Georgia Harrison has signed up for Love Island: All Stars to reclaim her personality after ‘losing herself’ amid the Stephen Bear scandal.
The Islander, 29, from 2017, became a victim of revenge porn after Celebrity Big Brother winner Stephen, 33, sold a video of the pair having sex on his OnlyFans, which then hit Pornhub and went viral online, without Georgia’s knowledge or consent .
After years of suffering vicious trolling and feeling humiliated as the private moment she shared with her ex-boyfriend became widely publicized, Stephen was arrested and ultimately sentenced to 21 months in prison.
Georgia has since worked hard to come to terms with the events of recent years, after struggling with her self-esteem and trusting men following the ordeal.
And she says her return to the show will give her a chance to rebuild herself after missing her 20s while dealing with such tough issues.
Georgia Harrison has signed on to Love Island: All Stars to reclaim her personality after ‘losing herself’ amid the Stephen Bear scandal
The 2017 Islander became a victim of revenge porn after Stephen sold a video of the couple having sex on his OnlyFans, which then reached Pornhub and went viral online, without Georgia’s knowledge or consent
After years of suffering vicious trolling and feeling humiliated as the private moment she shared with her ex-boyfriend became widely publicized, Stephen was arrested and ultimately sentenced to 21 months in prison.
She said: ‘I really feel like I’ve lost a part of myself over the last few years.
‘I’m funny, I’m stupid, there are so many parts of my personality that aren’t shown because I’m talking about a difficult and negative subject.
‘I enjoy doing it because I want to be a voice for women, but at the end of the day this is the last year of my twenties and I deserve after all this time to just go in and have some fun, chat and to talk. really just be young again and me.
‘I didn’t know this would happen, but now that I’m here and getting ready to go into the villa, I really feel like this is my comeback and the end of what has been such a long journey.
‘Even during the years when things were hard, I just had this inner knowing within myself that at some point the universe would pick me up and put me in a space where everything I ever wanted would manifest… and I I think I’m on my way on the eve of that.’
The former TOWIE star made ITV documentary Revenge Porn: Georgia vs Bear and has campaigned for outdated laws to reflect the times.
She has met with MPs to highlight the issues and has even been tipped for a role in government.
So is returning to the ITV2 dating show a wise move for a young woman whose career has shifted from reality personality to documentary maker?
Georgia joins exes Liberty Poole and Jake Cornish on Love Island: All Stars, which starts on Monday
She first appeared on Love Island in 2017, where she teamed up with Sam Gowland (pictured)
Georgia said, “Yes, I am aware of that. I know I’m going back into the villa but I’m still aware that I’m a role model for young women now and I’m very grateful for how I’ve held myself in the media so far.
‘I also took this all into account because my campaigns are going so well and I’m really making strides in the political sector and I thought: is Love Island a good idea?
“I’ve had so much time to heal and process everything I’ve been through and then extra time to figure out what I really want in life and rebuild myself.
‘I feel like everything is back to normal and everything I could ever want, like a good family, a great house, my career is going in such a brilliant direction, but the only thing missing in my life is a man and I thought what better way to find someone than to go to Love Island: All Stars.’
Georgia’s plan isn’t just to return to Love Island, she wants to win it.
The star says it won’t make any difference to her career if she stays in the South African villa for just a week as she ‘already has a blue tick’ on Instagram, but she hopes to find the right man after making ‘mistakes ‘ has made in her career. Past.
She said: ‘I plan to win… I want to go there and meet the love of my life. If I don’t, if I go home on day three, it doesn’t matter, I have nothing to lose.
‘When you go in there for the first time you want to meet someone, but you also know that the show can change your life and I had to be there for at least a week or two.
The former TOWIE star made ITV documentary Revenge Porn: Georgia vs Bear and has campaigned for outdated laws to reflect the times
“But this time we have all the blue checkmarks and we got what we wanted from the original show… all we’re missing is love and I’m really manifesting meeting and winning the love of my life.
‘I want to make sure that the man I’m with is funny, can make me laugh, is intelligent, but unlike when I was younger, I’m definitely looking for a man who is loyal, kind, honest , authentic, sincere, I don’t want to waste my time anymore.
‘I have made mistakes in the past, but for me they are not mistakes, they are learning curves and they have shown me what to look out for in the future.’
In preparation for the five-week series hosted by Maya Jama, Georgia has given up alcohol, eaten healthy, meditated and even performed a colon cleanse to rid herself of toxins both literally and figuratively.
And she’s done her research, re-watching old series of Love Island to find out who she likes, and calculates she’ll need at least 35 different bikinis if she wants to take part in the competition all the way to the final.
Georgia said: I have been so healthy these past few months.
‘I’ve had my eyebrows laminated, eyelashes done, colonic irrigation, which is probably a bit too much information, but I’ve let that go.
‘I have cleansed my body from the inside out and eaten very healthily, I have almost completely stopped drinking alcohol and I have meditated.
‘I would say I have 40 bikinis, I calculated that if I won I would be in the villa for 35 days, so I made sure I had 35 bikinis. But I ended up getting too much from all kinds of different clothing companies, so I kind of went overboard.
‘The great thing about this time was that we could get free gifts and I thought: more is more.’
- Love Island: All Stars launches on Monday January 15 at 9pm on ITV1, ITV2, ITVX and STV