The Love Island star Greg O’Shea has revealed that he turned down modeling contracts worth six-figure offers following his time on Love Island.
The Love Island star ‘felt sick’ after spurning six-figure offers after the show ended
Greg O’Shea, the Love Island winner, has disclosed that he is “sick to this day” after turning down six-figure modeling contracts.
In 2019, the 27-year-old rugby player appeared on the fifth season of the ITV2 dating show.
Greg, who arrived in the villa late, went on to win the series with Amber Gill and quickly rose to fame – though the pair shocked the nation by splitting just five weeks after their Love Island victory.
He turned his back on the spotlight after his break-up with Amber and recently opened up about his decision to forego the typical post-show career path taken by contestants.
Greg revealed on The Laughs of Your Life with Doireann Garrihy podcast how he did not follow in the footsteps of other Love Island stars by moving to London.
The Irishman also expressed regret for “turning down a number of six-figure modeling contracts,” admitting he’d “said no” to hundreds of thousands of pounds.
Greg explained: “Obviously after the show, I didn’t follow the path you’re supposed to.
“I had those six figure deals sitting in front of me and I said no to them.
“The unwritten rules of you win the show, you move to London, you do the red carpet events, you’re the it couple and you kind of lowkey promote the show.
“It makes me sick to this day… if you knew how much money I turned down, honestly, oh my god.”
Following their abrupt split, Amber later confirmed that Greg had dumped her over the phone, and Greg expressed regret for dumping Amber so soon after their show’s success on the same podcast.
On FaceTime, he confirmed his split from Amber and added, “”I should have bit my tongue a bit longer and stayed in the relationship with Amber a bit longer.”
“I was just way too honest and way too focused about going to the Olympics at the time, which worked because I did go in hindsight but when she posed the question to me being like, ‘you’re obviously gonna ask me to be your girlfriend, are you?’
“I was like, ‘but sure how is this gonna work? I’m trying to train to go to the Olympics, you’re in the UK, you’re the ‘it’ girl, everyone wants a bit of you.’
“I was like ‘this isn’t going to work’.”
Amber shocked fans earlier this year when she revealed she and Greg had split up hours before their Love Island finale.
