friend Conor Phillips in a bid to forget her heartbreak. But it didn't quite click with Harry and Shakira eventually making their way back to one another.
After their shock recouping, Harry and Shakira snagged second place in the Love Island 2025 final, losing out to Toni and Cach.
January 2025: Harry sends sweet message
Despite meeting on Love Island, Harry and Shakira are avoiding any big displays of affection. However, at the beginning of the month, he just couldn't help himself when Shakira posted a sexy video on Instagram.
Underneath the video, he sent his other half a string of love heart eye emojis confirming things are still very much on between them.
August 2025: Harry reveals if they're 'exclusive'
The runners-up also appeared on ITV's Lorraine on Friday 8th August to talk about their blossoming romance where stand-in host Christine Lampard quizzed them on their relationship status.
She asked: "Exclusive now? Or not just yet?"
To which Harry replied: "So, for me, when we rekindled and we recoupled, I only had eyes for Shakira, there's no one else I want to get to know. That hasn't changed since coming on the outside world. So, I think 'exclusive' isn't such a thing on the outside, in terms saying 'Oh, we're exclusive'."
September 2025: Harry and Shakira's trip to Burnley
Despite admitting they're not boyfriend and girlfriend yet, Shakira did reveal the couple took some time out from their buzzing London lives to go to Burnley and reconnect.
She said: "So we've just had a really nice weekend in Burnley, actually. So he came up to visit, showed him the ropes show showed him the town it was great. It was nice to just have a bit of R&R and like, get away from all the noise.
"Because it's been a lot, I think when I had such a normal life before, to be thrown into such chaos it's important just to have time to ourselves and just spend some quality time together. So, yeah, it's been really good."
