Love Island's oldest fan is 'hooked' great-gran, 90, who has picked her winner

21 July 2023 , 14:47

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Love Island fan Cathie Tosh (Image: Katielee Arrowsmith / SWNS)

Meet Britain’s oldest Love Island fan – a great-grandmother who doesn’t miss an episode.

Cathie Tosh, 90, is hooked on the hit reality show. She loves sitting down at 9pm every evening before gossiping about the ITV show with her family the next day.

And she is backing Molly Marsh to win. The retired shop assistant, from Dundee, said: “I love it. I always wonder what’s going to happen next to the couples, if they’ll split up and go with someone else. I tape it if I think I’m going to miss it.

“I love watching the couples to see how they’re getting on. I quite like Molly who came back. I’d like to see her win. I think she’ll go back to the lad she’s with.”

Cathie, says granddaughter Stephanie Abbott, 33, a customer service assistant, got her hooked on the reality show. Cathie, who lost husband Tom in 2005, watches Aftersun too and says the best part is when the boys and girls are split up and sent to Casa Amor, but hates it when close couples break up.

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Cathie never misses an episode of the hit reality show (Katielee Arrowsmith / SWNS)

Daughter Karen Abbot, said: “She’s young at heart. She’s more into it than us.”

Cathie added: “I watch everything and take it all in - I’ve watched it since I knew about it. I watch all the soaps earlier on [in the day] but I like watching Love Island at night time.

“I watch it on my own at night, my granddaughter used to watch it with me before she had a baby.”

Daughter Karen Abbott, 66, a retiree, says her mum is young at heart and that she loves to chat about the latest drama with the rest of the family.

Karen said: “It amazes me how it all started with my daughters. They were talking about it and my mum said she has to watch this.

“We all watch it together when we can. She watches everything though including Aftersun and Unseen Bits. She’s young at heart and remarkable for her age. She’s more into it than us now!”

Josie Adnitt