Love Island winner hits out as he returns to normal job after reality TV fame

Nathan Massey, winner of the second series of Love Island, has hit out at the government and revealed that he has returned to his normal job following his fame.

The 33-year-old star met his now wife Cara De La Hoyde, on the ITV show, and the couple quickly shot to fame. They have since welcomed two children together, seven-year-old Freddie and five-year-old Delilah, and work as social media influencers, however, Nathan also works as a carpenter.

In a recent Instagram rant, Nathan revealed that he has now returned to his previous job as a carpenter when his work online is slow, however, despite his efforts to make more money, he is being taxed a ‘worrying’ amount. It comes after Princess Andre says she's 'independent' from parents as she breaks silence after Katie Price row.

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After a visit from his accountant, Nathan shared his frustrations with his followers, where he said ‘all I can do is laugh’. The father of two captioned the post: Rant alert …. We are all really getting our pants pulled down and all I can do is laugh … worrying times”.

The reality star went on to say: "It's just hit me how much tax that we are paying. Like, don't get me wrong, we do okay, we're not multi-millionaires by any stretch of the imagination, I wish I were, but we're not, we do OK.

"I'm back on the tools, I work on the tools when I can, when we're not doing our bits on social media, etc, and it's just hit me how much we are getting taxed, and the VAT and everything we've got to pay is worrying."

Nathan added: "Genuinely, how is anyone in this day and age supposed to get ahead of the game? It's like, catch up, catch up, catch up. You know, it's really a dark timing in in our history. I think it's wowed me, I'm not gonna lie."

Fans were quick to comment on the post and praise Nathan for being so relatable.

One person wrote: “Glad someone’s talking out about this!”, while another added: “Couldn’t agree more this country has lost its way and what pressure it brings on families … my grandad would be turning in his grave to know what is going on in the Uk right now ..”

A third wrote: “I feel your pain, absolute joke for the working class”, while another said: “It’s utterly ridiculous, isn’t it! I’m pretty sure after the amount of tax, corporation tax and vat we pay, people that don’t work are better off, our whole system is backwards”.

Cara and Nathan appeared on the show in 2016, 10 whole seasons ago and Cara recently told The Mirror that it has changed so much since her day. She said: “It’s changed so much. I don’t think I could handle it today - it’s more ruthless and scary now.”

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