Love Island exes Davide Sanclimenti and Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu were both at the ITV Summer Party in London on Wednesday evening.
Having emerged as a true power couple in last year's reality TV villa and taking home the £50,000 prize together, the 28 year old Italian and Turk went their separate ways a couple of weeks ago, but their similar social circles remain awkwardly intact.
Dressed in a short aquamarine number, Ekin-Su smiled for the cameras outside The Mandrake Hotel on 19 July, while Davide looked slightly more on edge in an open-buttoned beige shirt with black pants.
Did they cross paths, and if so, what was said?
This is the second time in the space of a week that the former beaus have bumped into each other, with the London premiere of Barbie setting the scene previously.
Stood mere inches apart on the red carpet, their cringe-inducing exchange was captured by a fellow attendee on TikTok. In one part of the clip, Ekin-Su could be seen peering around, until noticing Davide's presence.
Rapidly flicking her hair over her shoulder, she then turned her head in the opposite direction in a desperate bid to avoid interaction.
Meanwhile, her ex-boyfriend was recently forced to defend his decision to announce their breakup on social media after being accused of "blindsiding" Ekin-Su.
He wrote to his 1.7 million Instagram followers: "Posting publicly about the breakup was extremely necessary, despite the urge to keep it private. Contrary to what Chinese whispers are saying, I didn't blindside her as she was fully aware about my intention to post and at first she even agreed to post at the same time, she did change her mind last minute thought.
"I respected her decision to not post it at the same time as me, but since the relationship has been on the rocks for months and parting ways was a long time coming, I ultimately decided to go ahead with it rather than keep dragging on a situation that became unhealthy for the both of us," he explained.
"This has been one of the hardest thing I ever did in my life and there's no perfect way to navigate a breakup."
Elaborating, Davide claimed that there had been a "stream of toxic criticism" lurking around him, despite being "nothing but a genuine, caring and loving boyfriend for her."
"I felt I had to say something to give my voice to the majority of people that know I'm not what some nasty and twisted individuals have been trying to portrait me for months."
Breaking her silence on the split earlier this month, the former soap actress herself said to social media users: "Hi everyone, I thought it was time to come back online to thank you so much for all of your messages over the past two weeks.
"It has shown me what a kind, supportive, strong community I have behind me. I took some much needed time away with my family which has been really special but now it's time to realign and get back to work."
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