Love Island kicks off with controversial couplings and a warning from host Maya Jama
thesun.co.ukNEW Love Island host Maya Jama made her debut and immediately warned the contestants: “Don’t forget finding your perfect match is never that simple, trust me I know.” The show’s latest presenter could have been referencing her rollercoaster relationship with rapper Stormzy, who she recently rekindled her relationship with.
After arriving by helicopter, she was playing cupid by the poolside of the stunning South African villa, with the ten contestants all getting paired up.
She told them: “We now have five lovely couples but will you stay together or will your heads be turned?” Some of the new villa residents instantly discovered just how fickle the men and women can be during the pairing up process - which this year saw the girls get to choose their partners first.
Liverpudlian biomedical science student Tanya Manhenga, 22, picked 24-year-old airport security officer Shaq Muhammad, 24, from London.
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