Former Love Island star Matthew MacNabb has admitted he still finds it difficult to adjust to life two years after he left the villa.
The Co Down man who took part in the seventh season of Love Island gave us one of the most iconic dumpings on the show with his famous "Yeah we're done" line.
But while Matthew may have initially hit it off with Kaz when he appeared in Casa Amor, he admitted feeling like a "fraud" and has battled with “imposter syndrome” since leaving the show.
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Speaking to Spin Genie, Matthew said: “What I found most difficult was knowing my position in life, even two years on I still have the difficulties of imposter syndrome.
"You can go to big nightclubs and events, but it didn’t feel real to me. That was the biggest struggle, trying to find my old self and connecting it with my new reality.
"It’s really weird because when you go into the villa you’re yourself, then you still come out the same person, but it’s completely different circumstances.
“It’s absolutely mad. I remember going to a festival after the villa in Belfast and one of my friends got me tickets for the VIP side.
"I had to walk across the general admission and I swear to god, it was like I was Justin Bieber. My sister-in-law was with me and she got elbowed in the face by girls trying to get to me. It’s such a big show.”
He admitted he felt like a “fraud” when he arrived at Casa Amor.
“I felt like a fraud, like I shouldn't have been there in a way. All the original boys were out of the villa and we just came in.
"The girls didn’t know us at that point and you had to build a connection, but in the back of their minds they were with another person.
"It was weird. It was like trying to take over being someone else's boyfriend. It did feel odd, so that was the main thing for me.”
He also opened up about the “intense experience” filming after Casa Amor saying his legs were killing him from standing.
He said: “That was a really intense experience. I think that episode was one of the best in Love Island history, it was explosive. I just wanted to sit in the back and lower my head. It takes hours.
“I think I was there for nearly three weeks and went through five different rounds of recouplings, before getting kicked out.
"I was always the one getting chosen, which means I had to stand up. My legs were killing me because you have to stand there for hours to get the right camera angles and shots. Even if someone breathes out of turn, then they have to do the shot again.”
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