LOVE Island star Zara McDermott shocked fans by sharing a pregnancy announcement on Instagram today.
Her following were sent into a frenzy as the reality TV favourite posted a photograph of a baby scan which she dubbed “her own”.
Zara, 25, was forced to deny she was pregnant after sharing the announcement from a couple that took part in her TV show.
She filmed BBC dating show Love In The Flesh in Greece earlier this year – and found out one of the couples were now expecting a child.
“Our very own Love In The Flesh baby,” she posted in capital letters alongside a number of scans of the baby in the womb.
Fans and friends flooded her with messages over the announcement, which they thought was for her and her beau Sam Thompson.
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“I am NOT pregnant,” she clarified. “I just didn’t want to reveal who is pregnant from the show in case anyone hasn’t watched it yet.”
Zara went on to post a “compilation” of messages she had revealed from friends who were left in a “panic” over her false baby news.
“Omg I was legit about to have a panic attack,” one friend had written, as a second added: “This f***ing panicked me for a mo.”
“F**k, I thought this was you and Sam then,” a third added, as a fourth said: “Thought this was yours and Sam’s.”
It comes days after Zara’s beau Sam admitted he is so ill he feels like ‘he’s dying’ after a flare up of his mystery stomach illness.
Girlfriend Zara took to social media to reveal how he underwent blood tests in hospital after struggling with a painful stomach issue.
Taking to Instagram earlier this month, Zara wrote: “Just put Sam back to bed…bless his heart he’s so unwell again.”
The couple have been together since 2019 and have seen their relationship go from strength to strength following a brief split in 2020.
Describing himself as a “bit of a Hobbit”, Sam said creating a home and planning for the future are two of his biggest priorities in life.
He’s taken inspiration from older sister Louise, who lives next door and recently welcomed her first child Leo with her personal trainer fiancé Ryan Libbey, when it comes to family planning.
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He continued: “I wanna build the best home I possibly can for the place I’m going to spend 95 per-cent of my time.
“And eventually kids, that is my why. I live next to my sister which is so cool. I have no intentions of flipping and doing the whole property development stuff at the moment.”
