Netflix’s new dating show Too Hot To Handle couldn’t have come at a better time. Whatever your relationship status, there is something very entertaining about watching a bunch of near- naked, horny twenty-somethings get told they can’t have sex. It’s Love Island meets The (Sex) Hunger Games and we’re obsessed, especially because the contestants are so outrageous – none more so than Canadian model Francesca Farago.
From the moment she arrived, she was a force to be reckoned with – hooking up with cheeky Aussie Harry Jowsey, 23, and continually flouting the rules (and losing the gang a ton of prize money in the process).
Speaking to heat, the 25 year old tells us why she has no regrets about her naughty behaviour, and why – after a brief separation – she and Harry are more loved-up than ever.
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1 of 14David Birtwistle, 30
David is a fitness and nutrition coach from London with a swanky-looking life coaching business. Claim to fame? His ex-girlfriend is now engaged to Hugh Hefner's son.
2 of 14Sharron Townsend, 25
Sharron is a personal trainer and model from the US who was also crowned Mr Pennsylvania in 2018, ooft.
3 of 14Harry Jowsey, 21
Harry is no stranger to reality TV, he appeared on New Zealand show Heartbreak Island in 2018. He's a 'cheeky chappy' from Australia and seems like a bit of a laugh, tbh.
4 of 14Haley Cureton, 20
Haley is a business student and sorority member at the University of North Florida. According to her Netflix bio, she is 'open to building romantic connections with both the boys and the girls.'
5 of 14Kori Sampson,
Kori is a model and personal trainer (another reality TV bingo point) from the UK. From his IG feed we can see he seems to enjoy posing topless. We're not complaining.
6 of 14Bryce Hirschberg
According to his Wikipedia page (yep, this one's legit famous), Bryce is an award-winning actor, writer, director and producer. He's based in LA and also has a debut album on the way, phew we're exhausted just reading about him.
7 of 14Chloe Veitch
Chloe is from Essex (another one for the reality TV show bingo) and was once asked to be in a girl band based in South Korea. Random, but we like it.
8 of 14Kelechi Dyke
Kelechi 'Kelz' is a senior recruitment consultant and American football player currently living in London. He's described in his Netflix bio as 'an alpha-male who is used to getting what he wants.' Sounds like drama to us.
9 of 14Francesca Farago
Francesca is a model and travel influencer from Vancouver who's previously dated DJ Diplo. She's vegan, has her own clothing line and seems generally like a bit of a 'cool girl'.
10 of 14Nicole O'Brien
Nicole is an Irish marketing consultant based in London, who has previously worked on yachts in Chicago hosting the likes of Kanye West and Jay Z after graduating - that's quite the summer job.
11 of 14Madison Wyborny
Madison is a model based in LA, who shares envy-inducing bikini shots from all over the world on her IG feed. We're obsessed with her hippie/glam vibe.
12 of 14Matthew Smith
Matthew is an actor and model from Colorado who's now based in LA. From his IMBD page we can see he made his acting debut in The Young and the Restless and has also made appearances in several feature films.
13 of 14Lydia Clyma
Lydia is a social media and TV presenter from Portsmouth who presents cage fighting shows. From the trailer it definitely seems like she gets some snogging action - but who's the lucky guy?
14 of 14Rhonda Paul
Rhonda is a jewellery line-owner and ring girl from Atlanta. Netflix says 'Rhonda can have any boy she wants and won't let anyone get in her way.' We can't wait to see what she gets up to.
You and Harry cost the group a lot of money – do you regret it?
Looking back, I definitely could have refrained. I was just being very selfish at the time and I wasn’t considering anyone else but myself. But, then again, it’s hard to consider a group of people who aren’t your friends. They didn’t like me from day one and alienated me, so it made it more enticing to break the rules. I don’t really regret anything.
What happened between you and Harry after the show?
We were attached at the hip for basically three months, but then we were long distance – he was trying to figure out his move to LA from Australia, I was still in Vancouver, and we just didn’t see eye to eye. The break-up was mainly because we were sad that we couldn’t hang out. Then, when we got back together, we were like, “Why did we even break up?”
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How are you handling being apart during lockdown?
It’s been very difficult, but I think everything that has happened in our relationship thus far has prepared us for this. We’re just focusing on the end goal – how amazing it’s going to be when we can live together. There’s definitely been some FaceTime sex! But we’re kind of used to not being physical – even though we did break the rules on the retreat, that was only two or three times in 30 days.
Have you proved that you were the real deal?
Yeah. If we lost all that money and we weren’t still together, that would have been a waste. But in the retreat, I was so in love with him and there was no doubt in my mind that we were going to end up together. If I had just thought it was a fling, I wouldn’t have done any of that, especially knowing my parents would be watching.
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