TOWIE’s Sammy Root breaks down in tears as he confronts Love Island’s Elma Pazar in first meeting since their split

The exes came face-to-face as The Only Way Is Essex headed abroad for the launch of the new series.

It saw Sammy confront Elma about the ending of their relationship as it became clear that he was struggling in the aftermath of the break-up.

It saw the Essex lad, 24, pour his heart out to 33-year-old Elma about how things came to an end between the pair.

During the emotional conversation, Elma confessed that things had come to an end between them on text message but Sammy was left confused by her messages.

In the heart-to-heart, Sammy confessed to Ella: “I don’t think you realised how much I did, and still do, like you.

“I would have done anything.

“One of my favourite things to do is take the person you love out and have a fun date night, that’s what I love to do.”

As emotions ran high, Elma could be seen sobbing as she dabbed her eyes with a napkin.

Addressing his issues with her, Sammy said to her: “You didn’t ever say it was done in the text so I didn’t know what was going on.”

Elma replied: “I said, ‘it was a shame…’.”

Sammy then said: “Yeah, you said ‘it was a shame’ so in my head, I’m like, does that mean it’s done?

“They were coming from you and you know what you felt like but I’m reading those messages and I’m thinking, ‘right?’.

“I didn’t know it was done and I never saw you again until we saw each other at the airport and you were like, ‘why are you being awkward’, and that’s why.”

As Sammy insisted that the messages from Elma weren’t clear, he could be seen on the verge of tears as he turned away from the cameras.

Taking a big breath, he insisted he “needed a minute” before he broke down into floods of tears.

Speaking through tears, he added: “Anyone that knows me knows that I am not an emotional person and so it’s like when I do get like this… I don’t know what to f***ing do.”

He concluded that he didn’t know “how to cope” in the aftermath of the break-up as Elma agreed to give him time to let him come to terms with his emotions following their chat.

She revealed that she didn’t want him to not be a part of her life to which he agreed but it was clear that he needed some time away to process his feelings.