There’s definitely something about sea, sand and sun that makes things extra sexy
Get ready for the heatwave because the ultimate game of love is back. MARION McMULLEN catches up with Caroline Flack as the 37-year-old prepares to introduce viewers to a fresh batch of sexy singletons in search of a summer filled with passion, romance an
I don’t know why but we all want to know what’s going on in people’s relationships... Love Island presenter Caroline Flack
What’s the appeal of Love Island for singletons? GOING on a seven-week holiday!
If I was a bit younger and looking for love I would definitely go on Love Island. You know you are going to meet like-minded people who are looking for the same things, you know you are guaranteed to find someone else who is also looking for a relationship. It’s the perfect place to find someone to have a bit of fun with. Also you’ll always fancy someone more when they’re on holiday. Holiday goggles! Do you think it’s easier to find love in the sun? ABSOLUTELY! I’ve had many holiday romances that don’t end up working out but on holiday they’re much better than they are when you get home.
There’s definitely something about the sea and the sand and the sun that makes things extra sexy.
However, just look back at the success of the last series, every relationship has to start somewhere. Do friends ever ask you to play matchmaker for them? NO! PEOPLE are trying to matchmake me all the time! Friends just want to know all the gossip from the series. People want to know what’s happening. I’m on about three What’s App groups talking to my friends about Love Island.
People are more interested in me working on this show than any other programme. What is it about the series that gets people talking? I THINK everybody naturally has an interest in relationships.
Every day you open the paper or you go online and you find out somebody’s going out with someone. We’re just so nosey. I don’t know why but we all want to know what’s going on in people’s relationships. We get addicted to it.
I think it boils down to everyone wanting to be in love. What for you makes the perfect Love Islander? IT’S hard. The great thing about it is you never know what someone’s really like until a couple of weeks in.
It’s when you get comfortable with people that your true personality comes out. So you have to have no inhibitions, and you have to be good at living with people. That’s not easy.
It’s fun for a few days but when you’re sharing a bedroom with lots of people and personalities clash you have to be tolerant. Do you ever feel prudish watching what goes on in
the villa? I DON’T feel prudish. I have a bit of a giggle. It doesn’t make me uncomfortable, but at the same time I don’t sit and watch it again and again. I’m not offended though and I’m pretty nonjudgemental when it comes to those things. Each to their own. What would you like to see happen in the new series? DO YOU know what I really enjoy? Although it’s about love, I really enjoy the friendships that develop. Last year I remember Zara getting upset when Adam did not pick her and then, because she was crying, Kady cried, so I cried, I loved the sisterhood. I want the girls to stick together. I don’t want them to be against each other. I’d love a Kady moment – when she was stuck in that room (Kady was isolated following an explosive row) – that frustration she felt. Do some wear their hearts on their sleeve? WHEN you’re around people you like, it’s very hard to remain cool. I know I can’t.
I completely change my personality. I really don’t know what to expect in the this series this year though. Do you feel protective towards the islanders? YES, both the boys and the girls.
Obviously with Zara last year, because she had no voice, because she didn’t know what had happened, I felt like I could be her voice for her.
Also, as much as I loved Malin, when Terry came out he was shaking and I really felt for him.
I sat him down and said ‘Right, when you go online, you’ll see a lot of bad stuff, don’t respond’. Do you feel a sense of pride when you see former contestants who are still together? I STILL feel protective of them as people. I’m like an older sister.