Anna Vakili thought appearing on ‘Love Island’ would end her pharmacy career.
Anna Vakili
The 30-year-old beauty worked as a pharmacist before joining the ITV2 reality series in 2019, and has said she was worried she’d be “struck off” the General Pharmaceutical Council register because of her escapades on the raunchy show.
She said: “I was so worried, I thought I’d get struck off the [General Pharmaceutical Council] register.”
Anna said she kept reminding herself that Doctor Alex George, who took part in the 2018 series, wasn’t sacked for appearing on ‘Love Island’, but was still worried about her own career because she thought Alex was more “professional” than she was.
Speaking on ‘Levelled Up: The Podcast!’ in association with BooHoo, she added: “I kept thinking of how Dr Alex George didn’t get struck off. Dr Alex, though, is a professional all of the time. He’s like a very typical doctor.
"You don’t walk into a pharmacy and expect to see me – I have two sides, my pharmacist side and my wild side, which I showed on ‘Love Island’.”
Luckily, Anna was able to keep her job when she came out of the villa, and has been maintaining her chemist job throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
The star recently recovered from the virus herself, and said she is looking forward to returning to a more normal lifestyle after announcing she was "symptom-free".
She shared: "Guys just a little update, I'm totally symptom-free now so I can go for walks now."
However, Anna admitted to being frustrated by the UK's latest lockdown and also confessed to being unhappy about her weight.
The star added: "I feel really s*** about this lockdown and I weighed myself this morning and everyone always says 'you look good, you should be happy' but I'm not and that's the main thing, I'm not happy and I've put on a ridiculous amount of weight.
"From today I just want this lockdown to be a healthy one and I want to get to the best version of myself."