Love Island All Stars host Maya Jama has opened up on an injury ordeal that resulted in her being hospitalised whilst working overseas.
The 29-year old sufferred an accident in Cyprus more than a decade ago on what was her “first work trip abroad” and has now recalled the time on social media. The incident is understood to have occurred in the tourist hotspot of Ayia Napa, where Maya was employed in 2012.
Taking to Instagram, the ITV presenter shared a series of snaps in which she could be seen in the back of an ambulance and using a wheelchair. Another shot offered a close-up of her injured right foot, raised in her hospital bed on the Greek island.
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Captioning the post, Maya recalled on her story: “First work trip abroad ended up in hospital (as you can see the adrenaline was up in the ambulance until they told me I could have lost a toe.” Whilst stopping short of divulging how the injury occurred, she added a laughing emoji, suggesting she now sees the funny side of the mishap.
Maya previously alluded to the injury on PrettyLittleThing’s Behind Closed Doors podcast in 2019, however. “I went to Ayia Napa when I was 17 to host Charlie Sloth’s Fire in the Booth. The bottom of my foot was hanging off,” she said.
“I had to be in hospital for two days and ended up in a wheelchair for the rest of the time. I ripped a nerve which meant that I couldn’t feel it. So I was getting carried into the ambulance like ‘Wahey’ loving it, not knowing that I may not be able to bend my f***ing toes.”
(Image: mayajama / Instagram)
Maya recently discussed her acceptance of her Love Island job offer, meanwhile. Speaking to Vogue, she explained: “My manager called me and was like ‘So, if Love Island offered you, what would you say?’ And I was like, ‘yeah’.
“I was actually in the middle of the time where I was like, ‘I’m gonna take some time off this air and just really allowing myself you know, have a normal life for a bit’ and then that came up and I was like ‘alright, time off done. Let’s f***ing go’.”
(Image: mayajama/Instagram)
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Maya, who replaced former host Laura Whitmore, continued: “It’s the show where I’ve been able to showcase my personality and just have complete freedom with my looks and glam which doesn’t always happen in TV as you need to go get approval etc.
“And so Love Island is probably the first show where they’ve been like, ‘We want you to be you. Wear what you like, do your makeup however you like and just shine’.”
Love Island All Stars airs nightly on ITV2 and ITVX at 9pm
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