‘I was shocked’ – Love Island’s Jess White details surprising meeting with football legend

New Love Island star Jess White has opened up about her unexpected brush with a Manchester United legend, ahead of her highly anticipated entry into the villa for the final series of the show on ITV2.

The retail director, who hails from an affluent part of Cheshire and works at a Marks and Spencer supermarket, revealed she had once seen none other than former Manchester United star Wayne Rooney browsing the shelves of stores.

The 25-year-old joked to the Mirror: “I thought maybe this is where I’ll meet my future husband, but I feel like a work uniform doesn’t really go hand in hand with a meeting a footballer.”

She then made a cheeky dig at Wayne, saying: “But I had Wayne Rooney the other day… old age isn’t going well for him. I was shocked.”

Ahead of her search for romance on the hit ITV2 dating show, Jess revealed all about the shopping trip she had with her mum for naughty lingerie to up her game in the villa. Jess admitted: “My mum told me I needed to buy some sexy underwear because mine wasn’t great, so we went shopping. It was crazy. Who does that with their mum?! She was like, ‘It’s a show, this is the one.’

Jess is looking for a muscular man who will keep her on her toes, reflecting on her last relationship where she felt her ex was too soft. Opening up about her past love life, she mentioned that she “gained quite a bit of weight” while dating her former boyfriend, explaining that she “ate whatever I wanted” because she was happy, reports the Mirror.

The TV favorite revealed her impressive 1.5x weight loss journey before her stint on Love Island, revealing she realized she wasn’t ‘actually happy’ before embarking on a makeover of his lifestyle and introduce fitness into his life.

A friend, who had recently qualified as a personal trainer, asked Jess to be her first client, and Jess told how she fell in love with exercise and is now “obsessed” with it – and especially by running.