Love Island's Ron Hall: Being blind in one eye has helped me talk to girls

Love Island's first ever partially-sighted contestant Ron Hall says his disability has helped him to "talk to girls".

The 25-year-old financial advisor is blind in one eye following a football injury when he was eight years old, but the upcoming Islander says he tries to use it to his "advantage".

He said: "My past has one hundred per cent, one million per cent shaped me.

"I try and use it to my advantage, you know, it’s a great conversation starter, I’ve got two different colour eyes.

"I’m gonna blow my own trumpet here but my charm ... I’m quite charismatic. I like to think I’m not boring.

"I mean don’t get me wrong, I’d like to think I’m not a bad looking fella. But I think it helps me with talking to girls and having a conversation and being confident about it."

Ron - who has one blue eye and one green eye - admits he makes eye jokes "all the time".

He added to The Sun newspaper: "I always say, like if a girl walks in, I’ll say to the boys, ‘eye eye’. There’s loads of different play on words that you can use and for me using that as a joke and being comfortable with it, it didn’t really impact me too much.

"For me, the most important thing is there are so many people out there that are in a worse position than me. I think people forget that.

"You know, this one doesn’t really affect me too much on a day-to-day basis. I think you have to learn to adapt to your situation.

"All right, one eye might look a bit funny and a bit clouded, but, you know, that’s part and parcel of what life throws at you."

Ron recently admitted nobody even knows he is blind in one eye when they first meet him.

He added: "On meeting me, you’d never know I am blind in one eye. It was the result of a football injury when I was 8; I went in for a header and got kicked in the face. I’ve got two different coloured eyes, one blue and one green.

"It’s added to my character, there are so many people that are worse off than me. And if anything, losing something like that makes you realise that.

"It’s not hindered me in any shape or form. It’s a good conversation starter I must admit."

'Love Island' returns on Monday (16.01.23) on ITV2 and ITVX.