Love Island contestant Jess White says she would be “happy” to return to her day job stacking shelves at M&S if she doesn’t find success on the show.
The retail assistant, 25, who has worked in the Marks & Spencer canteen for the past eight years, told MailOnline her bosses allowed her to take a “career break” and the door was left open for her return .
And the islander says that while she loves working for the high street store, she hasn’t packed any M&S clothes for her time in the village, confessing she’s more of a ‘PrettyLittleThing’ girl.
She said: ‘I love my job, it wouldn’t be a problem if it only lasted a week and I was back stacking shelves at M&S.
‘One of my big bosses guessed what I was doing… I told her, that’s not happening, but I can’t lie, so she absolutely knew what I was doing.
Love Island contestant Jess White says she would be “happy” to return to her day job stacking shelves at M&S if she doesn’t find success on the show.
The retail assistant, who has worked in the Marks & Spencer canteen for the past eight years, told MailOnline her bosses allowed her to take a “career break”.
The Islander says that while she loves working for the high street store, she hasn’t packed any M&S clothes for her time in the villa, and confesses she’s more of a ‘PrettyLittleThing’ girl.
‘I told everyone else I was going to travel, which they thought was a bit strange, but it’s okay.
“They told me ‘take a break from your career’, they were so flexible, they are so flexible as a company, I thought I would leave now and enjoy myself a lot, but the door was left open, it’s a really nice position to be in.
‘For backstory, M&S has a new buyer, so it literally went from granny clothes to things I would wear. But I haven’t really bought M&S clothes with me… As for clothes, I’m really a PLT girl.’
Jess has been single for two years after getting out of a long-term relationship, in which she feels she lost herself as a person.
She decided to focus on her health and fitness after a close friend launched a personal training business and she became his first client.
After their breakup, she lost confidence in her body, but her new regime allowed her to lose half a weight, and Jess said she now aspires to run marathons.
She said: “I was in a long-term relationship, I was with my ex for a long, long time.” I broke up with him two years ago.
‘When I broke up with him I wanted to be single and enjoy myself. You know when you’re in a relationship for a long time you forget who you are on your own, especially since I was with him from a very young age.
Jess has been single for two years after getting out of a long-term relationship, where she feels she lost herself as a person.
She decided to focus on her health and fitness after a close friend launched a personal training business and she became his first client.
After their breakup, she lost confidence in her body, but her new regime saw her lose half a weight, and Jess says she now aspires to run marathons.
“Before that, I put on quite a bit of weight, you know, when you’re in a relationship and you’re pretty happy, you eat what you want, you don’t really care, but there came a point where I was.” I am not happy.
‘My friend had qualified as a physiotherapist and suggested I be her first client and we did it together and started going to the gym and using me as her portfolio and I realized how much I loved it.
“I lost about half a kilo, so I wasn’t overweight at all, but I had no confidence in myself and since then I’ve been obsessed with going to the gym… I say ‘obsessed’ but I haven’t worked out once since I did.” . I have been to Mallorca.
“But I enjoy it, it’s a bit of my time.” I also started running, you know how everyone has become running girls…’
Although she hopes to impress in the villa, Jess admits there is one beauty treatment she wasn’t prepared to undergo.
She said: ‘I booked a bikini wax but chickened out. It was giving me more anxiety than entering the villa.
‘They did it to me once before and when I say it was traumatic, it was traumatic… I don’t think anyone should approach you that way. I was very nervous because of the pain.’
Jess confirmed he had shaved, adding: “It’s all well kept down there… I don’t have a bush, no!”
Love Island returns on Monday June 3 at 9pm on ITV1, ITV2, ITVX and STV