Love Island star Will Young has spoken about his plans for a reality show on his farm life after his stint in the South African villa this winter.
Will Young, from Buckinghamshire, has been confirmed as one of the new Islanders on the ITV reality show as the winter series kicks off on Monday, presented by new host Maya Jama.
The 23-year-old, who boasts 1.1million followers on his TikTok, where he posts clips from life on his farm, has now said he hopes to turn his large social media following into a television show centred around farming.
Speaking to the Mirror and a group of journalists, Will said: “I'm semi doing it with the TikTok – throughout the year educating and just telling people what I'm doing.
“And I think that's why it has done so well because things that I do every day people don't get to see, people don't understand it.
“So I do think it's good getting it out there and I do it in a loving, light-hearted way. So yeah I'd definitely like to do something – fingers crossed, hopefully!”
Will has previously revealed that Claudia Winkleman, 50, once came to his Buckinghamshire farm and threw a bucket of water over him – while he was shirtless in the plummeting cold.
In November, the farmer took to TikTok where he shared a video of his hilarious interaction with the Strictly Come Dancing host.
On the special visit to his farm, Will said: “It was such an amazing experience, her coming to the farm and doing a little bit of filming.
“It was just such an amazing experience, I do want to do it again.”
Will also revealed he once had a direct message to his social media from British rapper Lady Leshurr after using her song in one of his TikToks.
He said: “A little bit with Lady Leshurr, but that was I just did a TikTok using her song – I put a little lamb in a bag and she loved it and DM'd me, it was like you know, 'this is great'.
“And she was actually supposed to come to the farm during lambing and we were gonna do some filming but it fell through.”
However, it’s not all been plain-sailing on his social media so far, as the farmhand was criticised by animal rights charity PETA, as they claimed he “exploits” animals for his TikTok.
PETA re-shared a 2020 clip of Will, which he has since deleted from his TikTok account, which sees him dancing around a sheep giving birth before moving the newborn lamb to the music.
Re-sharing the clip to Instagram, the organisation wrote: “This farmer is a disgusting creep!
“He’s dancing over her body as she gives birth! Then he forces the second-old baby to ‘dance’ for clout on TikTok."
