We know the drill by now—what’s waiting for most Islanders when they leave the villa is a stack of telly interviews, a PLT deal if they’re lucky or Instagram ad partnerships for car air fresheners if they’re one of the more fleetingly famous Islanders.
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But Brad McLelland found something else entirely when he was voted out of the Love Island villa last week... After recognising him on-screen during his time on the show, Brad’s long-lost 15-year-old half-sister reached out to him for the first time ever.
Brad reunited with half-sister
Appearing on Lorraine this week, the dumped Islander explained:
So basically, I grew up just with my nana, my dad wasn't on the scene, but I always knew that I had a younger sister. I tried to get in contact with her for years, searching social media and trying to find out who she was—I just had her name.
Brad continued:
Basically, she reached out to us, and I FaceTimed her for the first time - the first time I'd ever seen her face and heard her voice was literally just a couple of days ago... My plan is now to obviously have a relationship with her and go from there.
A different kind of love
What a heart-warming story! As Lorraine’s stand-in Ranvir Singh pointed out, Brad may not have found lasting romantic love in the villa—but it’s led to him finding a different kind of love! Whether he reunites with Lucinda after she leaves the villa or not, Brad’s definitely had a result from Love Island 2021!
