I was on Love Island but I’m not interested in PLT deals – I’m different to others & won’t take the ‘quick win’ route
ELLA Thomas, Amber Gill and Indiyah Polack are just a few of the Love Islanders who have left the villa, only to be met by big pay cheques after signing deals with fast fashion retailers.
But last year's contestant Molly Marsh, who coupled up with basketball player, Zach Noble, has decided to take a rather different path...
In a recent podcast, which was shared on TikTok, the 22-year-old musical theatre performer and social media creator from Doncaster, spoke about how her content is different to a lot of Love Islanders we see on social media.
When asked whether she thinks she'd go down the "quick wins" and PLT deal route, Molly firmly replies: "No, I kind of said that to myself before.
"If I did get that, it would be something I'd have to really work out to make sure it's on brand with myself and not me being on brand with someone else.
"So yeah, I'm very picky and choosy with what I want to do and what I want to share and where I want it to go, because don't get me wrong, you can easily jump onto a certain path and you can just ride with it and you can absolutely do that.
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"But I think doing what I'm doing now and being the way I am right now is going to be best in the long run."
And according to Molly, she has some rather big long-term plans in the pipeline.
"My dream has always been to be a children's TV presenter - whether that's now going to move to the YouTube side of things, I actually don't know because I know children's TV now is YouTube," she says.
It comes after Molly shared an emotional video where she opened up about her "anxieties" and admitted she's been struggling recently.
Speaking in a YouTube video, a teary-eyed Molly said: "Hi guys, just a moment for anxiety kicking in.
"Obviously I want to keep it real on here. It's 12 o'clock…I'm sat on my floor naked in tears.
"There's a premier going on tonight and some days my anxiety can be absolutely fine, I'm not worried about anything - I'm good, I'm very very confident.
"Gosh at the minute sometimes it can hit the floor.
"As an idea of what's going on in my head it's 'am I going to get the train?, 'I haven't booked the train yet', 'am I going to get ready at a hotel?', 'am I going to get ready at Zach's house?'.
She continued: "'What time will I meet Zach?', what do I wear?', 'I haven't packed yet'…'where's the premiere at?', 'what's it going to be like?', 'who am I going to see tonight…am I staying at a hotel tonight?'
"The amount of silly things in my head which actually don't matter are ridiculous and I can stop and be like.
"I know what I'm thinking is completely crazy and it will be fine but I can help the tight feeling of panic, that's literally the way I can put it."