‘Eyal really is a deep and spiritual guy’

The Love Islander’s bro spills the beans

He had them from the first flick of his curly locks – prompting a record three girls to step forward during their first coupling line-up – then he was ridiculed by viewers for boasting about being “deep”. But according to Tal Booker (back of picture, above), Eyal’s brother, the model really is proper “deep”. “Our family know what sort of person he is and, so far, we’ve seen the Eyal we know,” Tal exclusively tells us. “I was a bit worried at the beginning about how people would react to him. But the more negative comments I see – with people saying he’s pretentious – the more I look forward to him proving people wrong. Just watch – he’ll reveal he’s genuine and not talking rubbish.”

According to Tal, who lives with Eyal and their older brother Ariel in London, the 22 year old has always been popular – in fact, annoyingly, he’s never had that “awkward” phase. “I’d love to say that, at some point, he wasn’t cool, but he’s never had that geeky stage,” we’re told. “He’s always commanded attention. But then he’s the youngest son, so he’s definitely a mummy’s boy.”

As for his “game plan”, Tal says his bro’s just being open and honest. “At the end of the day, the whole point is to find love, so as long as he goes about it in the right way, he’ll do it,” says Tal. “Eyal’s all about putting positivity into the universe and knowing it will come back. He’s quite spiritual.”

FYI, Hayley: this is different to “superficial”. Ask Eyal…