Love Island: Friends plan get-together to watch TV debut of Northumberland contestant Brad McClelland

An Amble bar where Love Island contestant Brad McClelland is a regular plans to show his TV debut.
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Lounge Bar on Bridge Street intends to show the first episode of the ITV2 show on Monday night.

Co-owner Rebecca Langdown said: “We are going to try to show it, especially for Monday – with some of the close friends who would usually come in with Brad.”

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Love Island contestant Brad McClelland. Picture: ITVLove Island contestant Brad McClelland. Picture: ITV
Love Island contestant Brad McClelland. Picture: ITV

And Brad himself, on his Instagram page, describes himself as a ‘gym goer and coffee lover’.

In a Q&A, Brad explained why he wanted to take part in the new series.

“I want to date face-to-face, I like meeting people,” he said. “I’m easy going, laid back. Who wouldn’t want to be in a nice villa in a hot country for a while?”

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Asked what his colleagues would say about him, he replied: “I try and make as much money as I can by doing as little as possible. They’d probably say – not lazy, as I’m energetic – I just try to get away with doing literally nothing.”

Love Island contestant Brad McClelland with friends at Lounge Bar in Amble.Love Island contestant Brad McClelland with friends at Lounge Bar in Amble.
Love Island contestant Brad McClelland with friends at Lounge Bar in Amble.

He has already revealed his celebrity crushes are Sommer Ray, Zara McDermott and Megan Fox.

Love Island returns to ITV2 and ITV Hub for its seventh series on Monday, June 28 at 9pm.

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