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Since he was crowned winner of Love Island back in 2018, Jack Fincham's life took a dramatic turn for the worse following a series of arrests and a spell in rehab.
But now, the reality TV star who found love while on the show with Dani Dyer, has revealed that he's now had time to self-reflect and feels ready to head back into the villa to find love once again. Just moths after leaving the villa, the couple's romance hit breaking point later that year.
In a recent interview, the 32 year old TV personality, who was forced to resume his job of selling pens for AJ Office Supplies in London, said: "I would love to go back on Love Island! It’s the ultimate place to meet someone, and I fell in love on there! It really is."
Jack Fincham and Dani Dyer were crowned winners of Love Island in 2018 (ITV/REX/Shutterstock)He added: "I know some couples split up but just look at the amount of people that are still together after the show, there’s a few that are married. It creates the perfect environment, so I’d love to have the opportunity to go back in there. And I’d be brilliant!"
Speaking about his time on the show where he won the cash prize of £50,000, he claimed that the ITV2 dating show had taught him a lot about himself. He continued: "It’s just perfect in how much you learn about yourself – you’re just your raw self. It’s not a mask of being with your mates, you’ve had a few drinks and go out to the club.
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"Normally I wouldn’t have gone up to a girl on the street and go on a breakfast date, so you really do find out about yourself. You find both your strengths and weaknesses because it’s just your true self. It’s just you, no phone, no outside world distraction, no alcohol involved. "
He went on to say: "Just your whole personality and if someone opposite you likes you for you, and the same for friends you make on the show that have met the real you, not met you on a night out, through a mate, through Instagram – they know you for your truest form. The best thing if finding the person you truly are."
Just after his stint on the show Jack became a poster boy of how meteoric notoriety could open up the dark side of fame. At the time, it emerged that he had been involved in a series of arrests for driving under the influence of drugs. But he then took the plunge and headed to rehab in a bid to get his life back under control.
He was given a 36-month driving ban and 60 hours' community service in October last year after admitting two counts of drug-driving, and told The Sun he had a “purpose” again. Speaking to BritishGambler.co.uk he says that he's now in a better headspace as he's managed to get out of a "victim mentality" mindset.
He said: "Getting out of a victim mentality. All the stuff that I used to whinge about – I didn’t get that TV show, the papers are writing this stuff about me. You know what Jack? It’s your fault. If you hadn’t have done these things, you wouldn’t have to moan or worry about not getting these TV shows. It’s my own fault, so I’ve got out of that victim mentality."
He then added: "Everyone knows I don’t have a license anymore, so I’m riding my bike to the gym every day at 7 o’clock, and it’s humbling. I don’t take anything for granted anymore. I spent the last 5 years taking everything for granted and it was the downfall of me. I watched a Mike Tyson documentary where he said that it’s beautiful being at the bottom, because I can only go one way and that upwards. There are no expectations other than the ones I set for myself."
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