Love Island winner Toni Laites revealed she is homeless on Instagram on Monday – two months after she and boyfriend Cach Mercer bagged the £50k prize fund.
Toni, 24, who has relocated from America to the UK, claimed she has no choice but to stay in Airbnb’s at the moment due to unreliable landlords and branded herself homeless as a result.
Toni ranted: ‘You guys keep asking me “why don’t you just get an apartment?, why don’t you just get an apartment? Why are you staying in Airbnb’s? Isn’t that expensive?”
She continued: ‘And I went to go see an apartment today and the landlord didn’t show up and there’s someone inside from Booking.com so… the homelessness continues.’
Alongside the clip, the star also captioned the post: ‘Pls excuse my appearance… homeless person with clout is the new aesthetic (star emoji).’
Toni’s Instagram post comes after the Daily Mail reported last month that she has ‘already been lined up for spin-off show after wowing ITV bosses’.
Love Island winner Toni Laites took to Instagram on Monday to claim she’s now homeless two months after bagging the show’s £50k prize fund with her boyfriend Cach Mercer
The Love Island winner, 24, who confirmed earlier this year that she will be relocating from America to the UK, revealed to her followers that she has no choice but to stay in Airbnb’s at the moment due to unreliable landlords
The former pool cabana server from Connecticut was crowned winner of the twelfth series of the dating show alongside her man, Cach, also 24.
Meanwhile, Shakira Khan, 22, and Harry Cooksley, 30, placed second, followed by Yasmin Pettet, 24, and Jamie Rhodes, 26, in third, and Ty Isherwood, 23, and Angel Swift, 26, in fourth.
After a very complicated journey in the villa, which involved multiple love triangles with ex Harrison Solomon, 22, and other girls on the programme, Toni proved a huge fan favourite.
Now it sounds like she could be back on our screens sooner than you think.
A source told The Sun at the time: ‘It’s super early days as she’s only just left the villa, but there’s talk of Toni being lined up for a spin-off based around her life in Vegas as a cabana girl.
‘ITV bosses love the energy that Toni brings to the table and her one-liners. She’s got a bright future ahead of her on TV. She’ll go into talks about future plans this week.’
Daily Mail contacted ITV for comment at the time.
Earlier this year, Toni made history as the first American contestant to enter the UK Love Island villa.
Toni ranted: ‘You guys keep asking me “why don’t you just get an apartment?, why don’t you just get an apartment? Why are you staying in Airbnb’s? Isn’t that expensive?”
She continued: ‘And I went to go see an apartment today and the landlord didn’t show up and there’s someone inside from Booking.com so… the homelessness continues’
Earlier this year, Toni from Connecticut was crowned winner of the twelfth series of the dating show alongside her man, Cach Mirjah Mercer, also 24 (both pictured in August)
She struck up a romance with Cach, who is from East London, and it seems they are set on making their relationship work, as Toni confirmed last month that she plans to stay in the UK and hopes to ‘find somewhere to live’.
Last month, the pair revealed what they planned to spend their £50,000 cash prize on – and it’s far from what you would expect.
When asked how she plans to spend the money, Toni candidly admitted: ‘I need to pay off my student loans.
She continued: ‘I want to invest it. I don’t want to go on some crazy shopping spree.’
While Cach, a dancer from London, agreed with her, adding: ‘Cost of living crisis, I’ll save it!’
Love Island is available to stream on ITVX.
