Love Island viewers celebrate as Olivia asks Chris ‘be my boyfriend'

Love Island viewers celebrated the official coupling up of Chris Hughes and Olivia Attwood on Sunday night’s show.
The pair – who have flirted for weeks – partnered up earlier this week in a surprise recoupling.
And on Sunday Attwood took their relationship to the next level as she asked Hughes if she could be his girlfriend.
Olivia and Chris are OFFICIAL! May or may not have shed a little tear at how cute that was… 😢 💕 #LoveIsland pic.twitter.com/2a3HGZhdD1
— Love Island (@LoveIsland) July 16, 2017
She told Hughes he was the “best person I’ve met in a long time” adding he had “restored a lot of faith in me”.
After he eagerly agreed, the pair shared their news with the rest of the Islanders.
Chris and Olivia 😭😭that was actually cute #loveisland
— 💁🏻 (@pgufb_) July 16, 2017
Their fellow contestants were delighted, as were viewers on social media.
One fan wrote: “Olivia and Chris would make a gorgeous couple on the outside… The villa gets to her madly.”
Another posted: “Chris is definitely my favourite guy in the villa . Really nice guy and he loves Liv like crazy”.
One viewer said: “Smiling that hard for Chris and Liv my jaw hurts.”
IM NOT EVEN GONNA LIE OLIVIA SAYING 10 THINGS SHE LIKES ABOUT CHRIS WAS SO CUTE AND CHRIS COULDNT STOP SMILING 😭 #LoveIsland
— leah (@lmlyselenas) July 16, 2017
#LoveIsland Chris is definitely my favourite guy in the villa . Really nice guy and he loves Liv like crazy . Girls will hit on him
— Adeshope (@shopsydoo) July 16, 2017
Olivia and Chris would make a gorgeous couple on the outside… The villa gets to her madly!! #loveisland
— LoveIslandPolls (@loveislandpolls) July 16, 2017
:: Love Island returns on Monday at 9pm on ITV2.