Love Island's Paige Thorne signed up for the 2022 series of the ITV2 dating show but vowed to go back to her day job after.
The TV favourite was previously a paramedic before joining the series but took a break from her job to sign up for a summer of love in the Majorcan villa.
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She confirmed from the start that she intended to go back to her day job after her time on the show, and while she did a couple of ad-hoc days, her return hasn't been permanent.
Paige has since claimed that she was unable to return to the job permanently, telling the Not My Bagg podcast that she was told she couldn't go back.
She said: "I was like, 'I'll go back to being a paramedic', and my job was like, 'mm don't really want you to do that because you know, you post pictures in your bikinis.'
"I was like, 'Oh okay, so we can't do that then."
Paige said she was "so upset" that she couldn't go back to doing her job, adding: "I worked really hard to become a paramedic. I trained for three years, worked in Covid, did it all. Then they were just like, 'mm actually thanks but no thanks'."
Joe added: "Posting pics in a bikini doesn't exactly stop you from being able to give CPR does it?"
Paige then confirmed that her main job now is a route which many ex islanders take as she continues working on social media and influencing.
But she added that it's no picnic, telling the brothers: "I'm really trying, but it's a war zone out here, it's a jungle."
Many ex islanders have returned to their day jobs after quitting the show, some of which have returned to working for the NHS, including Dr Alex George, Dr Priya Gopaldas and Rachel Fenton.
While Paige hasn't returned to work as a paramedic, she has joined NHS workers in protests and thrown her support behind the NHS online.
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