Love Island star Toni Laites narrowly avoids awkward run-in with her ex Cach Mercer on BAFTA TV Awards' red carpet - weeks after their explosive row at the BRITs led to split

Love Island star Toni Laites narrowly avoided an awkward run-in with her ex Cach Mercer on the BAFTA TV Awards' red carpet. 

The pair, who were crowned champions of the 2025 series back in August, split in March after seven months together.

Stepping out for the annual TV awards, the former couple nearly came face-to-face again for the first time since their explosive row at the BRITs, which led to their split.

Arriving first was Cach, donning a tartan jacket with black trousers and smart black shoes.

While Toni arrived 20 minutes later, turning heads in a silver plunging maxi dress that showed off her sensational figure. 

Speaking about the Big Three, consisting of Toni, Shakira Khan and Yasmin Pettet, the reality star gushed over their friendship.

She told The Daily Mail: 'We're great, me and the girls are amazing as ever. 

'We have a really exciting summer coming up.'

When asked if she would ever return to Love Island for the All Stars spin-off, she replied: 'I'm gonna pass on the dating shows for now.

'I love the Americans going on the new seasons (Love Island), but they'll never be me!'

Fans first speculated whether Toni and Cach had split after they sensationally unfollowed each other following an appearance at the BRIT Awards.

The Daily Mail's Codie Bullen previously revealed how the couple were desperate to salvage their relationship after their clash at the BRITs. You can read the full story here.

The split comes just days after Toni returned from a work trip to New York with Olivia Attwood and Samie Elishi, while Cach is back from a break in Morocco.

A source told The Sun: 'It's definitely over with Toni and Cach and they've called it quits.

'It's a really sad situation but after being on the rocks for a while, the Brits ended up being the final straw and they couldn't make it work.

'They kept talking and tried to make things work but have now called it a day.'

Daily Mail contacted representatives for Toni Laites and Cach Mercer for comment.

The BAFTA Television Awards will be hosted by Greg Davies and broadcast at 7pm on Sunday May 10 on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. 

Nominations were announced in March with Stephen Graham leading the way with a total of 11 nominations for his drama, Adolescence and seven for his Disney+ series, A Thousand Blows.

The series, which was created by actor Stephen, 52, and writer Jack Thorne, tells the story of British teenager Jamie Miller, who is found guilty of murdering a female classmate after being sucked in by the manosphere online. 

Each episode is filmed in one continuous shot and has been widely praised for addressing topics such as online radicalisation and misogyny. 

It is up for Limited Drama and Leading Actor, including the Craft Awards. 

Stars Stephen Graham, Owen Cooper, Ashley Walters, Erin Doherty and Christine Tremarco are also all up for awards. 

Stephen will compete against Lockerbie's Colin Firth, The Death of Bunny Munro's Matt Smith and Smoke's Taron Egerton in the Leading Actor category. 

Ashley, 43, will face his co-star Owen, 16, in the Supporting Actor category, alongside Mobland's Paddy Considine, The Death of Bunny Munro's Rafael Mathe, The Gold's Joshua McGuire and Down Cemetery Road's Fehinti Balogun. 

While Erin, 33, will be up against The White Lotus's Aimee Lou Wood, co-star Christine, Get Millie Black's Chyna McQueen, Task's Emilia Jones and Rose Ayling-Ellis in Reunion as Leading Actress, the first time she has been nominated in the category.

While Netflix has a total of 29 nominations, it's the BBC who have the highest number of nominations, with 73 in total - five of which are for The Celebrity Traitors. 

The show became the highest-rated show on British TV last year, with host Claudia Winkleman up for a chance at taking home a gong in the best Entertainment Programme section.

Prime Video's Last One Laughing will compete against the all-stars version of the Traitors, with show star Bob Mortimer up for best Entertainment Performance. 

Before the ceremony, Fleur East and Roman Kemp will present live on the red carpet on BAFTA's YouTube. 

The Celebrity Traitors' star Cat Burns will perform How To Be Human while for the In Memoriam, Norwegian singer-songwriter AURORA will also perform Through the Eyes of a Child from BAFTA-nominated Netflix series Adolescence.

The BAFTA Fellowship will be presented to Dame Mary Berry DBE and Martin Lewis CBE will receive the BAFTA Television Special Award.

Dame Mary Berry DBE, said of the honour: 'I couldn’t believe it was true, what a huge honour to be presented with the BAFTA Fellowship. 

'For over 50 years, I have enjoyed every moment of teaching my passion on television and I thank all the generous professionals along the way who have given me guidance and support - and I am still learning. This amazing BAFTA Fellowship is the icing on the cake!'