BRIGHTON’s Luca Bish showed his support for Love Island’s first deaf contestant after she spoke openly about wearing a cochlear implant.
Model and dancer Tasha Ghouri, from Thirsk, North Yorkshire, has been deaf since birth and wears a cochlear implant to allow her to hear.
During the first episode of the ITV2 dating show on Monday night, Tasha, 23, gathered her fellow islanders around the firepit to reveal her “superpower”.
Speaking about her deafness, she said: “I wanted to get everyone together, I wanted to find the right time to do this and this is perfect timing, but basically I was born completely deaf and I wear a cochlear implant in my right ear.
“It’s just something cool that I’ve got about myself, it doesn’t define me, it’s just a part of who I am.”
She added: “I call it my superpower.”
After sharing her story Tasha’s fellow islanders, including Luca, responded positively.
The 24-year-old fishmonger from Rottingdean said: “Literally, I would not have had a clue, and to say it in front of a bunch of people who you’ve never kind of even met or know… credit to her.”
As the eighth series kicked off, Love Island host Laura Whitmore revealed to the islanders that their couples had been chosen by the British public.
Luca coupled up with 24-year-old paramedic Paige Thorne from Swansea.
During the episode the first bombshell of the series also entered the villa.
Business owner Davide Sanclimenti, who is from Rome but lives in Manchester, shocked the islanders as he walked into the villa’s garden and asked “did anyone order an Italian snack?”
Davide, 27, quickly caught the eye of some of the female islanders.
Speaking in the beach hut, Luca said: Luca said: “Davide! I was thinking I’m the good-looking Italian here and then you’ve sent that geezer through the door.”
Later in the show, Davide shared a kiss with Gemma Owen, the daughter of footballer Michael Owen, during a game of dares in which she was asked to kiss the person she would most like to share a bed with.
Love Island continues on ITV2 tonight.
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