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Daily Mirror
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Love Island's Indiyah Polack in tears over Dami Hope's message on three-year anniversary
Love Island couple Indiyah Polack and Dami Hope are celebrating their three-year anniversary after falling for each other on the ITV2 show Love Island star Indiyah Polack and Dami Hope are celebrating their three-year anniversary after falling for each other on the ITV2 dating programme. The gorgeous TV personality took to her Instagram Stories to reveal the bouquet of flowers he bought for her on their special day. Along with red and white roses, Dami wrote her a sweet card that read: "Just wanted to steal a moment before the clock hits noon and remind you that, every day with you feels like the best kind of adventure. Thank you for filling my life with laughter, love, and all the fun in between. Here's to three years of endless memories and forever more, wifey." She also filmed a video of the two sitting in the car, reminiscing about the day he asked her to be his girlfriend three years ago. The MOBO Awards presenter also posted a selfie with Dami, adding in the caption: "Three years with my baby." Indiyah returned to the bouquet of flowers and filmed a short video for fans, telling them she 'just woke up with crust in her eyes' and was immediately gifted the flowers. "I was really happy with these this morning. Thank you so much! I love being with you - here's to many more amazing years," the star wrote. Indiyah gave fans a glimpse into their relationship, revealing their a lot of the time they spend together is 'doing lots of improv' and having fun. She posted a clip of the two pretending to be cowboys and said: "When people ask what we've been up to for three years. Lots of improv. Not a sane cell in sight btw." Earlier this year, the season eight star revealed she was diagnosed with ADHD, and she admitted she was fearful of how it could affect her career. As written on the NHS website, ADHD stands for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and is "a condition that affects people's behaviour. People with ADHD can seem restless, may have trouble concentrating and may act on impulse." Indiyah revealed she hadn't wanted to open up about it publicly in case it affected her career. She spoke to Shayna Marie and Zeze Millz on Hot Girl Talks on Capital XTRA: "There's a lot of things that have happened with me like mentally. "As a black woman, I had been shy to disclose, so recently I have been diagnosed with ADHD. And that was something I was very up in the air about talking about." She went on : "Because I didn't want that to be a factor of my career, or the factor of whether I get booked for jobs, or just a factor in everything. "Because I feel like being a black woman, we have a lot of things already against us. So, to go and chuck in another thing, it is just something I'd rather not tell them about."
The Sun
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Love Island star Dami Hope reveals he's bought his mum a house and gives glimpse inside her stunning new home
KIND SON The star has managed to rake in the cash through being an influencer LOVE Island star Dami Hope has revealed he's bought his mum a house and has given fans a glimpse inside her stunning new home. Dami shot to fame on Love Island in 2022 where he met girlfriend Indiyah Polack, and has done very well for himself ever since. 4 4 4 4 Since leaving the villa, he has embarked on a career as a full time influencer, which has in turn seen his bank balance boosted. So much so, Dami has now revealed how he has been sharing the wealth and has bought his mum a new home. The reality star shared the news on Instagram with a slew of pics of the new pad. He wrote a heartfelt message next to it, which read: "I actually can't believe I'm typing this… I bought a house in the UK. "But not just any house—this one's for my mum. "After years of manifesting, grinding, praying (and dodging the when will you buy a house? chats), this moment right here is different. "My siblings, you already know—you're part of the furniture now. D"ad, I wish you were here to see this. Everything I am is because of you both. This one's for you too. Continuing, he said: "Growing up in an African household, the pressure is real. "But now I can officially tell my mum to retire that question because guess what? She's living in the answer. Love Island's Dami Hope calls for massive All Stars shake up after Gabby and Casey's 'shock win' "By God's grace, we did it." Meanwhile, Dami recently hit back at a troll who has accused him of cheating on his girlfriend Indiyah. The reality TV favourite was dragged into a bitter cheating row - after another Islander, Tanya Manhenga claimed her now ex boyfriend Shaq Muhammad was unfaithful while on holiday with Dami. One Snapchat user decided to tarnish Dami with the same brush, and wrote: 'So what happened on your little boys trip then? Don't try and deceive us and pretend you were faithful the whole time, you're disgusting and she deserves a whole lot better than you.' Furious, Dami replied: 'YouTube vlog will land soon, you can watch soon you insecure projecting idiot. 'I'll blast your name too with all the confidence you think you have to say this to me and hide.'
