THE LOVE ISLANDER ON HER NEXT STEPS WITH ANDREW
Some Love Islanders leave the show and dominate headlines with their antics – and not always in a good way. But some, like Tasha Ghouri from series eight, just get on with things, living their best lives.
As well as buying a house with boyfriend Andrew Le Page, Tasha, 25 – who wears a cochlear implant – has been working with Boots Hearing Care, launched a podcast, and has even written her own romance novel. It’s a wonder she had any time to chat…
Congrats on your new house. How are things going?
It’s a big step. We’re seeing it as a renovation project, because Andrew wants to do renovations and property developing. We’ve lived together for the past year-and-a-half and we know what we want in the future together. We know that, one day, we will get married and have kids, so this step feels quite normal for us and we’re not scared.
Is this house where you plan to start your family?
Probably not. We’ll either sell it, rent it out or remortgage it and do another project somewhere else. We’re not sure what the plan is, we’re just doing it step by step and will see what happens after that.
When you do tie the knot, will your fellow Love Islanders be invited to the wedding?
For my wedding, it would be close family and friends, and it would be a very small, intimate number. But we’d definitely do something in the UK and have a big party and have all our fellow islanders there. That would be super-fun to do.
You were so confident talking about your cochlear implant on the show – was it always the plan to raise awareness?
Yes, even before Love Island, I had my own Instagram page called “Talks with Tasha” and I used that as an outlet for people to feel safe and feel seen. And then modelling for ASOS, my cochlear implant went viral. On Love Island, I had that same thought that I’m there to represent the deaf community, and to break down boundaries – show that people with disabilities can go on TV and find love. It wasn’t easy, but it
