{"id":33486,"date":"2023-06-03T01:01:42","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T23:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1838967"},"modified":"2023-06-05T12:04:26","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T10:04:26","slug":"molly-marsh-says-actor-mum-is-excited-and-supportive-for-love-island","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/molly-marsh-says-actor-mum-is-excited-and-supportive-for-love-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Molly Marsh says actor mum is \u201cexcited and supportive\u201d for Love Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Molly&#8217;s mum has previously appeared on another major ITV show. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Katie Rosseinsky\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Saturday, 03 June 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">New <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-summer-2023-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Love Island<\/a> <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-summer-2023-cast-line-up\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">contestant<\/a> Molly Marsh has revealed that her actor mum is \u201creally supportive and excited\u201d about her taking part in the ITV2 dating show.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">24-year-old <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/love-island-2023-contestant-molly-marsh\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Molly<\/a> is a social media creator and musical theatre performer, and her mum Janet Marsh has had several roles in <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/coronation-street\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Coronation Street<\/a> over the years, appearing as a nurse, a receptionist and an ITU worker.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Janet has also featured in series like Bodies, Where The Heart Is and Still Open All Hours.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Asked whether her mum had given her any tips about dealing with the cameras before she headed into the villa, Molly told <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other press that Janet was \u201cvery open to the opportunities\u201d but hadn\u2019t dished out any specific advice.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/05\/loveislandsr10molly-6903262.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=298%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/05\/loveislandsr10molly-6903262.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=298%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/05\/loveislandsr10molly-6903262.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=354%2C236,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/05\/loveislandsr10molly-6903262.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=354%2C236,\" https:=\"\" 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data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/05\/loveislandsr10molly-6903262.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=619%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;Love\" island=\"\" s10=\"\" molly=\"\" marsh=\"\" title=\"&quot;\u00a9ITV\" plc=\"\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Love Island season 10 \u2013 Molly Marsh<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>ITV\/Lifted Entertainment<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">\u201cWe already have been very big fans of the show,\u201d she added, explaining that her family would usually \u201call sit together every time Love Island\u2019s on,\u201d and have conversations about who she would couple up with if she was in the villa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">\u201cThey know how the show works and what it entails,\u201d she said. \u201cSo they are really excited for me and they know how much I love being in a relationship. They know that I love being in love, so they do want that for me again, so I can probably leave them alone a bit!\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">Swapping the stage for the sunshine, Molly is looking for her leading man \ud83c\udfad <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LoveIsland?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#LoveIsland<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/7M2rYYN6Ys&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/7M2rYYN6Ys<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Love Island (@LoveIsland) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/LoveIsland\/status\/1663108019280920577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">May 29, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Emphasising her closeness with her family, Molly said that any potential partner would have to also be \u201cvery family orientated, because the first day he comes to meet my family, he\u2019s going to meet everybody at once. So he needs to be a confident guy ready for that\u201d.<\/span><\/p> <p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Molly toured the Love Island villa in South Africa, where the winter edition of the show is filmed, at the start of the year, and is thought to have been scouted by producers afterwards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">She said that she felt \u201ca little more prepared\u201d after having visited one of the show\u2019s locations, \u201cbecause I felt so comfortable and safe, and it was an environment that I really liked the feel of, which gave me the nudge to apply.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">It\u2019s definitely made me feel more relaxed and more at ease, and it\u2019s going to be really strange stepping into the villa again for real this time\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Love Island s<\/strong><strong>tarts on ITV2 on Monday 5th June 2023 at 9pm. 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