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Former Love Island winner has said watching herself back on the show has made her think it was always obvious that she\u2019s gay.<\/p>\n
The 26-year-old confirmed her sexuality in August 2022, a month after a viral tweet she sent about \u2018switching teams\u2019.<\/p>\n
Amber had told her followers, in commentary about the Love Island boys\u2019 Casa Amor behaviour, that \u2018switching teams was the best decision I made in my life\u2019.<\/p>\n
She added: \u2018Watching men makes me feel ill I couldn\u2019t put myself through it again.\u2019<\/p>\n
After the frenzied reaction online, Amber said she would discuss her sexuality when she was ready to, before opening up that she \u2018meant exactly what I said\u2019.<\/p>\n
Amber, who is dating footballer Jen Beattie, has now spoken about how it was \u2018painfully obvious\u2019 that she was gay on Love Island.<\/p>\n
Talking about watching old clips of her series, in which she won with Greg O\u2019Shea, Amber said: \u2018I watched back on the shows that I\u2019ve been on and I\u2019m like, \u201cGod, you\u2019re so gay! You really are really gay!\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u2018If I get some clips up on TikTok, it\u2019s so painfully obvious, everyone\u2019s like, \u201cOh, you\u2019re just really picky. You\u2019re just this, you\u2019re just that.\u201d And I\u2019m like, \u201cNo, I just like girls.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u2018But it just something wasn\u2019t clicking in my brain. I just wasn\u2019t getting it.\u2019<\/p>\n
Chatting on YouTube series Queerpiphany, in her first ever filmed sit down interview about coming out as gay, Amber continued: \u2018Even now, people don\u2019t believe it they\u2019re like, \u201cYou\u2019re just an attention seeker, you\u2019re trying to do this new thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2018And like, \u201cI am so not attention seekery\u201d, it really p****s me off. But I knew it was gonna happen because Love Island such a like straight show.<\/p>\n
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\u2018Some people were like you were lying on the show. I wasn\u2019t lying, I didn\u2019t like any of them!\u2019<\/p>\n
Talking about her viral tweet, Amber went on: \u2018I think that queer women in relationships just don\u2019t get taken that seriously. I have really felt that and it\u2019s very frustrating.<\/p>\n
\u2018I think I\u2019ve got to be really considered about everything that I say and I\u2019m not. I made tweets, and sometimes I forget it\u2019s going to get picked up on.<\/p>\n
\u2018I said \u201cswitching teams was the best thing I ever did\u201d or something stupid like that, I was just being aggy watching Love Island and I just sent it and then it was getting loads of like, traction.<\/p>\n
\u2018And I was like, I probably shouldn\u2019t have said that. It is what it is. But then I was kind of glad because I didn\u2019t have to sit and go, right this is what I\u2019m going to say. I already said it.\u2019<\/p>\n
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Despite some backlash, Amber added that the reaction to her coming out has been \u2018overwhelmingly positive\u2019, with younger people sharing how grateful they are for making them feel more comfortable to tell their friends and family.<\/p>\n
Saying that some fans have even messaged her to say they\u2019ve come out because of her, she said: \u2018I didn\u2019t know I was that impactful. I get so much satisfaction from just people feeling more comfortable in themselves. And if I can get any help, then I\u2019ll shout it from the rooftop every day.\u2019<\/p>\n
Recent seasons of Love Island have seen former bombshells Adam Collard and Kady McDermott return to the villa, but Amber has fully closed the door.<\/p>\n
When asked whether she would head back onto the show, she replied: \u2018Oh no. Don\u2019t say that. Well it\u2019s a dating show and I\u2019m in a relationship. For me? I went on and I won the show so what more can I do?\u2019<\/p>\n