Viral ‘meme lads’ respond to rumours they will star on the next series of Love Island

Viral ‘meme lads’ respond to rumours they will star on the next series of Love Island as lone singleton Kevin plays coy and says ‘we’ll have to see’

The ‘meme lads’ have addressed rumours they will be appearing on the next series of Love Island after rising to prominence following an appearance in a viral post.

The four men – Kevin Rooney, Alex Lacey, Jamie Phillips and Connor Humpage – appeared on Capital Breakfast to discuss their sudden rise to stardom.

Host Roman Kemp, 27, jumped straight in and asked Connor whether he’d fancy his changes on the ITV2 dancing show this year.

Maybe! The ‘meme lads’ have addressed rumours they will be appearing on the next series of Love Island after rising to prominence following an appearance in a viral post

However he admitted he doesn’t fancy a stint on the show because he is already a taken man, and said: ‘No. Three of us have got girlfriends so…’

After realising that Kevin was the singleton, Roman said: ‘Kevin, you’re the single one – so Kevin? Love Island’s on the cards?’

Refusing to squash speculation, Kevin said: ‘Oh, we’ll have to see won’t we?’

While co-host Sonny Jay encouraged: ‘Ohhhh! Please make it happen!’.

The four men - Kevin Rooney, Alex Lacey, Jamie Phillips and Connor Humpage - appeared on Capital Breakfast to discuss their sudden rise to stardom

The four men – Kevin Rooney, Alex Lacey, Jamie Phillips and Connor Humpage – appeared on Capital Breakfast to discuss their sudden rise to stardom

The group were first interviewed by Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid on Good Morning Britain on Monday to discuss the impact the meme has had. 

Piers said: ‘There must have been a period of time when this was incredibly annoying – if not quite hurtful. Because you were getting absolutely buried by this, weren’t you?’

Susanna said: ‘Yes, Alex in particular. You got most of the abuse didn’t you? For some reason?’

Interview: The group were first interviewed by Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid on Good Morning Britain on Monday to discuss the impact the meme has had

Interview: The group were first interviewed by Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid on Good Morning Britain on Monday to discuss the impact the meme has had

Alex replied: ‘Yeah, yeah. My work number got released so I had loads of prank calls. That really affected me.

‘It did have a massive effect on my mental state to be quite honest. You want to keep your private life and work life separate.’

Piers asked: ‘Why were people, do you think, making SUCH fun of you?’

Alex replied: ‘Well, obviously the tight trousers obviously…’

Susanna asked: ‘Could none of you find a pair of trousers that would fit that night? Was that the issue?’

The lads laughed as Alex replied: ‘No I actually bought them that day to be quite honest.’

‘With the benefit of hindsight, Jamie, would you have worn different clothes if you knew that was going to happen?’ asked Piers.

Jamie, from Coventry, replied: ‘Absolutely not. Absolutely not. I enjoyed every minute of it.’

Conor initially uploaded the photograph with the caption ‘tight trousers chose us.’