Love Island’s Paige Thorne has confessed she’s only on the show thanks to a boozy night. The 24-year-old paramedic filmed her audition video while drunk - and only found the guts to send it while nursing a hangover the next morning.
Speaking to OK! ahead of entering the famous villa in Mallorca, Paige said: “I was literally lying in bed and did the video the night before, my little audition thing, but I didn’t send it because I was thought it was so cringey and it wasn’t going to get me anywhere - it’s so embarrassing! “But then I woke up still a bit drunk after the night before and I thought I’ll just send it and see what happens.
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Her seized opportunity paid off when Paige became the first cast member confirmed for the nation’s favourite dating show, which returns next week for its eight series.
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