Alex George wants to become a "TV doctor", as well as return to work in A&E.
The 27-year-old medic was booted off ‘Love Island’ before the final alongside Alexandra Cane, 27, but he doesn’t think that’s the end of his small screen career as, he’d "love to be involved in medical education" and one way of doing so would be to bring his knowledge to television shows.
Alex said: "All this [attention] kind of blows my mind, but for me, my interest is going back to A&E and what I’d really love to do is be involved in medical education.
"I think people of my age want to know more about the medical world but I don’t know if it’s always as accessible, so I would love to do TV doctor work because I am passionate about my job and would love to make it accessible to all audiences."
After entering the ‘Love Island’ villa eight weeks ago, the reality star confessed he wanted to go back to his day job in A&E when the "time was right" because of his "passion" for medicine.
Speaking on ITV’s ‘This Morning’, Alex said: "I absolutely love my job and whilst I was away I started missing it in a lot of ways, and every now and again we’d talk about medicine in the villa and I’d love all that. I definitely want to go back to A&E once the time is right."
The ‘Love Island’ hunk found his experience on the show to be a "challenge" because he felt "like a fish out of water" inside the villa.
Alex added: "For me, I had been single for so long and I had been approached by Love Island and as first I thought, ‘Oh no, I’m not going to do that’ then I thought, ‘Why not?’ You’ve got to take opportunities in life and challenge yourself and, for me, it was completely out of my depth going on that show and when I got there I did feel like a fish out of water."
What’s more, the latest crop of ‘Love Island’ stars appear to have inspired Brits to try to get jobs similar to the contestants. New insight from UK hiring app Job Today found there has been a 40 per cent increase in applications for jobs similar to this year’s Islanders.
Careers in construction, such as engineering and carpentry – jobs carried out by Wes Nelson and Paul knops respectively – have seen a 43 per cent rise in applications.
The app reported a rise of almost 2,000 applicants following the start of the reality TV show.
Alex George wants TV work
