Back To Reality ⏪📺 | This week for our new series, Metro sits down with Love Island's Priya Gopaldas to discuss her time on the show, the lack of diversity on the programme, and her returning to her career as a doctor 👇
Before I went onto the show, I sought my parents’ permission. We’re very close and I wasn’t going to do anything they didn’t approve of. Like me, they’d never seen the Love Island, so before they gave an answer, they went off and watched a few episodes.I reassured them that I wasn’t going to be one of the islanders partaking in under-the-covers antics, but was just looking for a different experience, a new challenge. Trusting me, they quickly warmed to the idea.
It was actually really fun, being in the sunshine and without my phone, I felt totally distant from reality. Every night for the week before I came onto the show, my chaperone and I watched the current series of Love Island on TV.And before I knew it, I was heading towards the villa, doing the infamous slow-mo entrance towards the door. You actually film the walk outside the villa the night before, multiple times, so the producers can get the best shot.
However, once I met everyone, I found that they were lovely. When you watch the show on TV, you think you know someone. It’s only when you’re meeting them in person that you realise that’s not the case at all.One of my favourite moments on the show was a challenge where we had ice cream, sweets and chocolate syrup, and we had to aim them at our partner for them to catch.
When I opened it up, my social media had exploded. Before Love Island I had 500 followers, nowadays I have 102,000. I had DMs from strangers, from people I knew, and missed phone calls from friends and acquaintances – some I hadn’t spoken to in years. Thankfully, my ex wasn’t one of them. I was balancing television and event appearances, working with brands and trying to keep up my fitness with a 9-5 hospital placement. That September was the busiest month of my life. I didn’t really have a moment to breathe.
But I also spotted a post that said, ‘We’re aware that everyone has different opinions about Priya, but please be kind.’That was quite upsetting to see, and that’s when they told me they’d received some abusive messages, which upset them. It meant a lot that they cared about me so much, and also let me know I was going to have to deal with trolling.
I know they questioned a few of the decisions that I made on the show, who I decided to send home, which on reflection I should’ve put more thought into. Overall, I know they were very proud of me.
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