Maya Jama has been compared to Kerry Mucklowe after flexing her strong Bristolian accent on TikTok. The 28-year-old, who grew up in Bristol, recently landed the hottest job on television as the host of Love Island, and made her debut at the luxury South African villa last week.
Self-confessed Love Island fan Maya has been sharing behind the scenes clips of her journey on the ITV2 reality show on social media. Maya, who is dividing her time between South Africa and London as the winter edition of the show ploughs on, posted a hilarious TikTok yesterday, January 25, in which she showcases her glorious Bristol accent.
The former Cotham School pupil sat in the back of a car with a friend in the clip as she showed off her hometown accent. She says: "One thing I will say is you can take the girl out of Bristol, but you can't take the Bristol out of the girl.