Former ‘Love Island’ star Jess Hayes has lifted the lid on her time in the show, revealing contestants were "so bored" they smoked around 40 cigarettes a day.
Former Love Island star Jess Hayes says some stars were 'so bored' on the first series they smoked 40 cigarettes a day
The 29-year-old reality star found fame when she won the first ever series of the hit ITV2 dating show in 2015, and she has now reminisced on her time in the villa, claiming there wasn't much to do apart from “smoke and gossip”.
Speaking to the Daily Star newspaper, she said: “They used to film us smoking, that used to be the gossip corner!
“That was the spot, wasn’t it? Everyone would have a fag. I swear to god, we were so bored in there we must have gone through about 40 a day, each. There were people in there smoking that had never even smoked [before], there was nothing else to do apart from smoke and gossip!”
Jess says the Islanders' drinking was monitored and there was a “two drink” limit, with extras only allowed on occasions.
She added: “There were a few nights when we could have a little bit more, but it was weird - after two drinks you’d feel like you were drunk! I don’t know whether it was the sun or what, but we were allowed a little bit more when the boys did a night out or something.
“I remember throwing up, I was really ill, I remember that. No, the alcohol [limit] was still pretty low, it was still low.”
Jess also revealed that conversations at times were staged for dramatic effect.
She said: “If it was getting a bit dead, we’d be having a chat and they’d be like, ‘Can you do that chat, can you talk about this?’ Most of the time we were left to our own devices. We were allowed to do our own thing.”