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page: ‘I went into
Love Island looking for
a fairy tale,’ says AmyI’d never had a full-time job before and
then I started at British Airways as cabin
crew. I was always terrified that I was going
to get fired. Some people at work were
disparaging towards me and I’d often be
in new cities by myself. I used to cry every
night, I was just miserable.
What got you through?
My mum. She wouldn’t let me quit, she
said: ‘Like it or lump it.’ Then I got to know
more people and the anxiety started to
fade away. It was circumstantial anxiety but
those first six months were really hard.
You said part of the reason you left Love
Island was so Curtis could be happy. Do
you wish you’d been more selfish?
I knew if I stayed I would have gone
downhill again. If I kissed someone, I would
have been thinking, is Curtis jealous? No?
Now I feel s**t. I did have thoughts like,
I wish I hadn’t met him, but I know I’d do
it all over again. After Casa Amor, I was
grieving the loss of my relationship and
going through my first big heartbreak and
I realised I didn’t know how to be in the
AMY WEARS JUMPSUIT BY OH POLLY; AND EARRINGS BY MINNIES BOUTIQUE