Some Love Island fans have claimed to know who will be the first Islander to get the boot – days before the reality dating competition is due to launch.
Love Island returns on June 3 and on Monday, ITV released the full line-up for the new series which will air simultaneously on ITV1, ITV2, and ITVX for the first time.
Fans have already started predicting how the new series will play out, deciding the victim of the dreaded first dumping will be best friend of the Attwood-Dacks, Ronnie Vint.
Ronnie, 27, was the best man at Olivia Attwood and Bradley Dack’s June 2023 nuptials at a five-star Knightsbridge hotel.
Love Island shared the semi-professional footballer’s photo to their Instagram on Monday with the caption: ‘Ronnie is sidelining his football career to focus on a new goal: score his future wife ⚽️ #LoveIsland.’
Some Love Island fans claim to already know who will be the first Islander to get the boot – days before the reality dating competition is due to launch on June 3
Fans believe the victim of the dreaded first dumping will be, Ronnie Vint, 27 (pictured), who is friends with Olivia Attwood
Love Island shared Ronnie’s photo to their Instagram on Monday with the caption: ‘Ronnie is sidelining his football career to focus on a new goal: score his future wife ⚽️ #LoveIsland’
Brutal fans said commented under the photo: ‘It’s giving first boot, I’m so sorry’;
‘He will be the first one to be dumped. Mark my words’; ‘I can tell by the amount and the kind of birds he is following he’s a FBoy lol 1st OG boy out’;
‘He’s definitely the one leaving first’; ‘I’m not too sure about him but all the best…’; ‘I would want him to go first, but i have a sneaky feeling that Munveer’s going first’
‘Pro Footballers don’t put a career on hold for love island. So football is not his profession. So don’t disrespect football. Good luck to him tho’.
Showing support was Bradley’s sister Beth Dack who wrote: ‘Yessssss Ron’ accompanied by a fire emoji.
Ahead of his appearance on the show, Ronnie shared with Love Island what he was looking for in a match.
He said: ‘I want someone that’s family orientated, caring and career minded. Looks wise, I like blondes with nice boobs but am partial to a brunette too.
Explaining his ‘claim to fame’, Ronnie said: Bradley Dack is my best friend and he and Olivia are a big part of my life. I call Olivia my big little sister, she always looks out for me.
Brutal fans declared: ‘He will be the first one to be dumped. Mark my words’ with one blaming his following list for their view
But showing support was Bradley’s sister Beth Dack who wrote: ‘Yessssss Ron’ accompanied by a fire emoji
Olivia, 30, had an explosive run on the third series of Love Island in 2017, and now she is a documentary maker.
Ronnie’s reportedly already proved to be a ladies’ man amongst Olivia’s celebrity friendship group.
Television insiders telling he’s finally looking to settle down after years of playing the field in more ways than one.
They revealed: ‘Ronnie is the latest signing for Love Island this year and he can’t wait to see who else will be joining him.
‘As a ladies’ man, he has dated a string of reality stars, and now he’s excited to finally become a contestant himself after hearing so much about it from Olivia.
‘Of course, Olivia and Bradley are close friends with Ronnie and will be supporting him on the show all the way.’
Ronnie himself explained: ‘I’ve had two serious relationships in the past but more recently have enjoyed being single and doing my own thing as I’ve been focused on my football career. I’ve got to the age where I want to find the right person I can build a life with.’
The south-east Londoner spent 10 years with Dartford from youth to senior level.
Ronnie (left) was the best man at Olivia Attwood (centre) and Bradley Dack’s (right) June 2023 nuptials at a five-star Knightsbridge hotel
Following two loan spells with Dulwich Hamlet, he joined them permanently in January 2022.
Then, in June 2023, non-league club Lewes Community Football Club announced that Ronnie and joined the team.
Manager Tony Russell said at the time: ‘Ronnie is a player I watched in step 1 for Dartford, and I thought he would go on to play professionally, but for whatever reason, it didn’t work out for him.
‘Ronnie fits the mould of a player I like working with. Maybe he has lost his way in the game, and I offer players like him the chance to come in and enjoy his football; our chats have gone really well, and I plan to work with him before we go back in for pre-season.
‘I know if I get Ronnie Vint fit and enjoying his football, I know I will have one of the best in our league. People forget he is still only 26, so he has not even hit his peak yet.’
Ronnie’s Instagram bio now reads: ‘I’m off to find love in the @loveisland villa! ❤️’
Love Island begins on Monday and will air every Monday to Friday and Sunday at 9 pm on ITV1, ITV2, and ITVX.