Chloe Burrows has admitted she faked a romance with Too Hot To Handle's Harry Johnson to investigate the power of showmances for a new documentary. 

The reality star, 28, soared to fame on the seventh season of Love Island, where she finished in second place with Toby Aromolaran, 25. 

While the couple split in 2022, Chloe set out to investigate the way celebrity couples can make money through the media for her Channel 4 documentary, Love In The Limelight: UNTOLD. 

She chatted to fellow Love Island couples Liam Reardon and Millie Court and Cara De La Hoyde and Nathan Massey who admitted to staging arguments to make money from pap shots and decided to set out on staging a fake romance. 

Having heard there was potential to make up to £250,000 a year from a fake media romance, Chloe set up photographs of herself on various outings with reality star Harry, 31. 

She said in the documentary: 'Now I've heard how it all works and the big money involved, I want to put it to the test, it's time to launch my own showmance.

'If I really was going to be serious, that is so easy to make money off. You can start to see the web of finances that can go behind a reality couple.'

Chloe and Harry met with celebrity agent Dave Read, who looks after the likes of Joey Essex and Hannah Elizabeth, who told them he could see a 'lucrative future' for them. 

He advised the pair to set up photographs house-hunting or ring shopping, tellin them 'There's no reason that between you in one year you couldn't bank a quarter of a million pounds.'

After the documentary was released on Wednesday, Chloe admitted she had been blown away by the reaction. 

Sharing a selfie in tears, she shared: 'Crying happy tears in the back of this cab cos I'm already overwhelmed by the response. Love u lot xxxx.

'P.S. I know I said I'd never post a vid crying but happy tears are allowed!'

She also shared a post about her show, writing: 'GUYS!!! Cannot believe I'm writing this but today marks the launch of my first documentary with @channel4 Untold strand where I explore what life is like for some of our most well-known reality couples living out their romances in the public eye.

'Oh yes…and those paparazzi picture you saw of me and @harryjohnson92 lurking around the press might be part of the plot too!!! / massive huge part… faked a whole showmance!!!

'Huge thank you to the amazing team at @flickerproductions for supporting me from start to finish on this one, I couldn't have done it without you!

'Love in the Limelight is available to stream today on Channel 4, can't wait to hear what you all think. Love from Chloe xxx'.

Chloe previously dated Toby after meeting on Love Island in 2021. 

They went on to date for over a year and even moved in together in Essex but split the following year. 

Toby went on to appear on Love Island All Stars and is now in a relationship with Georgia Steel. 

During his appearance on All Stars there were several cheating allegations flying around between Chloe and Toby.  

Meanwhile Harry won £34,000 on season three of the Netflix show Too Hot To Handle with ex girlfriend Beaux Raymond. The pair split weeks after the filming the show.