Love Island's Jay Younger has announced that he is preparing to become a father for the first time, as his fiancée Amairany is pregnant. The Scottish reality star, 32, who rose to fame on the 2022 series of the ITV dating show, shared the joyful news that his partner is now in her third trimester.
Unexpected Pregnancy News
The couple, who got engaged in March during a trip to Aspen, Colorado, discovered that Amairany was expecting a baby boy three and a half months into the pregnancy. In a social media post, she wrote: 'Imagine finding out you’re expecting when you’re already 3 & a bit months pregnant… The news has been as wild and unexpected as it has been beautiful and amazing. In awe of it all, and we’re feeling so blessed. Anyway, wedding planning has been put on hold for a bit as we will be kind of busy for the next few months.'
Engagement and Social Media Announcement
Jay announced his engagement to Amairany in March after proposing during a romantic getaway to Aspen. The reality star shared the exciting news on Instagram, alongside a photo of his fiancée's large engagement ring. During their snowy Colorado break, the couple posed for several loved-up snaps. Captioning the post, Jay wrote: 'Turns out Latinas can say yes to Scottish men.'
Many of Jay's former Love Island co-stars congratulated him in the comments. Luca Bish wrote: 'Congratulations brother,' while Danica Taylor said: 'Congratulations!' Sheli McCoy, known as Sabre on the BBC series Gladiators, added: 'Omggggggg! Congrats pal!' ITV's Andi Peters commented: 'It's the Irn-Bru she's after! Congratulations.'
Relationship Timeline
Jay went Instagram official with his girlfriend in December 2024, with some fans noting her resemblance to Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu, whom he briefly dated during his time in the Love Island villa in 2022. Jay originally entered the villa as a bombshell during series eight and quickly stirred up drama by taking three girls on dates. Two days later, Ekin-Su chose to couple up with him, but their spark quickly fizzled out, and Jay coupled up with Paige Thorne. He later coupled up with Danica Taylor before moving on to Chyna Mills during Casa Amor. Jay and Chyna were eventually dumped on Day 35 following a public vote.
Life After Love Island
Weeks after leaving the villa, Jay shared that he had returned to his desk job as an investment analyst. He also provided insight into his experience as a bombshell, revealing how much contestants are told about their fellow islanders before entering the show. Speaking to Ice36.co.uk, Jay explained that he quarantined for two weeks and was allowed to watch episodes up to one behind the public broadcast. This allowed him to get to know the contestants and their personalities before entering the villa.
Having experienced Casa Amor firsthand, Jay disclosed that things are less intense than portrayed because filming only occurs for a few hours a day. When cameras are not rolling, the boys and girls are separated to ensure no juicy moments are missed, and islanders are banned from discussing villa life until the film crew returns. He said: 'One day they’ll be filming the girls during the day and then at night they’ll be filming the boys - when they’re on the other villa is off. Typically they’ll separate the boys and the girls when you’re not filming... the boys weren’t allowed to talk about villa life, your relationships with other people, you just had to let it be.'
Regarding the drama that occurs when partners stray, Jay confessed: 'The producers know that Casa Amor is the highlight of most of the series, it’s where most of the drama happens. Ultimately, they just want to make a good TV show, so if there is someone in there who seems to be in a stable couple or relationship, there will be someone in their ear probably saying "I think you should explore and be open minded to getting to know this person," and they can kind of gently push you into maybe exploring a connection where you probably wouldn’t have.' He added: 'At the start I think I was easily swayed to do certain things, maybe had I been a bit more independent in my thinking, things might have been different but it’s the way I played it and the way I was told to play it. I trusted the process. I don’t have any regrets, but obviously I think everyone could probably play things differently had they known what they know now.'
