LOVE Island star Adam Maxted’s stunning new girlfriend has been identified as a popular hairdresser.
The All Stars hunk, 33, and professional wrestler hard launched his relationship with Kayleigh Birch yesterday.
The loved-up couple shared pictures of them kissing in a bar, sparking a cascade of congratulatory comments.
Kayleigh, who works at FiftyEight salon in St Helens, has over 40,000 followers on her Instagram account.
She specialises in extensions, colouring and wedding styles.
Adam is known for his appearance on Love Island in 2016, where he finished fourth.
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He entered the villa as a bombshell on day 11, and he eventually paired up with Katie Salmon.
The pair finished fourth behind Cara De La Hoyde and Nathan Massey.
Sadly, Adam and Katie split shortly after leaving the villa.
Adam famously compared their relationship to “a car with no engine” on social media
He then went on to star on Love Island: All Stars in 2024, where he coupled with Arabella Chi.
They were dumped from the villa on day 35 following a vote by previously dumped islanders, with them in turn finishing in sixth place.
Adam considered another All Stars stint ahead of the latest series, but claimed he talked bosses out of offering him the gig.
Speaking exclusively to The Sun, he said: “I actually had a casting meeting with Love Island for the most recent series back in October.
“I was open to doing it again. I was like listen, if it comes up, fair enough. It’s a chance to go out there again and talk about wrestling. I know I’m charismatic. I know the public like me. I know I’m a little bit different than your usual guy that tries to go in there be all cool calm collected to impress girls and stuff.
“I show my personality, I like to have fun, I don’t take it too seriously, but it’s something that I was a little bit more honest with the the producers this time.”
He continued: “I kind of said, ‘look, you’re picking the same people all the time here, yet you’re expecting them to go on and pretend that they’re in love’, so I was a little bit savage with how the show has gone, which is just my opinion.
“I was like if this was gonna work on the outside world, why all of a sudden now that they’re in a villa would they pretend to make a go of things? I mean just because you’re on TV, so I kind of said this to producers and maybe that went against me a little bit, but I was being honest.”
Away from the villa, Adam is an elite wrestler – nicknamed Flex – and is headlining an explosive show at Butlin’s resorts.