Greg O’Shea has opened up about the highs and lows of life, by writing a poem to mark one year since he entered the Love Island villa.
The rugby star, who went on to win the reality show alongside Amber Gill, described the past year as “beautifully hectic”.
Taking to Instagram, the Limerick native wrote: “Exactly 1 year since I entered Love Island! It’s difficult to express in a caption how the experience has been.”
“I do however want to thank you for following me on my journey so far, your support means more to me than you’ll ever know. In return for your kindness, I wrote a short poem for you. I hope enjoy it!”
The 25-year-old shared a photo posing in Dublin’s Temple Bar, alongside the following poem:
“Peaceful pint at the pub
I begin to reminisce,
On this day and this month
But one year amiss.
I arrived on a shore
Nervously ill-prepared,
Final entry to the home
Of which many is shared.
Perfectly imperfect people
Scatted throughout,
Plenty of laughs and tears
Even the occasional bout.”
“Distant memories now
Nostalgically content,
My short journey on the Island
Honourably spent.
Although shunned and abused
For pursuing my dreams,
Known only to few
The truth behind the scenes.”
“The past year of my life
So beautifully hectic,
Not a thing I would change
Though very unexpected.
Let’s hope the future is kind
Loving and pleasant,
For now I’ll sit here happy
With where I am present.”
The news comes after Greg recently opened up about the online hate he received after splitting from Amber Gill.
In an exclusive interview with Goss.ie, Greg revealed he “lost 400,000 followers” after Amber claimed the rugby star had “dumped her by text”.
Speaking on an episode of Goss Chats, Greg said: “Hashtag #unfollow Greg was trending on Twitter.”
“I remember someone screenshot and sent it to me, I was like ‘oh my God’. Like I think it was 400,000 people unfollowed me in the space of a couple of weeks.”
“People kind of got the wrong story, they just saw ‘Greg breaks up with Amber of text’. There was so much more to it,” he explained.
“We were in person, we were FaceTiming, there was phone calls, back and forth, and then just one thing comes out.”
“There’s no point in even fighting it because you’re just fighting a losing battle,” he admitted.
Greg, 25, then revealed the pair have since been in touch and are on good terms.
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