The Sun
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Love Island stars slam Dejon over ‘worst exclusive proposal in show history' as they insist couple WON'T last
LOVE Island's Dejon has been slammed by show stars for his half-hearted exclusive proposal to Meg. The villa lothario hatched an overly elaborate plot to get Meg onto the terrace for a private chat last week, using pal Conor as a decoy to lure her up there. 4 4 Once the pair were alone, he set about finally closing off their relationship, having come under fire for flirting with numerous bombshells. Dejon read out a heartfelt speech, in which he said his "respect for Meg was endless", sending Meg giddy. He told her "your smile brightens up any room that you enter" and "when I'm with you I feel like the happiest man in the world". Dejon's move came after Movie Night exposed his true behaviour and former Islanders Indiyah Polack and Amy Hart, as well as celeb super-fan Joe Baggs, felt he could have given her more. Speaking on Saturday's The Morning After podcast, Joe said: "It's gone on so long it lowkey doesn't mean anything anymore." Amy chipped in: "I think he should have asked her to be his girlfriend." Joe continued: "To make all that fuss with 'Conor, can you go and grab her' not even a pancake or waffle, a flower, a bow'. I thought it was pretty poor from my side." Indiyah said: "It was pretty low budget. I feel like that he could have asked Meg up there, he didn't need Conor to ask Meg up to the terrace." She then claimed that Dejon doesn't want to be Meg's boyfriend but was forced to make a gesture after exhausting all his options. Viewers felt the same, with one posting on X: "Dejon is so lazy couldn't even do a nice breakfast or a makeshift exclusive proposal like the previous years." Disgusted Love Island fans demand Dejon is axed over explosive row with girl on Movie Night Another said: "Blah, blah, blah! This is so textbook." Ultimately, the trio don't hold much hope for a happy future for them, stating, "the bar is on the floor". Prior to going exclusive, Meg was forced to watch Dejon's antics on a big screen. She was particularly shocked by his kiss with Andrada during a game of Truth or Dare in Casa Amor and the fact he called her "Babygirl". Meg fumed: "Babygirl? Baby f****** girl. That's crazy." But she ultimately cooled off and directed more of her anger towards Andrada. 4 4
BBC News
12-07-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Love Island: Has TikTok got us hooked again?
Love Island is back for its 12th series - and it's not just the villa that's had an upgrade. After falling audience figures in recent years, the number of us tuning in is returning to series eight levels - the year that delivered Love Island icons like Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu, Indiyah Polack and Tasha Ghouri. But if daily episodes are our type on paper, social media is the bombshell that's turning heads. Figures from ITV shared with BBC Newsbeat suggest the series' growth on socials is outstripping the success it's having on TV. Analysis by the BBC found that Love Island's official accounts had gained 1.8m followers since the start of 2025, with 1m of those on Diamanté Laiv tells BBC Newsbeat the short-form updates are much more appealing than committing to the nightly TV show."I'm a very busy person, so I don't really have the time to sit down every day for an hour and just watch people kiss," she says. Diamanté, who appeared in series 11, says she's not surprised millions are keeping up to date on their phone."It's more popular online because everybody's online, it's easily accessible. Every 10 scrolls on TikTok is something Love Island-related, so you can't really avoid it."She's not alone in staying away from streaming the episodes in full. While the first episode of series 12 was watched by 2.6m people - almost double 2023's low of 1.3m - the numbers are still a long way off Love Island's 2019 heyday, when 6m of us tuned in to see Amber Gill and Greg O Shea voted most popular that's still a fraction of the 13m following various official accounts TikTok there's been an explosion in Love Island content - with view counts for individual clips outstripping viewing figures for whole or funny moments from the show proper tend to perform well, but reactions, analysis, and debriefs - where content creators recap whole episodes in a few minutes - also notch up big to data gathered by the BBC there have been more than 87,000 TikTok uploads with a Love Island or Love Island UK hashtag so far in 2025. For the whole of 2024, the same data suggests that figure was just below 40,000. Anthony, better known as "giletslays", is one of many content creators who have been feeding that been making videos about the latest series for his 170,000 followers, and some of his Love Island takes have had millions of says the real draw of Love Island has always been the discourse on social to take part you need to be up to date, and a nightly show can feel like too much of a long-term commitment for some. "Sometimes if people miss a couple of episodes they feel they're too far behind to catch up," says Harriet Fisher, who's been watching Love Island since series one, agrees TikTok has become the go-to place for says the US version of the show, which has overlapped with the UK edition this year, is "popping off" on the app, and believes this has boosted interest in Love Island overall."The way that people are engaging with reality TV and Love Island in general is obviously changing," she says."It needs TikTok and social media to survive, to gain viewers."It shows that viewers of old can stay engaged, but also get those new viewers in."But those new viewers are forming a very different relationship with the contestants, Diamanté warns. Traditionally, audiences have spent whole series getting to know islanders over one-hour then, contestants have never been shy about blaming selective editing for making them look on social media, with character arcs compressed into bite-sized clips, Diamanté worries fans aren't getting the full picture."Conversations are being pulled and tweaked so I feel like it makes it even more orchestrated," she says. "It kind of takes the reality out of the reality TV."Grace Henry, Cosmopolitan's acting entertainment and lifestyle director, agrees that watching the show via social media fundamentally changes the experience."We have to be mindful that these are short clips and clips can be taken out of context," she says."We're never going to see the full picture of how someone is and things change very quickly in there."But Grace thinks online notoriety could work in aspiring reality stars' favour - even if it means audiences spend less time with them. She singles out Yasmin Pettet, nicknamed YasGPT online, as one islander who's been able to connect with audiences this of Yas giving posture lessons have been viewed more than a million times on TikTok and gained tens of thousands of likes on Instagram."We will still have those people and we will have a connection to them, but they will just come around differently," says Grace."It will be based on viral moments and whether they do something big that becomes a meme or a social media moment."Diamanté agrees and thinks social clips might even be a better way to build a following than being popular on the well as reaching more people, she says "more brands are seeing it and that's the aim of the game". Listen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.
