Hugo Hammond won the support of Love Island viewers last night after he was labelled "too kind" by fellow contestant Faye Winter.
But according to colleagues and family members, the sometimes "selfish" and "abrupt" PE teacher has a streak of "bravado and arrogance" that has occasionally given him a bad reputation.
In an interview with a cricketing magazine, those close to him have laid bare the "unairbrushed" story of Hugo's "troubled childhood" as well as his more tricky, "dominant" personality traits.
Hugo, 24, was the third boy to enter the villa and faced an awkward moment when none of the girls stepped forward for him. Islander Faye immediately said he looked "too kind" while host Laura Whitmore pointed out his "lovely curls".
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