Love Island winner reveals shock news that she is banned from going back to her real job after going on the show
THE WINNER of Winter Love Island has revealed shock news that she has been banned from going back to her real job.
The TV star - who rose to fame on the ITV2 dating show earlier this year - opened up about her old career as a social worker.
Sanam Harrinanan, who took home the winnings with her beau Kai Fagan earlier this month, admitted she cannot go back to her old job, even if she wanted to.
The Love Island star, who won over Kai, 24, during their time in Casa Amor, will have to look for a different job if she wants to turn her back on becoming an influencer.
Sanam, 24, who was previously a social worker, admitted she had no choice in her recent change of career.
She explained she "won't be able to go into social work again", but was planning to meet her old manager to see how she could still help out from outside the office.
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Sanam told : ""I can't go into social work again, I don't think I'll be able to.
"But I've got a meeting about it this week with my social work manager because I want to be able to use this platform to help children locally."
"[Kai and I] spoke about doing stuff afterwards. We can't go directly into it but we can use our platforms to do something."
Kai, who was formerly a PE teacher, admitted he also "wants to do the same things" but is keen to "find a different capacity" to do so.
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"Everything is so hectic at the minute but once everything has slowed down then that's when we can really step away and have a think about what we're doing to do," he said.
Kai and Sanam were crowned the winners of Love Island in the final episode earlier this month, gaining 40 per cent of the public vote.
Last week, Kai joked to fans that he and Sanam were engaged - but she was quick to pour cold water on the idea.
He insisted, when asked if by a fan if they were engaged: "We are. We are."
The pair had kept many guessing when Sanam appeared with a ring on her finger at a radio studio, which the station posted with the words "OMG did this just happen?"
Some fans were clearly unsure whether it was a wind-up or not as one asked them during a Q&A at a branch of Wetherspoons: "Are you engaged? Hope it's true."
Former teacher Kai said; said: "We're just going to clear this one up and let the world know. We are..."
She cut in: "Not engaged." But he insisted: "No we are. We are."
