Love Island star Toni Laites shares huge update on future just days after winning

Daily Mirror

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Love Island winner Toni Laites has admitted that she 'sees no reason' to be in the US as she focuses on building a career in the UK off the back of her reality TV success
Love Island winner Toni Laites has admitted that she 'sees no reason' to be in the US. The Connecticut-born reality star, 25, became the first American to emerge victorious from the UK version of the dating competition last week when she and Cach Mercer were voted as the nation's favourite couple.
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Now, in her first interview alongside her now-boyfriend, she has hinted that a move to the UK could be on the cards as she explores opportunities that have come with her newfound fame. During an appearance on Friday's This Morning, she told hosts Joel Dommett and Emma Willis: "Crazy, isn't it? I don't think I'll be spending much time in America. No decisions are made yet but obviously, but Cach is here, I have a lot of opportunities coming up, my friends are here. I see no reason to be in America anymore."
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Toni also explained just how 'insane' it is to her and Cach that they are now suddenly very famous in the UK after weeks of living in the Spanish villa, and noted that she even had her 'doubts' about their reception prior to landing back after the show had finished. She added: "Insane, I was a very regular person before the show and now there's like millions of comments and followers." It comes after Dejon fired back at claims made about him while in the villa.
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She added: "I never expected it, you don't know what's going on in the outside world. If anything, I think we doubted ourselves for a while so it's so it's so relieving to see that the public is welcoming us back."
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During his time in the villa, Cach became known for showing his emotions and admitted that while things can be 'heightened' on the set of the realty show, he has no regrets about the way things were shown.
He said: "It was different for me. I feel like being in the villa feelings are heightened to, like, so high. Your emotions just end up coming out and it's kind of hard to hide. In certain situations, it's hard to act like the cool guy, and as you guys saw it came out of me. Certain situations fazed me. But I loved the experience, I don't take back anything that I did in there or how I come across. I come out with such good comments on social media and stuff. "
Cach and Toni first laid eyes on each other during Casa Amor, and although they struck up an instant connection, it was obvious Toni's heart was still with Harrison. Harrison, however, had shared kisses with Helena in the main villa, leaving Toni with no option to explore, adamant that Harrison would be doing the same.
Of course, he did as he returned to the main villa with Lauren. The pair were glued to each other's hips, but Harrison continued to have flirty conversations with Toni.
Harrison then persuaded Toni to couple up with him at the next recoupling, leaving Cach in tears in scenes that moved the nation. However, when Lauren was dumped from the villa, Harrison told his fellow Islanders that he saw himself being in a relationship with Lauren on the outside.