I want a good man for my little man
Back at home in Liverpool, Hannah Elizabeth’s biggest fan is watching her crack on in the Love Island villa.
Her son Reggie is being looked after by Hannah’s mum Colette and dad
Joey, who let the four-year-old lad watch clips of his mum looking for love. But he’s not allowed to stay up past his bedtime to watch her live.
Colette says: “At first he was a bit shocked that his mummy was on the telly.
“It’s a bit different to seeing
Peppa Pig on the telly and, all of a sudden, his mum’s on there, you know.
“He said to me, ‘Oh,
Nanny, has my mummy got lots of new friends?’
“And I said, ‘Yeah, lots of new friends’.”
Reggie enjoyed seeing his mum go to a punk-themed party, but Colette says she will
“probably not” show him any clips of Hannah snogging.
Hannah starred in the first series of Love Island back in
2015 when she and boyfriend
Jon Clarke got engaged in the villa. It shocked the viewers, and her parents, who gave Jon their permission to wed
Hannah during a phone call. The couple ended their engagement
At first he was a bit shocked that his mummy was on the telly
three months later and Colette says she has told her: “Don’t do anything without a real ring… with a real diamond in it.”
Reggie’s nursery school teachers are cheering Hannah on, and Colette says the school gates are busy with Hannah’s biggest supporters.
She says: “Some of them have set up Instagram accounts just to follow her.
“One said to me, ‘Just to let you know, I’ve just set up the Love Island app on my phone’.”
But the family have braced themselves for trolls criticising former Playboy bunny Hannah for going into the villa.
While Hannah is “not bothered in the slightest” by the online criticism, it can take its toll on her mother.
Colette says: “It can bother me. I’m just trying to switch myself off a bit.
“Obviously, as a mum, you know, it’s only normal, isn’t it?
“I’ve just got to do what Hannah tells me and ignore it.”
Hannah is now looking for a man who will be a suitable stepdad to Reggie.
Colette says: “It needs to be someone who accepts Reggie. Having a son… that’s an unbelievable amount of love. But to have somebody else there would be amazing.”
■ Love Island: All Stars continues tonight at 9pm on ITV2.