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Love Island winner Jess Hayes reveals why she's banned sex – and hits out at ex who ‘targeted her' for £25k
LOVE Island winner Jess Hayes has lifted the lid on why she has decided to ban sex from her life.
Jess, 32, won the first series of Love Island but, a decade on, is now proud to be celibate.
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The single mum-of-two revealed last month she has given up sex for good and now she has revealed the reason behind her choice.
Speaking to Mail Online, Jess believes sex is a "pointless activity" if a person is not in a loving relationship.
And despite giving the impression on Love Island that she was "sex-obsessed", Jess said this couldn't be further from the truth.
"I'm just not interested unless I really connect with a guy," she explained to the publication.
Jess added: "I'm not having any, and I don't miss it. I don't want it. It could be years before I have it again, who knows.
"I'm not into one-night stands and, believe it or not, I never have been."
Jess won the first ever series of Love Island alongside Max Morley in 2015.
She worked in a bank at the time and chose to share the £50,000 prize money with Max.
The couple appeared smitten and had quickly won over the hearts of the nation.
But just six weeks after their triumph, the winners dramatically split when Max was caught spending the night with Geordie Shore star Charlotte Crosby.
I won the first ever Love Island but the fall out from my instant fame was so brutal I've given up sex for good, says Jessica Hayes
Looking back, Jess has now accused professional cricket player Max of deliberately "targeting" her.
Max had entered the villa as a late bombshell and Jess believes it gave him time to clock how popular she was with viewers.
Telling the Mail she is "annoyed" they split the money, Jess added: "So, I do feel he targeted me but, as I say, I was young and naive."
Jess was just 22 when she won Love Island and afterwards she threw herself into a lifestyle of wild partying.
But three years later, she "hit rock bottom".
Jess struggled with her new-found fame and began questioning the direction her life was going in.
Speaking to The Sun On Sunday last month, Jess said: 'I remember feeling very lost and thinking, what now?
"You go out a lot and party a lot and sometimes it can be to excess and that's not good for you.
"You come out of a show and you're a celebrity and no one says, 'This might only last five minutes'.
'I didn't have good guidance or good management and that didn't help me take the right path.
'There were points where I thought, what the hell am I doing?"
Love Island 2025 full lineup
Harry Cooksley: A 30-year-old footballer with charm to spare.
Shakira Khan: A 22-year-old Manchester-based model, ready to turn heads.
Megan Moore: A payroll specialist from Southampton, looking for someone tall and stylish.
Alima Gagigo: International business graduate with brains and ambition.
Tommy Bradley: A gym enthusiast with a big heart.
Helena Ford: A Londoner with celebrity connections, aiming to find someone funny or Northern.
Ben Holbrough: A model ready to make waves.
Megan Clarke: An Irish actress already drawing comparisons to Maura Higgins.
Dejon Noel-Williams: A personal trainer and semi-pro footballer, following in his footballer father's footsteps.
Aaron Buckett: A towering 6'5' personal trainer.
Conor Phillips: A 25-year-old Irish rugby pro.
Antonia Laites: Love Island's first bombshell revealed as sexy Las Vegas pool party waitress.
Rose Selway: Beauty salon owner from Devon who runs 12 aesthetics clinics, boasting a famous clientele including former Love Islanders.
Yasmin Pettet: The 24-year-old bombshell hails from London and works as a commercial banking executive.
Malisha Jordan: A teaching assistant from Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, who entered Love Island 2025 as a bombshell.
Emily Moran: Bombshell Welsh brunette from the same town as Love Island 2024 alumni Nicole Samuel.
Shea Mannings: Works as a scaffolder day-to-day and plays semi-pro football on the side.
Remell Mullins: Boasts over 18million likes and 500k followers on TikTok thanks to his sizzling body transformation videos.
Harrison Solomon: Pro footballer and model entering Love Island 2025 as a bombshell.
Departures:
Kyle Ashman: Axed after an arrest over a machete attack emerged. He was released with no further action taken and denies any wrongdoing.
Sophie Lee: A model and motivational speaker who has overcome adversity after suffering life-changing burns in an accident.
Blu Chegini: A boxer with striking model looks, seeking love in the villa.
Jess is now a devoted mum of two children, five-year-old son Presley and daughter Zendaya Rose, one.
The relationships with both of her kids' dads broke down and she is now a single mum.
However, Jess said: 'I couldn't ask for more from my children's dads.
'They are in their lives and they are good with them."
She added: 'I'm not materialistic at all now and I think that having children, your priorities change.
'And if my daughter tells me she wants to apply for Love Island in 20 years time I will tell her, 'No way — not unless I'm your manager'.'
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