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Carla Feric

Love Island pro footballer says ‘family comes first’ after quitting show

George Knight, foreground, previously played for Bracknell Town (Zac Goodwin/PA) - (PA Archive)

Love Island contestant George Knight has said his “family comes first” after leaving the villa for “private reasons” just days after joining the show.

The professional footballer, 28, joined the ITV reality programme in Tuesday’s episode as a bombshell along with Yasmin Hadlow, 23, and the pair were given the secret mission of dumping two of the other contestants from the island within 24 hours.

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