New Love Islander Tyrique Hyde reveals secret advice from former show finalist
LOVE Island contestant Tyrique Hyde has shared the best advice he was given from a former Islander ahead of making his villa debut.
Despite not yet being a well known name, the 23-year-old Dartford midfielder is close pals with Toby Aromolaran, who came second on the show with Chloe Burrows in 2021.
And he also knows former Islander Aaron Simpson through playing football.
It’s given Tyrique an opportunity to gain some insight from the previous stars.
He said: “I had a conversation with Toby before we went, obviously being my close friend he literally just said to me,
“‘Listen, bro, just be yourself if you’re not yourself, people are gonna see through.’
“If you’re trying to be something you’re not just literally be yourself and people like you and you’ll smash it. In regards to Dos and Dont’s we didn’t really go into that much detail, you know, because I didn’t want to ruin that experience for myself.
“He had his experience. I have my experience, and I didn’t wanna go in there with expectations or anything like that to sort of go with the flow and just let it flow without actually knowing what’s actually going on, You know what I mean?
“So it wasn’t really that detailed. He just said, Be yourself, literally.
“Toby is my closest friend, well, one of my closest friends, he was on Love Island,
“And also, I played for the same team as Aaron Simpson when he come out of Love Island.
“So I also know Aaron Simpson.”
Tyrique is swapping being a semi-pro footballer to be in the summer series’ original line-up.
He tells us he’s never had a girlfriend and has never been in love.
Asked if he’s a player off the pitch, as well as on, he told The Sun: “I have been known to date more than one person at a time I’ll be honest, in the past.
“But I feel like it’s hard, the word player, because the people I’m dating know that I’m dating other people. So it’s not like I’m going behind anyone’s back or anything like that.
“Am I really a player if I’m doing it openly and honestly, does it really make me a player? People have got their opinions.
“I’ll shoot my shot in the villa. I’m not afraid of stepping on anyone’s toes.”