The brand new contestants are settling into life in the Winter Love Island villa, with the newest episode seeing the introduction of two extra bombshells. Because the followers received to know Zara Lackenby-Brown and David Salako, Ron’s head was instantly turned by Zara, which is sure to trigger some drama within the close to future — significantly since he was getting fairly shut with Lana.
Outdoors the villa, followers watching EastEnders had been shocked to find contestant Olivia Hawkins showing as an additional in Peggy’s bar. As a hoop woman and actress, Hawkins has beforehand labored as a physique double for Shona McGarty’s character Whitney Dean on the cleaning soap. Hawkins has additionally been a physique double for the likes of Emma Watson and Michelle Keegan and likewise starred as a waitress within the James Bond movie No Time To Die.
However a lot of the discourse about final evening’s episode of Winter Love Island centred round new host Maya Jama and that Stormzy cameo. Followers shortly seen the Love Island producers’ daring option to play a Stormzy track within the third episode. As the brand new bombshells took Ron and Tanya on dates, Stormzy’s “Conceal and Search” could possibly be heard within the background — a track reportedly written about his relationship with Jama. In an essay written for Vogue in November 2022, he detailed how his “duty” for the break-up “was nonetheless weighing closely on him,” which prompted him to jot down the track featured on his album This Is What I Imply.
Love Island followers shortly took to Twitter to share their disbelief on the track selection, questioning how Jama should have felt watching that second as a fan of the present. Beneath are a number of the finest memes and tweets responding to the surprising Stormzy cameo.