Love Island host reveals plans to follow in Olivia Attwood's footsteps as she eyes up This Morning gig
Love Island alum Olivia - known for giving her take on a variety of issues on ITV daytime series Loose Women - switched to the channel's earlier time slot this summer.
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Olivia, 34, revealed her huge new telly role in June before exclusively telling The Sun she has "put the work in" for the plum broadcasting job.
And Love Island Aftersun star Amy Hart, who is also one of the faces of the Love Island podcast, has shared her desire to land a This Morning gig too.
Amy attended acBluey Kind of Day Out at John Lewis, and told The Sun: 'It's my absolute dream job. I'd love to do any presenting on This Morning.
'I just love presenting and I feel like through the podcast I've really grown as a presenter. So I'd love to carry on doing anything like that.'
Amy continued: 'Olivia is amazing, and she's done so well. I'd like to make documentaries like she does too. There's a couple that I'd really love to make.
'We're just putting together the ideas for them and that kind of thing at the moment.'
Olivia is one of a number of stars filling in for regular hosts Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard over the summer break.
But the Olivia Meets Her Match star was forced to clap back at trolls who criticised her appointment and insisted "there's much more to me."
Though she's not the first reality star to host the show, with fellow summer star and X Factor icon Rylan Clark having already proven a dab hand on the set, Olivia's villa background hasn't gone down well with some traditionalists who have gone so far as to say they'll "definitely stop watching'.
But Olivia, 34, is confident in her abilities and feels she's earned her stripes to become ITV's new golden girl.
She exclusively told The Sun: "Those who know me understand the hard work I've put in to get where I am today.
"I'm forever grateful to Love Island for being the springboard to my career, but I'm excited to show there's so much more to me beyond the villa."
She continued: "It's been a lot of hard work, but I've always stayed focused on my goals and believed in myself and I'm very thankful for ITV in believing me."
Amy attended the Bluey family event on Tuesday, alongside a string of other famous faces.
John Lewis' flagship store on London's Oxford Street hosted the event, bringing to life the iconic kids' show Bluey to life, through a range of playful experiences inspired by this year's brand theme for Bluey, 'Let's Play Chef'.
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