Tasha Ghouri opens up concerning the ableism she encountered on Love Island, noting its lasting affect as she embarks on an emotional journey in BBC’s Pilgrimage: The Highway to Holy Island.
Reflecting on Actuality TV Challenges
At a screening of the BBC journey documentary, the 27-year-old influencer, born fully deaf and fitted with a cochlear implant at age 5, shares her experiences. “I suffered with ableism while I used to be on a actuality TV present. Individuals use your incapacity as their level to hate anyone,” she states. “It nonetheless will get to me now. It was actually three years in the past, however it nonetheless will get to me. I feel it’s as a result of I noticed the affect it had on my household.”
The Pilgrimage Journey
Tasha joins a star-studded group together with actress Patsy Kensit, 58; Variety’s Ashley Banjo, 37; Chilly Ft star Hermione Norris, 59; presenter Jayne Middlemiss, 55; slapstick comedian Hasan Al-Habib; comic Ashley Blaker; and extra. They undertake a five-day pilgrimage throughout North Yorkshire, County Durham, and Northumberland, tracing historic routes linked to St. Cuthbert by beautiful landscapes to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne.
Within the premiere episode, Tasha varieties a detailed reference to Patsy. She tells her, “I feel you’re an unimaginable lady, such as you actually are, you’re so sturdy, you’re so forceful, empowering. I’ve discovered a lot from you already, and I can’t wait to be taught extra from you.” Patsy responds with recommendation on relationships: “You don’t should marry all of your boyfriends!”
From Love Island Fame to Private Turbulence
Tasha rose to prominence on the eighth collection of Love Island in 2022, the place she met Andrew Le Web page. The couple bought their first residence collectively and began renovations earlier than parting methods final yr, shocking followers after Andrew supported her throughout her Strictly Come Dancing look on the finish of 2024.
The breakup grew contentious, with Andrew, 31, claiming Tasha used movie star relationship app Raya whereas they have been collectively. She now dates CBBC presenter Cam Whitnall, with whom she started a relationship final Could. Tasha describes herself as in a “actually good place mentally” and happier than ever.
Psychological Well being Amid On-line Abuse
Following the cut up, Tasha discloses extreme psychological well being struggles from on-line trolling. In an Instagram Q&A, she reveals, “I used to be so so anxious to share this, I’ve skilled a whole lot of horrific trolls up to now yr in my messages on-line and it massively impacted my psychological well being to the purpose I did not wish to depart my bed room. I am getting emotional typing this however this seems like a recent new starting and it is the proper haven to restart.”
In January, she tells her 1.3 million Instagram followers that 2025 proved “mentally powerful” as a consequence of intense trolling, however she enters 2026 “surrounded by love.” “2025 was powerful mentally. I needed to dig out of deep locations from very horrific trolling however ultimately of all of it I discovered true happiness,” she writes. “By no means once more am I letting them tear me aside to the purpose I fully misplaced myself and my love for what I do.”
Pilgrimage: The Highway to Holy Island premieres on BBC Two on April 5 at 9pm.
