Exclusive:
Love Island star Amy Hart tied the knot with Sam Rason in Spain, but admitted there were a number of issues that she’d have changed despite labelling the day a ‘dream’
Love Island alum Amy Hart is happily married, but she revealed the run-up to her big day didn’t go without a few hiccups.
The reality TV star, 31, tied the knot with Sam Rason in Spain in September, one year after they got engaged. The pair share one-year-old son, Stanley. Amy has now admitted exclusively to the Mirror that while her big day in Malaga was a dream and “all went off without a hitch,” there were several stressful moments in the build up – and confessed there is one issue that she’s still “sore” about.
She joked that being busy on the day made her “very sad” as she largely missed out on her epic food portions. “I was very sad because there was, like, the best canapes ever,” she joked. “Everyone thought so. The food we had was so good. Everyone thought the canapes were the starters, because so many of them. They just kept coming. There was, like, 18 different varieties and unlimited amounts of them. People were [thinking] ‘oh, that’s the starters’. And the starter came out, and it’s huge, so people thought it was the main and then the main came out. Oh my God.”
She then jokingly fumed about the scheduling of her photos ruining her enjoyment of the dishes. “I think the worst thing for me about the whole wedding was we would having our pictures done while the cocktail hour was on. So I got a selection of about eight canapes, and I’m still sore about it now.”
Amy said both her and her husband wish they could do it all again and just party without the stress. “It’s the nature of the beast, though. You spend 18 months planning the best day ever and then only get certain snippets.”
On the planning front, she told us the biggest stress was organising coaches for her guests to arrive on the special day – and confessed her mum had warned her against doing so: “A lot of people were staying at two places,” she said. “Then a lot of people were staying in individual places as well. Then people changing their hotels, and not telling me until the day before.
“I sent everyone a personalised itinerary and people were like, ‘I’m not staying there’. I’m like, that’s what you put on the RSVP form six months ago.”
She admitted not being told of changes made it quite stressful, but admits the day itself was a dream and she was ecstatic to be able to share it with so many people who are close to her.
Amy was speaking after teaming up with O2 for a new fraud prevention service. The phone providers have created Daisy, a state-of-the-art AI Granny, that’s prime goal is to waste the time of scammers. Daisy combines various AI models to enable the tool to hold a human-like conversation with a caller.
Amy got on board after revealing she herself had been scammed, losing out on £5,000 in a matter of minutes. She is now eager to help others avoid being scammed. She is also keen to remove the stigma of speaking out about such incidents. “I felt embarrassed and really stupid after I got scammed,” she said. “But I’m intelligent, I’m technically literate, and it still happened to me. It’s so important to raise awareness of scamming.”
Speaking of her own experience, she admitted she was “so worried” as she thought those who scammed her might be able to empty her bank account. “When I was on the phone being scammed, because of the pressure tactics they use, your heart rate heightens and you’re hot, sweating and talking really fast. And then as soon as you get off the phone, you realise you’ve been scammed. It’s like a deathly silence, and you’re like, I cannot believe that’s just happened, and everything sort of goes into like slow motion. It was awful.”
She said she is now pleased O2 have produced this tactic in a bid to protect the consumer and hopes the service will prove a huge success. And as part of her own advice, Amy says people should always ask a scammer if that can call them back as “they’ll always want to keep you on the phone” and refuse to let you call back.
Amy Hart has teamed up with O2 to raise awareness of phone scams and how Brits can stay safe by reporting suspicious calls and texts to 7726. To find out more visit o2.co.uk/swervethescammers
Follow Mirror Celebs onTikTok,Snapchat,Instagram,Twitter,Facebook,YouTubeandThreads.