The Sun
06-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Love Island star ‘goes missing' on Aftersun as fans worry she's been axed from spin-off show
LOVE Island fans were left worried after a star 'went missing' from spin-off Aftersun. Broadcast live from London, the show delivers juicy exclusives, behind-the-scenes gossip and big laughs. 4 4 4 However, fans were disappointed by one star's absence from the latest episode. Indiyah Polack rose to fame in the eighth series of the long-running dating show in 2022. The 26-year-old came in third place with Dami Hope and has gone on to have a huge career outside the villa. The reality personality is the co-host of the official podcast, Love Island: The Morning After with fellow former islander Amy Hart. One wrote on X: "Where is indiyah? "You guys best not be thinking about replacing her we want her on every show dont ruin it #loveislandaftersun #LoveIsland." Another added: "I don't like it when Indiyah is not on this show." Last month, Indiyah opened up about who she still speaks to from her series. When asked who she'd invite to a reunion, she told The Sun: "Probably Ekin, Tasha, Andrew - even though he and Tasha aren't together anymore - he is a great guy. She continued: "Jacques [too], Ikenna I'm still close to, surprisingly, and he's friends with Dami." Love Island host goes 'missing' from show after falling sick hours before filming It was previously revealed two TikTok stars would be joining host Maya Jama on Aftersun, The 30-year-old is already joined once again by once again by certified superfan Sam Thompson and former Islanders Amy and Indiyah. New to the line-up are content creators Joe Baggs and Ash Holme. Ash is best known as a content creator, but she also appeared on one of the nation's biggest talent shows in 2017. Appearing on The X Factor, she originally auditioned with her group NQ, who made it to Boot Camp before being dropped from the show. But the star pulled off a rare move when she ditched her band for a new group. Love Island 2025 full lineup Harry Cooksley: A 30-year-old footballer with charm to spare. Shakira Khan: A 22-year-old Manchester-based model, ready to turn heads. Megan Moore: A payroll specialist from Southampton, looking for someone tall and stylish. Alima Gagigo: International business graduate with brains and ambition. Tommy Bradley: A gym enthusiast with a big heart. Helena Ford: A Londoner with celebrity connections, aiming to find someone funny or Northern. Ben Holbrough: A model ready to make waves. Dejon Noel-Williams: A personal trainer and semi-pro footballer, following in his footballer father's footsteps. Aaron Buckett: A towering 6'5' personal trainer. Conor Phillips: A 25-year-old Irish rugby pro. Antonia Laites: Love Island's first bombshell revealed as sexy Las Vegas pool party waitress. Yasmin Pettet: The 24-year-old bombshell hails from London and works as a commercial banking executive. Emily Moran: Bombshell Welsh brunette from the same town as Love Island 2024 alumni Nicole Samuel. Harrison Solomon: Pro footballer and model entering Love Island 2025 as a bombshell. Giorgio Russo: The 30-year-old will be spending his summer in the sun, potentially his sister Alessia's successful tournament at the Euros in Switzerland. Departures: Kyle Ashman: Axed after an arrest over a machete attack emerged. He was released with no further action taken and denies any wrongdoing. Sophie Lee: A model and motivational speaker who has overcome adversity after suffering life-changing burns in an accident. Blu Chegini: A boxer with striking model looks, seeking love in the villa. Malisha Jordan: A teaching assistant from Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, who entered Love Island 2025 as a bombshell. Shea Mannings: Works as a scaffolder day-to-day and plays semi-pro football on the side. Caprice Alexandra: The 26-year-old bombshell owns a nursery in Romford. Poppy Harrison: The bombshell broke up with her boyfriend after finding out she would be in the villa Will Means: The fourth fittest farmer in the UK according to Farmers' Weekly in 2023 entered the villa as a bombshell Megan Clarke: An Irish actress part of the OG line-up. Remell Mullins: Boasts over 18million likes and 500k followers on TikTok thanks to his sizzling body transformation videos. The singer, who was 21 at the time, was kicked off the show but returned to join Simon Cowell 's imaginatively-named New Girl Band. While Joe became a household name for kicking back in front of the TV on Gogglebox. He has since become popular for his podcast Not My Bagg, where he welcomes celebrities to spill the tea. Love Island airs on ITV2 and ITVX.
