I was a Love Island villain – I really feel for Molly but here’s the biggest thing she has done wrong
LOVE Island’s Olivia Hawkins has come to the defence of Molly Marsh amid a backlash against the blonde contestant.
Olivia, 27, who was branded the ‘villain’ of the Winter series, stood up for fellow actress Molly, 21, after she was blasted by fans for growing close to Zach Noble while coupled up with Mitchel Taylor.
At the time Zach was with Catherine, who has since recoupled with Andre but was upset at seeing the pair kiss during a challenge and then share a cosy chat for two hours.
In an exclusive chat with The Sun, Olivia said: “I really feel for Molly. I don’t think she has done anything wrong.
“Maybe she could have gone about certain situations differently, but I relate to her because she has been getting to know a few people, and I was in quite a few couples in there. It’s hard.”
She added: “I think the biggest thing Molly did wrong was not telling Catherine about Zach, but it’s early days. Loyalites in there are really intense, but then you forget you have only known each other for a week.”
Olivia came in for her fair share of criticism during her time in the villa, and admits the early days after arriving home were tough.
“The initial few days were overwhelming,” she explains. “You haven’t had your phone for months, and you lose all concept of the outside world.
“My mum was worried about me for the first day or so, because she saw everything that was written about me on social media and didn’t want me to read it. I wanted to see it all though, so I could have an idea of what everyone was saying and then I could get over it.”
Much was made of Olivia’s beef with Kai Fagan, who won the show with his girlfriend Sanam Harrinanan after dumping Olivia.
But while she and Kai traded words on screen, she reveals things are fine with them these days.
“I saw them at an event recently and we had a really long conversation,” Olivia reveals. “We talked for like half an hour about rugby of all things! Things are absolutely fine between us now and I think they are really well suited as a couple.”
Olivia recently opened up about a ‘secret room’ in the villa that viewers don’t see on screen.
She told us: “There is a ‘Zoom room’ in there where you can go and speak to the welfare team online. You can speak to them whenever you want. It’s great to have that.”
Given that Love Island extend their duty of care long after the show, is Liv having therapy now?
“I’m not at the moment, no,” she smiles. “I am in a really good place.”