Vote Love Island turned sharply when Jordon Wilson picked Martha Rothwell, leaving Mara Pirez single and dumped from Love Island. Charleen Murphy also exited after the latest recoupling, ending two Casa Amor runs in the same round.
Mara Pirez said the decision felt personal. “It was really disappointing because it felt like I'd been rejected for a second time. Everything in there is so emotional, and I started wondering why nobody liked me.”
Simba Kudyiwa and Jordon Wilson
During Casa Amor, Pirez had built connections with Simba Kudyiwa and Wilson, but the outcome split those links in different directions. Simba Kudyiwa chose Angelista Gunda, while Wilson went with Martha Rothwell, and that left Pirez without a route back into the main game.
That sequence matters because the recoupling did more than end one pairing; it removed two contestants at once and closed off the route for anyone left without a partner. Pirez also said, “I'm really happy that I got to leave with Charleen, though, because we started this journey together and ended it together.”
Mara Pirez on ITV
Pirez told ITV she wondered whether Wilson had mixed up the names. “When Jordon picked Martha, I honestly wondered if he'd got our names mixed up.” That one line is the wrinkle in the story: a recoupling can look like a clean choice on paper, but for the person sent home, the difference between a deliberate pick and a naming mix-up changes the whole read of the exit.
She described her stint as “surreal and amazing” and said she “wouldn't change anything.” The show’s current run is Love Island Season 13, airing every Sunday to Friday at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX, which means viewers will keep seeing the fallout from this recoupling while the villa resets again.
Love Island Season 13
For anyone tracking the villa as a competition, the practical takeaway is simple: one pick can decide who stays in play and who leaves without a partner. Pirez’s exit shows how quickly Casa Amor arrivals can lose momentum once the recoupling narrows the field, and her comments leave one open question hanging over the result — whether Wilson meant to choose Martha Rothwell or simply said the wrong name.
