LOVE Island’s Aidan Murphy has wasted no time in moving on from his villa ex Priya Jaswal – after spending all night trying to woo a stunning influencer.
The Sun can exclusively reveal how Aidan and the gorgeous blonde did not leave each other’s side at the National Television Awards afterparty – and then quickly continued getting to know each other elsewhere.
8
8
It is often the booziest night in showbiz with plenty of celebrity shenanigans occurring backstage at London’s O2 Arena and for newly-single Love Islander Aidan, he was quick to settle into his new showbiz life.
Despite having only made news of his split with villa girlfriend Priya Jaswal public that same morning, Aidan was a man on a mission as he spent his evening perusing a bevy of beauties.
One that caught his eye was budding influencer and wannabe celebrity, Saskia Marriott.
The Sun can tell how he made a beeline straight for the aspiring star when the drinks began to flow in the exclusive invite-only afterparty.
8
8
8
8
Onlookers revealed how the pair were spotted getting handsy and refused to leave each other’s sides.
One told The Sun: “Aidan didn’t really care who saw. He was all over Saskia and she was clearly lapping up all of his attention.
“They refused to leave each other’s side – even if it was just for a drink!
“She was clasping onto his hand as they made their way to the bar and was seen feeling up her waist as they stood in full view of partygoers.”
Our exclusive snaps show them sharing a laugh and a joke without a care in the world.
Another onlooker added: “Aidan clearly didn’t care if Priya was in the room and saw him. He seemed to be over the heartbreak of the split pretty fast.
“His attention was on Saskia and there was no stopping him.”
And no stopping them indeed as The Sun can tell how Aidan and Saskia continued the night at an after-afterparty held in a hotel room at the InterContinental – next door to the O2.
Our source added: “The pair quickly hopfooted over to the celeb-packed hotel and enjoyed a few more drinks as they weren’t ready to end the night.
“If anything, it only added even more intensity between the pair before they snuck off into one of the hotel rooms.
“Eventually everyone else left and returned to their own rooms but Aidan and Saskia were clearly enjoying one another’s company still.”
Our insider further said: “Although Priya is dealing fine with the break-up, it is bound to leave a sting seeing Aidan bed another woman so quickly.”
Before their hotel rendezvous, I spoke to Priya on the red carpet where she opened up on her sudden split with her villa co-star.
She told me: “I’m all good. Aidan and I were obviously dating as we were in the villa, we carried that on afterwards.
8
8
“We were kind of seeing where things were going but inevitably, if it wasn’t going to end up in a relationship there’s no point continuing dating romantically.
“So we just thought it best to go our separate ways now and focus on our business ideas but all love.”
It wasn’t just Aidan who managed to find a potential new flame with Priya also seen getting cosy with Joey Essex.
They were inseparable at the after party at London’s O2 arena, looking cosy as they chatted for hours and then left the bash together.
Joey and Priya then carried on partying at the after-after party in the Skybar at the nearby Intercontinental Hotel.
A source said: “Joey and Priya really hit it off and got close.
“They’ve swapped numbers and we’ll have to see what happens.”
The Sun has contacted reps for Aidan and Saskia for comment.