Love Island’s Dr Alex hits back at sunburn mockery saying he has a ‘skin condition’

The doctor opened up on his redness during his time in the villa
Safeeyah Kazi1 August 2018

Love Island’s Dr Alex has hit back at viewers who mocked his sunburnt skin during his time in the villa, saying it was the result of a “condition.”

The medic said he takes medication to help his sensitive skin and was slapping on the factor 50 in the Mallorcan sun.

Speaking on Sky News, George said: “There have been a lot of jokes about it, but I do take sunburn very seriously.

"I have a skin condition unfortunately and take medication, which makes my skin sensitive to the sun.

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"So even though I had been lathering up with factor 50 I did come up a bit pink.”

The 27-year-old added: “It is so important to protect yourself in the sun, it's just unfortunate my skin condition means I did burn a bit. A lot of it was in the cameras.”

The revelation comes after news that series four went out on a high with a massive 4.1 million viewers, at its peak, watching Dani Dyer and Jack Fincham take home the £50,000 prize.

An average audience of 3.6 million tuned into Monday night’s live final, returning ITV2’s biggest ever audience.

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A million more people witnessed this year’s climax than last year’s, 2.2 million more than series two and up 2.8 million on the inaugural series of the then-rebooted show.

(Re)coupled with this, a further 1.9 million streamed the final via the ITV Hub and the programme trounced competitors in other slots on other shows.

Around 1.6 million 16-34s tuned in for the final, making it the most watched for the age group.

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