A former Bartley Green School student will be a contestant in the TV hit, ‘Love Island’
Love Island returns to ITV2 tonight (28th June) for its seventh series and local 21 year old, Liberty Poole, is hoping to find her perfect match.
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More texts, fire pit gatherings and challenges await the lovestruck Islanders, meaning there’ll be plenty for them to dish the dirt on in the Beach Hut.
Q&A with Liberty
What made you want to take part in the new series of Love Island?
I’ve never had that nice, happy relationship so I think it will be nice and something for me to experience. Obviously I want the best summer ever because we have been in lockdown for a year so it would be nice to go away and enjoy the sun and make friends as well. I’m excited, I’m a bit of a social butterfly so I love to meet new people. I’m a girls’ girl as well so I can’t wait for the girly friendships. It’s going to be fun!
Have you seen awkward dates while working at Nando’s?
Yeah, I’ve seen some people walk out on the other person and then it’s just really awkward because the staff are like, ‘Do we clear the plates, do we not clear the plates? Do we ask them if they’re okay? Do we not ask if they’re okay?’
I’ve had people try and rinse me for a date at Nando’s, get the discount and stuff. But I’ve never had a date in one. I’ve had a few things happen at work. I’ve had a napkin shaped as a rose given to me which was cute, that was when I first started working there and then I’ve been proposed to. It was a bit unexpected! He was on his own, he’d come into the restaurant every week and he got down on one knee and was like, ‘Will you marry me?’. But in his hand, it was a charity support badge not a diamond ring or nothing. So I was thinking, that’s one way of saying I’m a charity case when it comes to love!
How would your friends and family describe you?
Oh, definitely cringe. I say a lot of cringe stuff. I like to fill silent gaps.
What are you looking for in a romantic partner?
So I like tall, alpha male, confident, a cheeky chappy sort of guy. But obviously that’s always usually combined with player types, which is where I go wrong. So I am trying to change my ways and go for more of a nicer guy that is going to treat me right.
How do you normally meet potential dates?
I’m a really bad texter. This day and age, it’s all getting to know people like that but I actually am the world’s worst texter, I hate texting people. I’d much rather go on a date and meet the person and I think Love Island is the perfect place to do that. It is all about meeting someone face-to-face.
Have you ever had an awful date?
I don’t know about any bad dates. It’s just more me, doing stuff like clumsy things on dates like I went to kiss a guy and I fell off the stool and stuff like that!
Have you ever had any amazing dates?
Yeah! There was one where we went for a few drinks and then we went to this old school bar and I got picked up on the dance floor like in Dirty Dancing. I was swung about on the dance floor like that. I felt like I was in a movie or something and then I went to the bathroom and these girls were like, ‘Oh my God, are you on that date with that guy?!’
Are you competitive?
Yeah, my whole family is competitive! You should see us in a game of Monopoly at Christmas. All of us are competitive.
Who would be your celeb crush?
Alex Bowen looks wise but obviously he is with the beautiful Olivia. But celebrities in general, Jamie Dornan or Theo James.
What would be your dream date?
It’s not where you are, it’s who you are with. So it’s the energy or vibe that can obviously make or break a date.
Do you have a party trick or special talent?
I do a bit of ice skating here and there but I’m not like a pro at it. It’s just something I enjoy doing in my spare time. Sometimes I go ice skating for a date because none of my mates will come with me. It just gives me an excuse to go.
Where would you like to see yourself in five years?
Successful and travelling the world hopefully because for me, my passion is travelling. I’ve been quite lucky because my mum and dad live abroad so travelling is something I have always done since I was a kid so every time I travel or see a site or a bit of architecture, it completely opens my mindset and I love it. I feel like it develops me as a person. I would literally spend my whole life travelling if I could.
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