Love Island’s Jay Younger reveals he is engaged to his girlfriend

Love Island star Jay Younger has announced he is engaged to his stunning girlfriend after proposing during a romantic getaway to Aspen. 

The reality star, 32, shared the happy news with his followers on Instagram alongside a snap of his fiancée’s huge engagement ring.

During their snowy Colorado break, Jay and his wife-to-be posed for a string of loved-up snaps.

Sharing his engagement news, he captioned the post: ‘Turns out Latinas can say yes to Scottish men.’

Many of Jay’s former Love Island co-stars shared their congratulations in the comments, with Luca Bish writing: ‘Congratulations brother,’ while Danice Taylor said: ‘Congratulations!’

Sheli McCoy, known as Sabre on the BBC hit Gladiators, wrote: ‘Omggggggg! Congrats pal!’

ITV’s Andi Peters said: ‘It’s the Irn-Bru she’s after! Congratulations.’

Jay previously went Instagram official with his girlfriend back in December 2024, with some fans noting her resemblance to Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu, who he briefly dated during his time in the Love Island villa in 2022.

The reality star originally entered the villa as a bombshell during series eight of the show, and quickly stirred up drama by taking three of the girls on dates. 

Two days later, Ekin-Su chose to couple up with him, but their spark quickly fizzled out, and Jay coupled up with Paige Thorne.

Jay went on to couple up with Danica Taylor, before moving on to Chyna Mills during Casa Amor.

Jay and Chyna were eventually dumped on Day 35, following a public vote, and Jay later claimed that the producers had too much say in who he coupled up with, affecting his time in the villa.

Weeks after leaving the villa, Jay shared that he returned to his desk job as an investment analyst.

Jay previously shared insight into his experience as a bombshell, sharing how much they are told about their fellow contestants prior to entering the show.

He told Ice36.co.uk that they are encouraged to watch the programme like regular viewers in order to get a taste of villa life, however, the amount they can see is restricted.

Jay explained: ‘When I went out I had to quarantine for two weeks and in that two weeks, we were allowed to watch up to one [episode] behind what you guys were watching at home.

‘I was delayed, but I was allowed to watch all the episodes so I got to know all the contestants in the villa, their names, what they looked like and how they were as a person, so I was able to get a good measure of what it was going to be like before going in.’

Having experienced Casa Amor firsthand, Jay revealed that things aren’t as intense as they’re made out because they only film for a few hours a day.

When the cameras aren’t rolling the boys and girls are separated to ensure no juicy moments are missed, with the Islanders banned from discussing villa life until the film crew returns.

Jay explained: ‘One day they’ll be filming the girls during the day and then at night they’ll be filming the boys – when they’re on the other villa is off.

‘Typically they’ll separate the boys and the girls when you’re not filming. For example, I was in the original villa with the Casa girls, we would all be separated and we wouldn’t be allowed to talk to each other and then the boys weren’t allowed to talk about villa life, your relationships with other people, you just had to let it be.’

As for the drama that occurs when partners stray from their couples, Jay confessed: ‘The producers know that Casa Amor is the highlight of most of the series, it’s where most of the drama happens.

‘Ultimately, they just want to make a good TV show, so if there is someone in there who seems to be in a stable couple or relationship, there will be someone in their ear probably saying “I think you should explore and be open minded to getting to know this person,” and they can kind of gently push you into maybe exploring a connection where you probably wouldn’t have.’

He confessed: ‘At the start I think I was easily swayed to do certain things, maybe had I been a bit more independent in my thinking, things might have been different but it’s the way I played it and the way I was told to play it.

‘I trusted the process. I don’t have any regrets, but obviously I think everyone could probably play things differently had they known what they know now.’