Love Island Fans Left Reeling After Paige Says She's 'Old'

Love Island is finally back however fans were left reeling after Paige Owen made a shocking comment about her age.

The paramedic described herself as 'old' during the first episode and fans quickly took to social media to have a collective meltdown about their ages.

One viewer shared the hilarious meme of Chris Hughes contemplating life in bed from Love Island 2017 and wrote: "Paige: '24 is so old!!'

Another fan retorted: "Nawt Paige thinking 24 is old. Help".

A third emotional Twitter user wrote: "Nothing brings you down a notch quicker than 24 years olds talking about how old they are".

Paige was the first contentestant confirmed for the new series of Love Island. The singleton is originally from Swansea and she headed into the villa of love because there’s ‘just nobody there anymore’ in her hometown for her to date.

She’s set to bring ‘positive energy, lots of bubbly energy’ and said she’s ‘a good cook’ and is ‘quite mumsy’. Her signature dish is a Sunday dinner and she reckons Gordon Ramsay would be impressed with her culinary skills.

On why she’s single, Paige said: “I came out of a relationship and I was just so done with guys so was like, ‘right, that's it. I’m going to focus on me.’ Then I was like, ‘OK, I’m bored now, I’m lonely and I miss love and the connection and everything else.’ I’ve been on a few dates but I just haven’t clicked with anyone."

The summer of love has officially started and fans of hugely popular dating show waited to see the starting lineup for the brand new series meet their matches

Laura Whitmore is set to return to host the 2022 series and for the first time in the show's history, fans were able to choose the couples in the new episode.

Love Island airs at 9pm on ITV 2.