Australia already loves Sophie Monk but she could be set to introduce herself in a big way to the UK as host of Love Island UK.
As reported by So Dramatic!, Sophie is a frontrunner to take over from the departed Laura Whitmore, but she’s got some fierce competition in the form of Maya Jama.
The 28-year-old’s presenting resume is impressive: she’s fronted Peter Crouch: Save Our Summer, Glow Up: Britain’s Next Make-Up Star, Cannonball, The Circle, and the list goes on.
Our Sophie, of course, is no stranger to the world of presenting, having hosted Beauty and the Geek Australia and Love Island Australia.
So while Maya’s probably the favourite, Sophie’s very Aussie confidence (even though she was actually born in London) could be the ideal fit for Love Island UK. She’d have put those unruly male contestants in their proper place.
Laura Whitmore took over as Love Island UK host in 2020 after the tragic death of Caroline Flack. She left the reality TV show last month, and her exit proved popular with a lot of viewers, with many questioning her handling of contestants.
However, she discussed the difficulties of presenting the show in a new interview, insisting she wasn’t allowed to check on the wellbeing of contestants.
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“I hate having anything I’m not allowed to say. I couldn’t ask Love Islanders if they were okay,” she told The Sunday Times.
“It is hard. Your face is the front of the show but I am one tiny person and have no producing role so I couldn’t say if I didn’t think something was okay. If your child is watching, maybe you should watch it with them and have a conversation. A friend watched with her daughter and told her that it is not okay to say certain things.
“I question things a lot, even if I don’t do it publicly, people would rather I didn’t. It’s difficult doing that when you work on the show.”
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