Love Island UK star Mica actually has very well-known family
Mica Harris from Love Island comes from a very well-known family and she's even met one of the world's most famous pop stars.
The 21-year-old from Barbados is currently coupled up with model Samraj Toor, 25, after briefly getting to know George Knight - who ended up exiting the show for personal reasons.
Mica and Samraj's connection appears to be blossoming, with them recently sharing a kiss on the terrace.
But before joining the world of reality TV, Mica already had a lot of fascinating connections.
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Mica’s aunt is Mia Mottley, the Prime Minister of Barbados. She has been in office since 2018 and also leads the Barbados Labour Party.
Mia comes from a political family, and her father and grandfather were also well-known politicians.
She's also related to the late actress Eva Mottley, who would have been Mica’s first cousin once removed.
Eva played Corinne, Denzil’s wife, in Only Fools and Horses. She also dated David Bowie for two years. Just the usual stuff!
Opening up about having a family 'full of very strong women', Mica told Tyla before she entered the villa: “I think I'm very lucky and blessed to have been raised around these type of women. It's definitely moulded the way I go about my life entirely and definitely my dating, like I have very high standards, all of that.
“But yeah, I feel like they've instilled a lot of values such as obviously knowing your self-worth and your confidence and just staying true to yourself and not dimming your light.
“If you have a big personality like I do and plus everyone in my family does, we're all very loud, but not to be quiet or just to be yourself and be loud and be authentic.”
Mica also told The Sun that her well-known family has helped her get ready for the attention that could come with being on Love Island.
“To a certain degree [it has helped]. My family is always in the papers in Barbados,” she said. “But it’s never really me directly. My last name is Harris, too, so I can kind of fly under the radar.”
She added: “Going on a show like Love Island that’s broadcasted to millions of people across the world is definitely going to be a kind of attention I’m not used to. But I’m excited and thinking very positively about it.”
One of the most famous people ever from Barbados is Rihanna and Mica has even crossed paths with her. As it turns out, the Fenty Beauty founder is apparently ‘close friends’ with Mica’s aunt.
Speaking to the press ahead of going into the villa, the 21-year-old shared a story about meeting the 'Diamonds' hitmaker.
“Rihanna was staying at a house two doors down from my grandparents’ house and aunty Mia picked me up one day and said, ‘We’re going to visit granny and grandad’,” Mica explained to The Sun.
“So I just threw on random clothes, I was not looking cute, because obviously I was just going to see my grandparents. And she pulled into this house and I said, ‘Whose house is this?’ and she said, ‘You’re meeting Rihanna!’ My first thought was, ‘Why didn’t you give me more time to prepare?’ She and my aunty are very close.”
Hopefully that has helped prepare her for the drama of Love Island!
Some of the most memorable Love Island UK feuds
Kady McDermott and Malia Arkian - season two
While Malia takes the crown for the shortest stint on Love Island, it’s certainly one to remember.
In 2016, she entered the villa on day seven and took Scott Thomas on a date. However, the move didn’t sit well with Kady McDermott, who was coupled up with him.
The pair came to blows when Malia accused Kady of spilling a drink on her, leading to an explosive altercation, which resulted in Malia’s swift removal just hours after she arrived.
Maura Higgins and Tom Walker - season five
Maura had her sights set on bombshell Tom when he rocked up to the villa two weeks into the 2019 series.
However, it was quickly derailed after she selected him to spend a night in the Hideaway, as he blew his chances before they even got there.
Maura overheard Tom telling the boys, ‘it'll be interesting to see if she is all mouth or not’, and the comment went down exactly as you’d expect.
Amid a whole bunch of (understandable) f-bombs, she revoked her invite and the pair never really recovered from it.
Jonny Mitchell and Theo Campbell - season three
Perhaps one of the show’s most iconic clashes, Jonny and Theo butted heads back in 2017 over a love triangle with Tyla Carr.
It came to a head during a tense recoupling when new boy Theo decided to pick Tyla, who was happily coupled up with Jonny.
The shock move resulted in Jonny calling Theo a ‘gigantic b*****d’ before they squared up to each other. Theo hilariously also branded his rival a ‘tuna melt’.
While the two eventually made up, Theo couldn’t help but throw one last dig when Tyla was in tears as Jonny was dumped, saying: “I think if Tyla really liked him she should go as well really.”
Anna Vakili and Jordan Hames - season five
Not long after Jordan asked Anna to be his girlfriend, he confessed to fellow islander Curtis Pritchard that his head had been turned by bombshell India Reynolds.
Anna soon found out and confronted Jordan in an explosive row, shouting: “What kind of guy asks a girl to be their girlfriend and two days later they crack on with another f***ing girl.”
She immediately called time on their relationship and the pair were soon dumped by the public.
Amy Hart and Curtis Pritchard - season five
The pair were initially considered one of the strongest couples of the 2019 series (which seems to have been full of drama); however, that all came crashing down after the infamous Casa Amor.
Even though Curtis came back to the villa alone, he admitted that his head had been turned by Jourdan Riane and couldn’t promise Amy that it wouldn’t happen again.
She called him a ‘compulsive liar’ and was left heartbroken, eventually deciding to leave the villa to protect her mental health.
Love Island airs at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX.
Topics: Love Island, Rihanna, Reality TV
Greg Harris