WATCH out Maya Jama, Toni Laites is after your Love Island job.
The winner of last year’s series and new host of companion show The Debrief, the American beauty has some big dreams in her sight.
Love Island winner Toni Laites has her sights set on big television jobs after her stint on The Celebrity Apprentice Credit: Fault Magazine
Toni dreams of landing the Love Island presenter gig in place of current host Maya Jama Credit: Shutterstock Editorial
Buoyed by her recent stint on , says she’s now a “boss b***h” after facing in the boardroom.
“I want my own show one day,” she said.
“I always joke that I want Maya’s jobs.”
She’s also been inspired by another alumni.
“I also love what has done with documentaries,” Toni went on.
“I’d love to explore that side of presenting.
“I feel like I’ve already got one foot in the door.”
Toni was working as a waitress in when she was scouted by a Love Island producer on holiday to appear on last year’s series.
She became the first US Islander to win the show, capturing the hearts of fans.
Now Toni wants to use her newfound fame to realise her dream of becoming a presenter and already has a serious idea in mind.
Wanting to lend her expert voice to a show about hospitality, she explained: “That’s the world I came from and it’s completely different in America.
Toni previously worked as a waitress in America and says there is big money available in the hospitality industry Credit: Instagram
Toni is the new host of Love Island sister show The Debrief which accompanies the new series Credit: Shutterstock Editorial
“The process I went through to get my job involved standing in front of judges in a bikini.
“It wasn’t a normal interview process.
“People don’t realise that waitresses in America can earn incredible money.
“It’s a fascinating world.
“I’d also love to explore , whether that’s matchmaking, AI relationships, or modern dating culture.
“Just niche topics that people don’t really talk about.”
Whilst she may want to front her own dating show, Toni admits she doesn’t watch the one that made her a household name in the UK.
“I don’t want to watch Love Island,” she admitted.
“I want to watch .”
Toni joins star , presenter , journalist and Gladiator Sheli McCoy on the business show and says she can’t wait for fans to see a different side to her.
“It was so much fun,” she told FAULT magazine.
“I joked with everyone on set that by now I’m usually kissing half the cast.
Toni says fans will see a different side of her on The Celebrity Apprentice Credit: Shutterstock Editorial
Toni says there will be fireworks on The Debrief as the hosts are all so opinionated Credit: MASSIMILIANO GIORGESCHI
“It challenged me intellectually.
“It forced me to use my brain instead of taking pictures of myself all day.
“I learned I’m a boss b***h.”
Toni hasn’t strayed too far from the Love Island bubble, fronting The Debrief, the Love Island aftershow, with fellow finalists and gal pals Shakira Khan and Yasmin Pettet.
She concedes she actually has to watch the show now.
“I watched a bit of All Stars until somebody came on it and then I wasn’t interested anymore,” hinting at her love triangle fall-out with Harrison Solomon.
“But this will be completely different because now it’s work.
“I’ll have to pay attention and really know what I’m talking about.
“I don’t want to show up to recordings pretending I’ve watched something when I haven’t.”
Despite The Debrief getting off to lukewarm reviews this week, Toni says to expect fireworks on as they air all their opinions.
“Surprisingly, the three of us never agree on anything,” she tells.
“We’re very good friends, but when it comes to dating especially, we don’t agree on a damn thing.
“Shakira is ready to get married, I think Yaz will be single forever, and I’m somewhere in the middle.”
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