Love Island bombshell Giorgio's famous sister revealed as he enters villa
Love Island 's latest bombshell Giorgio Russo has entered the ITV2 villa in search of love - and his famous sister will be cheering him on at home. Last night's episode of the reality show saw four new bombshells arrive on the show, with newbies Caprice, Giorgio, Poppy and Will getting the chance to take four cast members of their choice on a date.
However, this won't be 30-year-old account manager Giorgio's first taste of fame. The star, who is based in Australia but born in Maidstone in Kent, is the brother of Lioness footballer Alessia Russo - and regularly posts photos with his celebrity sister.
Alessia, who is both an England Lioness and an Arsenal Women star, recently celebrated Arsenal's Champion League win with her older brother. Giorgio posted on Instagram, writing: "Turns out being related to a Champions League winner doesn't make me any better at football… but it does make me insanely proud.
"Congratulations, @alessia you make me prouder and prouder to be your big brother everyday."
Speaking ahead of his Love Island debut, Giorgio said that Alessia will be tuning in to watch him every night and that she's really excited for him to take part in the show as a fan.
He added that with his family's sporting background, he's looking for a woman who loves football. "My sister plays pro football, so being interested in sport, they don't have to know football or understand it, but if they can show some sort of interest because it is such a prominent thing in our family," he said. "It would be hard if they hated it."
Alessia isn't Giorgio's only sibling however - the pair have another brother with links to football. Luca is the Vice President of Women's Football Europe at Wasserman and recently welcomed his first child with wife Lauren Russo. "She made us three - and showed us what true strength looks like in the process," the couple posted on Instagram earlier this month.
"Rosa Russo \ 23.05.25. Her first days were harder than we'd ever imagined, but she's home now and she's everything."
Earlier this week, ex Love Island contestant Malin Andersson called for the show to be axed after being "treated like trash". She told The Mirror in an exclusive interview: "It should be axed. When I was on it, we were naive, it felt more organic – still scripted but more authentic. Even then, it wasn't pure, it was full of toxicity. Now millions watch it, especially young people, and their idea of love gets completely skewed."
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Daily Mirror
an hour ago
- Daily Mirror
Princess Andre explains why she's not called her mum amid alleged 'feud'
Princess Andre has declared that it's 'not worth' speaking to her mother Katie Price about why she decided to speak about not being invited to her daughter's birthday party, fuelling speculation of a feud Princess Andre has declared that it's 'not worth' speaking to her mother Katie Price amid their supposed feud. The reality star, 18, is the daughter of showbiz legend Katie and her ex-husband Peter Andre. This year, she has launched a media career in her own right with her ITV2 show The Princess Diaries and whilst Peter was heavily involved. Katie was nowhere to be seen and was only heard on the phone. Her absence amid the publicity campaign has sparked rumours of a feud between the pair after Katie claimed she wasn't invited to Princess' 18th party. But when it was put to Princess that she should simply call her mother to sort things out after Katie's comments, she said 'it's not worth it' as she told The Guardian: "Mum can be annoyed about something and then we send each other a message and we're fine." Katie and Peter famously met on I'm A Me Out Of Here! in 2004, and married the following year but split in 2009. Asked why her parents did not appear together on her programme, Princess suggested that was never on the cards as she said: "They don't like each other. It would be quite strange for my mum and dad to be in it at the same time, just because that's never been the case in my life since they split up." When it was suggested to Princess that having parents was 'not easy', she replied: "No. Especially divorced parents." It comes after Katie, 47, slammed those producing their daughter Princess's debut reality TV series and she had urged Peter to sit down to end their feud. But in a fierce Instagram post that came shortly after, Peter said: "For sixteen years, I have stayed silent in the face of repeated lies from my ex-wife and her family, out of respect for my children and loved ones, but staying silent has been incredibly frustrating. That ends today." "The latest comments about my children's welfare and living arrangements compel me to set the record straight. For well-documented reasons, and for their safety, Junior and Princess came into my care in 2018 and remained with me until they reached adulthood. In 2019, the family courts issued a legally binding order to enforce this arrangement. I have never made this public before, out of respect for my children. "In 2011 and 2015, publicly documented court cases, found my ex-wife had made false claims. She was ordered to pay substantial damages and legal costs, and to apologise, to me and my management. The same falsehoods are being repeated today. Unfortunately, there are many more lies and baseless accusations I have yet to address. Those will now be dealt with in the coming months." In response to this, Katie issued a statement and told the Mirror: "Kate is in a much better and clear headspace and is at peace with the situation, this was in the past and she doesn't feel the need to bring up tit for tat comments, but more importantly she's dealing with this the right way and it's now in her lawyers hands. Kate will no longer be gaslight [sic] and bullied as she once was..."
