LOVE Island star Claudia Fogarty has broken her silence after being brutally dumped from the villa.
Claudia, 28, said she was proud of her Love Island journey but admitted it had been “hard”.
The daughter of former motorcycle racer Carl Fogarty said she was thrilled to be reunited with her family and wasted no time celebrating her exit with a party.
Taking to her Instagram Story, Claudia said: “Hi everyone, I just wanted to say a quick thank you to you all for such amazing support.
“Honestly like the messages, the love I’ve had, it’s just been unreal.
“I’ve had the most amazing experience in there.
“It’s been hard but it’s the best thing I’ve ever done.”
She continued: “I just wanted to say a massive thank you, it really does mean the world.
“I’m happy to be home, happy to be back with the family – so I’m going to take some time today to just be with them, see my friends and just try and get back to normal a bit.
“I really do feel all the love, I can’t thank you enough.”
Claudia’s sister Danielle was to quick to take a brutal swipe at a villa boy Casey with her homecoming gift.
It came hot on the heels of her man Casey O’Gorman deciding to end their romance, and peruse new bombshell Rosie Seabrook instead.
This came after days of Casey playing them off against each other.
Taking a swipe at Casey, Danielle shared a picture of the cake she’d had made for Claudia’s Love Island homecoming.
Written on the delicious dessert was: “Can’t have your cake and eat it”.
Yesterday, Danielle took to Instagram to pay tribute to her sibling with a sweet snap.
Posting a heart-warming picture of Claudia giving her a piggyback ride, the big sister captioned her story: “Our girl, you did us so unbelievably proud, you stayed true to yourself the whole way through.
“We are so happy to have you home very soon, I can’t wait to hear EVERYTHING.
“I love you so much.”
Claudia was dumped from the villa on Thursday after axed Olivia Hawkins and Maxwell Samuda had to choose who would be joining them on their villa exit.
They revealed that viewers would be saying goodbye to Claudia and Keanan Brand as well.
Olivia said it had been a tricky choice, saying: “This has been a really difficult decision for both of us.”
Away from the show Claudia and Danielle own a fashion boutique called Sister Stories together.
