Love Island's Paige Thorne has revealed that she will be returning to her job as a paramedic following her time on the ITV2 show.
The 24-year-old was dumped from the Spanish villa the night before the final alongside Adam Collard, and is now adjusting to life in the limelight. Appearing on ITV's Lorraine alongside Adam on Friday morning, Paige spoke about what's next for her both personally and professionally.
"So, personally for me, I've got a meeting to go back to paramedic work as well so that will be exciting. I saw an ambulance the other day with sirens on and I had serious FOMO! So I'm gonna go back into that a little bit and just see what opportunities come from that." Ranvir then commented: "People will be surprised to hear you say that, won't they? A public service job, that isn't necessarily seen as glamorous or high earning..."
Paige replied: "It's one of those things, I genuinely just love my job so why wouldn't I want to go back to it? I really enjoyed it but I'll have other things alongside it." Asked how her colleagues have reacted to her appearance on Love Island, Paige admitted: "I honestly didn't tell any of them that I was going on. But they've all been super supportive and it'll be nice to see everyone when I go back."
Paige went on to reveal that her mum is now a fan of Adam after telling her during the Meet the Parents episode of Love Island that she wasn't "buying it". She explained: "She absolutely loves him now. It took all of two minutes when he came to Swansea and she was just obsessed as were the rest of the family.
“So Adam came down and I was like, ‘I'll throw him in the deep end, just get him to meet all of the fam, all at once’, and he just won the room over as soon as he walked in. I reckon it was the shots that did it, and dancing on the table," she revealed before turning to Adam and saying: "They were giving you grief all night!"
Lorraine airs weekdays at 9am on ITV and ITV Hub.
