Host and Scot Iain like ships in night despite work on show

revea led that she and Edinburgh- born boyfriend Iain, 31, who provides the show’s witty voiceover, sleep separately on location.

Laura said: “Iain and I only see each other brief ly, we’re working to different times.

“We don’t even stay in the same hotel room because sometimes I’m working until 4am and he’s finished at 9pm.”

She added: “I get my hair and make- up done in my room whi le he plays computer games, so his room’s full of Playstations — I’m going out with a 12-year- old.” think of anyone better to do it and it’ll pay our mortgage’.”

Laura said the offer to take over as host of the popular show from Flack was bittersweet as the pair were friends.

But it was while she was wait ing to reach out to Flack that Laura received a message from the former host giving her blessing.

Laura said: “It was such a weird one. I was really excited but at the same time I couldn’t be overexcited because it was a s**t situation.

“While I was waiting to find out if it was OK for me to message her, she messaged me, saying, ‘ I don’t know if you’ll get it, but I hope you do,’ so that was really nice.”

Whitmore admitted that before landing the hosting role, she had a different perspective of the contestants on the popular dating show.

But since getting to know the island hopefuls, she has changed her mind.

Laura said: “Before I’d ever watched Love Island, I probably prejudged the girls.

“But getting to know the islanders you’re, like, ‘Oh, you’re a real person, you’ve got banter.’

“It’s OK to care about how you look, you can still be smart.”

Af ter f i lming in South Africa, Laura travels home to host Love Island’s spin- off show, A f tersun, and her weekly BBC Radio 5 Live programme.