Daily Mirror
an hour ago
- Daily Mirror
Tommy Fury opens up on 'tricky' dynamic with Molly-Mae Hague over parenting
Tommy Fury spoke about co-parenting his daughter Bambi with Molly-Mae Hague in the second episode of his new BBC Three series Tommy: The Good. The Bad. The Fury Former Love Island star Tommy Fury has revealed that he has a different approach to parenting compared to Molly-Mae Hague. He's said that their daughter Bambi "knows she can't get away" with anything when she's with her mother. The boxer, 26, spoke about being a parent in his reality TV show Tommy: The Good. The Bad. The Fury, which launched on BBC Three earlier tonight. In the second episode, filmed towards the end of last year following his split from Molly-Mae, now 26, he opened up about co-parenting whilst living separately from the content creator and Bambi, now two. Tommy, who has since reconciled with Molly-Mae, said that it had proved "tricky" to co-parent since she moved out of the home they shared with their daughter. He then teased that Molly-Mae offered more discipline as a parent than him. Amid scenes of Bambi staying at Tommy's house with him, he said on the show: "Obviously it's tricky because Molly's at her house and I'm here at the minute. When Bambi's here, it's all me, and when she's there, it's all her, so it is tricky." Tommy continued by saying: "I'm wrapped around her little finger ten times so I'll literally do anything for her. But at least with Molly she knows she can't get away with it But with me, she definitely can. She can get away with murder." The release of the episode comes after Molly-Mae has spoken about challenges as a parent in recent months, with her suggesting recently that Bambi is "testing boundaries" at the moment. She was seen in tears in one vlog, released last month. She told fans at the time: "I feel like I need to keep my camera running all day so you guys like actually just see ... it's like every single thing is a huge problem. Like [Bambi is] screams and can't even get like socks and shoes on." Molly-Mae also addressed the suggestion that she's "out of touch," after complaining about struggling with parenting lately, in the same vlog. She said: "I don't care who tells me I'm out of touch with reality or like all this stuff that's going on on TikTok at the minute. [...] I don't care like I'm not gonna not talk about it." In the second episode of his show, Tommy also spoke about hoping to live with Molly-Mae and Bambi again in the future. He said: "You just dream of one day, y'know, them coming back and the house to be filled with joy again. Y'know, I hope that one day everything can sort itself out and we can live here as a family again." And in the first episode, Tommy spoke about them having moved out as he once again dismissed previous speculation that cheating had led to him splitting up from Molly-Mae. He said: "The reason for our end in the relationship was alcohol." He said that he had been "drinking a lot" whilst unable to train after injuring one of his hands. Tommy later said that he didn't expect Molly-Mae to leave him. He went on to say that he was "drunk" when his fiancée and Bambi left their home, adding: "So I don't actually remember it that well, which was even more upsetting." Tommy: The Good. The Bad. The Fury continues on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer next Tuesday from 9pm. The first six episodes are available through BBC iPlayer now.
The Sun
an hour ago
- The Sun
Maya Jama sparkles in rainbow swimming costume after swapping Love Island for Ibiza
MAYA Jama reaches for the skies in a rainbow swimming costume after swapping Love Island for the Party Isle. The presenter, who turned 31 last week, posed in the sun during a getaway trip to Ibiza. 2 2 Alongside the image, which she posted on her Instagram site, she referenced her star sign by writing: 'Never ending leo season.' We recently revealed how ITV chiefs hope to tempt Maya Jama into staying on as Love Island presenter with a deal reputed to be worth nearly £2million. Impressed execs are desperate to keep the glam 30-year-old amid reports she is being courted by suitors such as Netflix. Sources say ITV are willing to offer her more than £800,000 to host the main series in the summer, and the same amount to host the All Stars version of the show in the winter. And there would be extra cash for her role on the After Sun show which goes out on ITV2 after the main Love Island programme. A source said: ' Maya is a huge hit with fans and the bosses. 'ITV are desperate not to lose her. 'They're acutely aware that she's being offered lucrative work with other companies such as Netflix. 'She's hugely in demand. 'Maya is proud to be part of Love Island and bosses want her to continue with the series for the All Stars and summer format. 'It is still early days but bosses are preparing an extremely good package for Maya that she would find hard to turn down.' The Bristol-born star began hosting the steamy series in 2023 after taking over from Laura Whitmore.
