Love Island star reveals life changing health diagnosis and shares fears it will ruin her career
A LOVE Island star has revealed her life changing health diagnosis.
Indiyah Polack has shockingly revealed she was recently diagnosed with ADHD.
The former Love Island star has now admitted she didn’t want to speak about it publicly because she was concerned that it would affect her career if people knew.
“It’s been tough,” she said on Hot Girl Talks on Capital XTRA today speaking to Shayna Marie and Zeze Millz.
“There’s a lot of things that have happened with me like mentally.
“As a black woman, I had been shy to disclose, so recently I have been diagnosed with ADHD,” she bravely shared.
“And that was something I was very up in the air about talking about.
“Because I didn’t want that to be a factor of my career, or the factor of whether I get booked for jobs, or just a factor in everything.
“Because I feel like being a black woman, we have a lot of things already against us.
“So, to go and chuck in another thing, it is just something I’d rather not tell them about.”
Indiyah added that she is “not in a position where I’m like it’s okay, it doesn’t define me” yet.
“And I think it made a lot of things clearer in my life as to why certain things happened,” she went on.
“I started seeing things happening in my adult life, even in this industry, that affected me, and I was like ‘oh that happened in secondary school.’
“So, I feel it’s more of an understanding, but I think it’s sort of checking into your mental, finding out if there is something wrong or if you’re not feeling okay,” she concluded on the matter.
ADHD, or Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, is a neurodevelopmental disorder which is said to be characterised by persistent inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity.
Indiyah previously worked as a hotel waitress before entering the villa in 2022, and has since gone on to carve out a glowing presenting career for herself.
Love Island winners - where they are now
EVERY year Love Island opens its doors to more sexy Islanders who are hoping for a holiday romance that could turn into more.
Here we take you through all of the Love Island winners so far and what their relationship statuses are now:
2025 – The second series of All Stars saw Gabby Allen and Case O’Gorman scoop the crown. STATUS: Still together.
2024 – The summer Love Island saw Mimii Ngulube and Josh Oyinsan were crowned the winners. STATUS: Broken up.
2024 – The first ever All stars spin off show was won by Molly Smith and Tom Clare. STATUS: Still together.
2023 – Jess Harding and Sammy Root took home the 50k, and won the summer 2023 Love Island. STATUS: Broken up.
2023 – The first series of 2023 saw Sanam Harrinanan and Kai Fagan crowned Love Island winners in South Africa. STATUS: Still together.
2022 – Davide Sanclimenti and Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu’s time in the villa was anything but a smooth ride, but they managed to win the public’s hearts – and the ITV2 reality show. STATUS: Broken up.
2021 – Liam Reardon and Millie Court were announced winners of Love Island 2021. STATUS: Still together.
2020 – The first ever winter Love Island saw Paige Turley and Finn Tapp crowned winners after falling in love on the show. STATUS: Broken up.
2019 – Series 5 saw Tommy Fury and Molly-Mae Hague runners up to winners Greg O’Shea and Amber Gill, who met in the last few days of the series. STATUS: Broken up.
2018 – It wasn’t surprising fan favourites Jack Fincham and Dani Dyer won the show, as they were strong throughout. But sadly things didn’t last. STATUS: Broken up.
2017 – Kem Cetinay and Amber Davies had lots of ups and downs in the villa but went on to win. STATUS: Broken up.
2016 – Nathan Massey and Cara De La Hoyde were together from the start of the series, and since they won the show they’ve had two kids and are married. STATUS: Still together.
2015 – Despite poor Jess Hayes being Max Morley’s second choice on the show, they did win – but they didn’t last as a couple. STATUS: Broken up.
When she starred on Love Island, she made it to the final and placed third alongside her boyfriend Dami Hope.
Since making it to the finals of the summer series, Indiyah has been busy working with Boots and PrettyLittleThing.
She has also hosted the MOBO Awards, and regularly appears on Love Island: After Sun when the show airs in the summer.
Speaking about hosting the MOBOs while on Capital XTRA today, Indiyah said that she “hated” hosting the prestigious awards in her first year of presenting them.
“I remember my first year when I did MOBO’s, everyone was telling me how good I did, I hated it,” she spilled.
She elaborated: “I hated it because I had no training, I felt like I went in there on the deep end, and I just felt like for such a big show I don’t want to feel so naked.”
Indiyah then revealed that this year she ensured she got training, and after coming off stage following hosting, she “felt fantastic”.
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