Why you recognise Joel Kirby from Love Island's Casa Amor


It's that time again. No, not recovering from Glastonbury blues (although that too), but Love Island's, when 12 new faces are put into the villa in an attempt to ruffle some feathers. The cast were revealed on Saturday [29th June], with fans realising they recognise Joel Kirby. But who actually is he? Here's what you need to know about his background, age, career and more.

What is Joel Kirby's age?

Joel is 22-years-old.

What is Joel Kirby's job?

He's a content creator and post-graduate from Devon.

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Why do you recognise him?

The chances are you recognise him from TikTok, where he has 426k followers and has received over 22 million likes. Much of his content revolves around the gym, and also get ready with me videos.

He also has a podcast called 'All Gains No Game', with the synopsis reading, "The official podcast of fitness influencer duo Jacob Ward & Joel Kirby. The show where anything goes."

What has Joel said about joining Love Island?

Speaking about the kind of Islander he's going to be, Joel said, "Hopefully quite a cheeky one. I’m quite impulsive. I speak before I think and clear up the mess afterwards… which is kind of funny. I’m going in to try and pull someone quickly, so you’ve got to be loose and straight to the point. It’s a good time for me to go in."

What has Joel said about Casa Amor?

It's clear Joel's got a game plan for his time in the Casa Amor villa, and isn't going to take any prisoners. "I’m 100% just going in to get what I want and go for it," he said in his intro interview. "Uma seems really sound, I feel like we’d get on. Grace, she looks like my ex-girlfriend who was also called Grace."

Game on!

Love Island continues at 9pm on ITV2.

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