Love Island 2023 star Tanyel Revan would love to go head to head in a debate with ‘all guns blazing’ Piers Morgan-Sabrina Barr-Entertainment – Metro

Tanyel Revan might be preparing for fiery debates in the Love Island villa, but she’s set her sights on going up against Piers Morgan in a war of words.

The 2023 series of the ITV2 competition is days away from its launch in South Africa, as new host Maya Jama prepares to welcome a bunch of hopeful singletons to a holiday they’ll never forget.

Tanyel, a hair stylist from north London, wants to push herself out of her ‘comfort zone’ to meet someone new, but believes she’s single because she’s been ‘fussy’ with guys in the past.

Ahead of Winter Love Island’s premiere, the 26-year-old spoke to Metro.co.uk and other media, revealing why she chose TalkTV presenter Piers as one of her dream dinner party guests.

The islander pointed out that the 57-year-old has expressed his intense dislike for Love Island in the past, but that hasn’t perturbed her from wanting to strike up a ‘heated’ debate with him one day.

In June 2021, for example, he tweeted: ‘People are actually watching Love Island rather than the football tonight. I never want to meet those people.’

Will the islander bring her passion for debates to the villa? (Picture: Rex/ITV/TalkTV)

Explaining her demeanour with others, Tanyel shared: ‘I’m someone who can always respect if you agree to disagree. I’m never someone who’s forceful. I don’t care if you have a different opinion to me.

‘So I will never try and change someone’s mind because I also think if you’re quite honest and direct and straight, then I actually really respect that.’

Speaking about Piers, she continued: ‘That’s one thing I kind of like about him – that he’s so up front and that he’s all guns blazing. I do like that about him.

‘But I think I’d want to probably have a conversation with him because I feel like it would get heated and I think he’s quite an interesting person to speak to. I don’t agree with everything he says, but sometimes I really do. I think he’s just quite interesting.’

The Love Island contestant admitted she can be ‘hot-headed’ at times (Picture: ITV)

Considering Tanyel’s desire to debate with Piers, could there be a chance of passionate confrontations between her and other people in the villa?

The hairstylist admitted that she can be ‘confrontational’ and ‘direct’, but always tries to ensure to treat others with respect.

Confessing that she gets ‘angry easily’ and is ‘quite hot-headed’, she said: ‘I’m quite confrontational, direct and stuff with other people, but I’m quite respectful as well as a person. I’m not a rude person, I’m not a bully. So I always try to go around things the right way. The best way possible.

‘I don’t want to really upset people. That’s never my intention. But I can’t help but say what’s on my mind.’

She outlined that while she will offer her skills as a hairstylist to the other contestants, she doesn’t want them to take the mick, so that she can also have some time to herself to sunbathe and relish in the Love Island experience.

‘I’ll be happy to offer because you know what – it’ll be nice to do something that makes them feel better as well,’ she added.

Love Island returns Monday January 16 at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX.

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