I got judged for going back to my normal job after Love Island but the show doesn’t pay your bills
A LOVE Island star has said the show “doesn’t pay your bills” after sharing how he was judged for going back to his garage job.
Biggs Chris, 31, was an Islander on season six of the revived series of Love Island, entering on day 23 and exiting on day 26.
Before the show, the Glasgow-born reality star worked as a car-body repair specialist – a job he then returned to after leaving the villa.
But Biggs says there was a lot of judgement surrounding his return to work.
He told us: “I went back to work after Love Island and was in overalls working in a garage and I got judged.
“Somebody said to me ‘mate were you not on Love Island?’ but I’m doing the right thing because a lot of these people make out they’re something they’re not, whereas I’m actually building a career.”
Biggs continued: “I do understand – you’re going on the biggest show then all of a sudden you’re back working at Primark or Zara, but for me I’m really still grafting. I need to get my career going and provide my family. It’s not been easy.
"I’ve kept myself grounded. I see people quit their businesses and think they’re going to be millionaires coming off Love Island… and then it all falls down.
“I’m not well enough, I’m not a millionaire. I was on the show for just three days.”
The Sun previously revealed how the Islanders receive £250 a week for appearing on the show.
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Essentially they don't get paid, the amount they receive is paid by ITV to compensate them for their time on the show.
The fee covers their bills, their rent as well as other general costs they usually have to cover back home.
After leaving the villa, Biggs is definitely putting the work in, and says he’s up at 5am most mornings working on his property business which sees him renovating houses to then put them up for sale.
Discussing his current career, Biggs went on: “I’ve saved up the money I did get off the back of the show to put into property and so I can now live that celeb-y life because I did that and I’m still working hard.
“The property stuff is all going well, obviously the market can be up and down but business is good.”
Biggs is building a family home, and has his first little one on the way with partner Summer Hawkins.
The parents-to-be couldn’t hide their excitement and revealed plans for a huge gender reveal.
It was in June that Biggs shared their happy news with fans, in a sweet pregnancy reveal video.
He wrote: "We’ve been keeping our little Blessing a secret."
In the video, Summer broke down in tears after learning the result of her pregnancy test.
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She then surprised Biggs with a box containing the positive tests and filmed his reaction. The couple marked the moment with a warm embrace, before Summer was seen having her antenatal scan.
Summer has kept her due date under wraps, but did tell us the pregnancy had ran smoothly so far.
