New Love Islanders are like clone dolls – bosses have an obvious recipe but there's no one like me, says villa hunk

Scottish Sun

06-06-2025

Two villa beauties have already caught his eye
THE KON & ONLY New Love Islanders are like clone dolls – bosses have an obvious recipe but there's no one like me, says villa hunk
LOVE Island's new look line-up has been likened to 'clones' and 'dolls off a shelf' by a former villa bombshell.
Hunky rugby player Konnor Ewudzi, 29, had girls swooning when he entered the villa last summer, but failed to find a meaningful connection.
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This year's Islanders have drawn comparisons with past stars
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Konnor Ewudzi starred in the villa last summer
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He admits two beauties have already caught his eye this time around - though he'd welcome some more variety.
"I do think each year it's like a bit of a structure they seem to do," he told The Sun. "It's a bit like dolls coming off the shelf, you know? Each year it's quite similar. It's like they have a recipe.
"I'm just waiting for the Konnor clone to come in, the Konnor doll with pineapple hair."
While there's no one physically resembling him just yet, another rugby-playing Connor - this time with a C - has been added to the line-up at the last minute.
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The similarities with past series' contestants isn't deterring him from tuning in though, and he'll be watching with interest come launch night on Monday.
"I've always watched Love Island," he says. "You could call it a guilty pleasure. I will be watching it again.
"So far from what I've seen, there's a couple of good-looking girls in there.
"Shakira, she's a good-looking girl. She seems quite bubbly, and Megan, she's a good-looking girl. I think people are going to take to her and like her too."
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Since leaving the villa, Cornwall based Konnor has been working as a rugby pundit covering the Gallagher Premiership.
Even though he sometimes craves stepping out onto the pitch, getting up close to rugby union's biggest names is a close second best.
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And he's taken to the role in front of camera effortlessly, telling us: "I think because I've come from a rugby background, I feel I've slotted in quite nicely.
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"I've come out (the villa) and then I've fallen into something that just makes sense to me, like I say, because I've got the rugby background. Presenting is something that I've always thought I could do."
Konnor's had little time to think about his love life with his busy work schedule, even though he hasn't been short of offers.
"The DMs have been a bit mad," he said. "Maybe it's slowed down a little bit now.
"But, yeah, I'm just trying to just stay focused, stick to what I'm doing. Not dating anyone. I'm still single.
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"If the right one comes along, she comes along. We're not forcing anything."
It's not just girls who have been giving him attention, the boyfriends of Love Island fans often stop him for selfies.
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He rugby player now covers the Gallagher Premiership
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Konnor fancies putting his body to the test on Celeb SAS
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He said: "I've had loads of guys come up to me as well, which I think is hilarious. 'Oh, Kon, Kon, can I have a photo with you?' And I just think it's great because it's not just girls that watch it.
"Guys do secretly like it as well, sitting down with their girlfriends watching it and you get kind of reeled into it each night at nine o'clock."
He's already looking ahead to the next rugby season when it kicks off in the autumnbut hasn't ruled out a return to reality TV.
"I've done a dating show now and I'd say it's probably the biggest dating show going," he says. "I'd like to do something a bit more active.
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"So, SAS, Who Dares Wins? And the more physical challenging sort of shows just for something a bit different from what I've already done."