Jess Impiazzi is warning the newest crop of Love Island hopefuls to “stay true to themselves” and “don’t do things to your detriment to please other people”.
Before she became a reality TV star, model and actress, Jess had a tough upbringing, witnessing domestic violence at home with an alcoholic father.
And just after she had her dreams come true by being accepted at the Italia Conti theatre school, her mum went blind. Jess was forced to give up her place and become her mum’s full-time carer.
There was more tragedy when her young nephew, who had septicaemia and meningitis, died in her care. In the Mirror's exclusive interview, she recalls: "I was very lost, I thought I’d lost everything.
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