When Love Island bosses confirmed that there would be a second series of All Stars last year, there was one name that was at the top of our wish list: Love Island 2024 OG Samantha Kenny.
If you ask us, Samantha was robbed of her place in the villa when Joey Essex did her wrong and recoupled with ex Grace Jackson and she deserved far better.
We were hoping Samantha would get her redemption on All Stars 2025, but that turned out not to be the case as she never made it to Cape Town despite loads of speculation that she would be appearing on the series – and now we finally know why.
heat recently caught up with Samantha a year on from her Love Island experience and she spilled bucketloads of tea on everything from her new man to those rumours about her and Pete Wicks.
She also shed some light on why she never entered the All Stars villa and it’s very interesting.
Sam explained, ‘I was going to be a late bombshell and I thought, “Nah”. I’m not a standby candidate, I’m either going on it or I’m not.’
But that’s not the only reason Samantha turned down the show – she had also booked a boob job.
‘I wanted to get my boobs done. I had the date for my boobs and I was like I’d rather get my boobs done than go on it,’ she continued.
The iconic Islander didn’t rule out All Stars completely, though. Although she’s currently seeing someone, Samantha did say she would potentially do the show if she was single.
‘I wouldn’t say no, I’d be open to the conversation,’ she said. ‘Obviously I’m seeing someone at the moment and I want to keep him.
‘I like where I’m at, at the moment.’
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Nathan Katnoria is heat and Closer online’s senior digital writer. He became obsessed with Love Island when Malin Andersson came back to confront Terry Walsh in series two and hasn’t looked back since. When he’s not interviewing former Islanders, Nathan is scrolling through their Instagram feeds for relationship updates and piping hot tea.