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Charlotte Tutton

Love Island fans in disbelief over Molly Marsh's real age as she enters villa

Love Island viewers were quick to share their disbelief over one new Islander's age on Monday night.

As the new series kicked off, the new girls and boys joined host Maya Jama in the villa as she revealed who had been paired up with who.

The public had already voted to pair up the girls and boys, and one Islander, Molly Marsh, learned she had been paired up with Mitchel Taylor.

Both Islanders shared their happiness with being paired up with each other to other Islanders in the villa, moments after it happened.

But viewers were distracted by some of the ages of the Islanders, especially Molly's.

Molly revealed she was 21 years old as she introduced herself to viewers, but fans claimed they thought she was older than this.

Taking to Twitter, one viewer said: "how is molly 21???? " as a second said: "No way Molly is 21?!"

A third fan tweeted: "Is Molly sure she’s 21?" while a fourth wrote: "molly 21? looks ab 26."

Love Island viewers were quick to share their disbelief over one new Islander's age (ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

Other Islanders' ages also baffled viewers, with many of them 21, 22 and 24 years of age - but fans weren't buying it.

One viewer said: "I want to see all their passports. 21? 22? Are they all sure? "

It comes after Maya confirmed a double twist to start off the series, with a show first too.

Announcing she's "got some news", Maya revealed the decision of who the Islanders would couple up with had already been made for them by the public.

Speaking on Good Morning Britain this week, Maya teased the shock twist, saying: "A very big surprise is that the public has all the power.

"For the first episode, you guys are going to decide who couples up. You vote and then we listen. It's a big decision to make, as soon as you see them."

Love Island 2023's summer series saw new Islanders enter the villa (ITV)

For the first time ever, both boys and girls entered the villa as Ruchee Gurung and Jess Harding were joined by Mitchell Taylor, Ella and André Furtado as they got to know each other in one of the show's most flirtatious first episodes ever.

Meanwhile, Maya issued a warning to the latest batch of Love Islanders, telling them: “Don’t fall in love on the first day.”

The presenter – who is rumoured to have reignited her romance with grime star Stormzy after their split in 2019 – said her advice would be to play the field.

Speaking to the Mirror, she said: “When they lock themselves up right away, I’m like, ‘No, you’ve got so much time, know everybody’.

“Don’t fall in love on the first day. But if you do, fantastic, you might just end up making it to the end.

“Me, personally, I wouldn’t lock down with somebody on the first day. I would keep my options open.”

Love Island airs all this week at 9PM on ITV2 and ITVX.

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