One Love Island couple have decided to go their separate ways just days after appearing on the ITV reunion show together.
04.03.2023 - 20:41 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Love Island's Dr Alex George has revealed he was left "mortified and ashamed" after being targeted about his weight by two random people in a canteen. The girls are said to have commented on his figure with one of them even squeezing his stomach.
The NHS Emergency Department worker has previously opened up about his struggles since the death of his younger brother in July 2020. Llyr had been suffering a long battle with mental health and sadly took his own life.
Dr Alex, who rose to fame after appearing on the ITV2 dating programme in 2018, has left his social media followers horrified after going public with his encounter with the girls.
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In a lengthy post in Instagram, he wrote: "I’m going to tell you a story, that I never intended to share, but I believe is important in raising awareness. A few years ago, I was queuing in the café to get my lunch when two women came up to me.
"'Alright Dr Alex' was quickly followed by the other squeezing my tummy and saying, 'You’ve put on a lot of weight since Love Island!!' They walked off laughing.
"This was in front of a queue of people as well as others sat around the canteen. I was mortified and ashamed. I felt so disgusted with myself that I left the queue and not only didn’t eat for the rest of the shift, but nothing for the rest of the day or the next.
"This was followed by binge eating for several days. It really hurt. I felt ashamed to go to work in scrubs. Interestingly, no one would have known the affect it had on me. As for many others, that was dealt with silently.
He added: "I’m not sharing this story to ‘make this about me’, I have come a long way in my relationship with my
One Love Island couple have decided to go their separate ways just days after appearing on the ITV reunion show together.
Dr Alex George has called for systemic change after a headteacher heartbreakingly took her own life. Sharing a snap of Ruth Perry, a headteacher of a primary school who took her own life while reportedly awaiting an Ofsted report, Love Island's Alex, 32, spoke of the pressures many teachers face and shared the harrowing statistic that 80% of those in the profession suffer poor mental health as a result of their job. “Teachers are under immense pressure and have been through so much in recent years.
Love Island isn’t just about love, it turns out, as winners can also bag an impressive £50k cash prize if they’re able to win over the public’s hearts and minds. Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrinanan, who recently appeared for the reunion special, became the latest couple to do just that when they were crowned the winners of the 2023 winter edition of the show.The couple, who work as a teacher and a social worker respectively, have already revealed that they plan to spend their money wisely and ensure at least some of it goes to a good cause.
Love Island fans were left making the same complaint as they watched Maya Jama return to screens as she was joined by this year's string of islanders and bombshell contestants to get all the gossip just days after the final of the second-ever winter series.
Love Island winners Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrinanan return home and with it came a huge party as they reunite with family. Kai, 24 and Sanam, 24 were crowned the winners of this year's winter series of Love Island on Monday evening by presenter Maya Jama. The loved up pair met less than a month ago when bombshell Sanam entered the villa as part of the notorious Casa Amor twist.
Love Island stars Will Young and Jessie Wynter looked loved-up as they strolled the streets of London following their return from the villa. The TikTok farmer, 23, and the former Love Island Australia contestant, 26, narrowly missed out on a place in the ITV series final and landed back in the UK earlier this week, with Jessie already taking a trip to Will’s farm since their arrival. The couple were seen taking on some post-show promo commitments in central London on Thursday (14 March) as they explore their relationship for the first time outside of the villa.
It's three years since the first winter edition of Love Island hit our screens, and one Islander from the 2020 series looked completely different as she was picked out from the crowd by American R&B star Chris Brown during his current tour. Natalia Zoppa, who was coupled-up with Justin Bieber lookalike Luke Mabbott after arriving during the Casa Amor stage of the ITV2 dating contest, was brought on stage by the Run It! singer for a special performance at Manchester's AO Arena.
Love Island stars Will Young and Jessie Wynter may have just missed out on a place in the final, but their romance has continued to blossom as they shared a kiss at Will's family farm. The pair landed back in the UK alongside fellow axed islanders Casey O’Gorman and Rosie Seabrook earlier today, before they headed straight to Will's farm, with a brief pit stop for a sweet photo outside Buckingham Palace in London. Sharing a trio of snaps to their Instagram pages, Will and Jessie wrote: "To the Villa, to London, to the FARM.
It's barely been 24 hours since the winners of Winter Love Island 2023 were announced by the final voting figures are in - and it appears Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrinanan were always going to be crowned the winners of the ninth series, but only the second-ever winter run.
Love Island viewers were left unimpressed with parts of the show’s highly anticipated final as the cameras and contestants struggled to put up with the villa’s windy weather. Last night, March 13, saw Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrianan crowned as the winners, beating fellow couples Lana Jenkins and Ron Hall, Samie Elishi and Tom Clare, and Shaq Muhammad and Tanya Manhenga. Throughout the series, which was filmed in South Africa, the villa and contestants battled against the elements and faced windy weather conditions – including last night.
Before it was revealed they'd won Love Island, Sanam Harrinanan and Kai Fagan sat down for a live interview with presenter Maya Jama to look back at their best bits. Sanam, 24, and Kai, also 24, discussed their initial attraction to one another during the Casa Amor twist and revealed their plans for after the show, and Sanam accidentally revealed she loves Kai, leaving the pair in fits of giggles.
It's been two long months for some of us as we've battled through the coldest and darkest nights of the year - or so we hope!
The grand finale of Winter Love Island 2023 is set to take place this evening and host Maya Jama has been busy getting prepared in South Africa. Maya, 28, will reveal whether Ron Hall and Lana Jenkins, Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrinanan, Tom Clare and Samie Elishi or Tanya Manhenga and Shaq Muhammad are the winning couple of this year's series on Monday 13 January live from Cape Town.
Love Island fans have cheekily suggested a new pair on the show have 'more chemistry than one of the winter series' final couples and have also spotted a potential future islander in the penultimate episode. The current run of the ITV2 dating show will come to an end on Monday night (March 13).
Dumped Love Island stars Will Young and Casey O'Gorman descended into a row on last night's Love Island Aftersun after a compilation of clips were shown in which Casey could be seen labelling Will's girlfriend Jessie Wynter fake. The clips shown saw Casey discussing his falling out with Jessie and telling the other islanders that he thought she was "playing games".
Former Scots Love Island star Paige Turley has braced the winter weather as she updated her fans on her gruelling training progress for a London half marathon next month.
With the Love Island final looming and the finish line now firmly in sight, one of the final challenges for the couples to face is their final dates - when they will be given one last opportunity to convince their partners (and viewers at home) that this relationship is for keeps. Every year, for the final dates of the season the couples are sent on hugely romantic dates, where no expense is spared on the lavish culmination of two months in the villa.
Paige Turley reunited with her Love Island co-stars Shaughna Phillips and Demi Jones for a sweet baby shower celebration.
Love Island has reportedly been thrown into chaos as two islanders have been booted from the villa just days before the final in an emotional dumping.
Former Love Island star Paige Turley has thanked her loyal fleet of fans on social media for all their kind donations so far in memory of her late pal from her hometown in West Lothian.