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Susan Knox

Love Island star lands huge acting job in major career shake-up after reality fame

Love Island star Jack Keating has landed another big role in TV following his very brief stint on the ITV2 dating show.

The son of former Boyzone singer, Ronan Keating, Jack made moves on Gemma Owen after he entered the ITV2 dating show as a Casa Amor bombshell, but ultimately, he failed to make a strong connection with any other the girls in the 2022 season.

This meant that Jack didn't make it back to the main villa, with Love Island viewers only seeing a handful of appearances from the Dublin-based social media manager.

Despite the fact his time on the reality show was cut short, the 23-year-old has now bagged himself another telly role.

The Dublin-based social media manager is now considering a career in acting after bagging a new role in the show, Stand Up Sketch Show.

The 23-year-old has now bagged himself another telly role (WireImage)
Jack is now considering a career in acting after bagging the new role in the show, Stand Up Sketch Show (WireImage)

Lifting the lid on Jack's new venture, a source told: “Jack has never done anything like this before. It’s all new to him.

“He was super nervous but since filming has begun he’s really started to enjoy it. His dream would be to land a role on a national soap or in a big movie," the insider told The Sun.

In his new role, Jack will be working alongside some incredible comedy names on the ITV show including Seann Walsh and Joel Dommett.

Jack entered Love Island last year as a Casa Amor bombshell, but he failed to make a connection with any of the girls.

Jack appeared on Love Island last summer (ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

He recently revealed that Love Island bosses asked him a number of rather inappropriate questions, including ones about his sexual preferences when it comes to the bedroom.

Lifting the lid on the personal questions he said: "They really do, they ask so much in the interviews, they ask a lot, about everything.

"I remember when we got into holding in Mallorca, like two weeks before going in, there was an 80-page questionnaire filled with questions I'd never been asked before.

"lt was about your sexual fantasies and places you wish you had sex," he told Daily Star.

Jack entered Casa Amor as a bombshell (Jonathan Hordle/REX/Shutterstock)

There were a few I left blank because I didn't want to put that on paper and I wondered where it would end up. Maybe like a cabinet in the ITV studios where they've got the juice on everybody."

Jack applied for Love Island after encouragement from his sister and was not scouted.

He admitted Love Island bosses had approached his younger sister Missy, 21, to be on the show, only for her to turn it down.

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