Ellie Brown says she starved herself to look good on 'Love Island'.
Ellie Brown
The 21-year-old blonde beauty competed on the show in 2018 and admitted that she went on an extreme diet and worked out for hours every day for months in order to get in shape for the programme.
Writing in The Sun, she said: "I practically starved myself going into the villa -- eating nothing but fish and vegetables for months and spending hours sweating away in the gym each day.
"For two months, I spent two-and-a-half hours a day in the gym.
"I hired a personal trainer for weight training, then would spend the rest sweating away on the treadmill.
"My diet was even harder. Over those eight weeks, all I would eat was white fish and vegetables -- about five times a day.
"Even fruit was off the menu -- no apples or bananas, they had too much sugar. And forget about touching a drop of booze."
However, Ellie admitted she couldn't sustain the diet and exercise regime as it was so tough on her body and she hit out at trolls who criticise the weight of her and other 'Love Island' stars.
She said: "I looked amazing, but that diet really isn't sustainable. I'd end some days completely exhausted because my body wasn't getting all the nutrients it -- and, of course, the meals became SO boring.
"I'm constantly trolled by people asking how I've put on so much weight. I've learned to live with it. Everyone says 'Love Island's for skinny people. While I completely support the idea of putting more diverse body types on the show, people need to remember the way I look now is how I looked in my first audition."