As the second season of Love Island All Stars gets increasingly spicy, the villa is set to be blessed by yet another familiar face in the form of a new 'bombshell', Ron Hall – who first made his name as an Islander back in 2023. Not only did the then-financial advisor from Essex make a name for himself thanks to that love triangle with Tanyel Revan and making it all the way to the final with Lana Jenkins (with whom he split three months later), Ron was also the first partially-sighted singleton on the show.

Prior to appearing on Love Island the first time around, Ron opened up about how he went blind in one eye as a child after an unfortunate sporting injury.

Appearing to take the challenging experience in his stride, at the time Ron described it as being a 'good conversation starter'.

"On meeting me, you'd never know I am blind in one eye," he told press in a pre-villa chat. "It was the result of a football injury when I was 8; I went in for a header and got kicked in the face."

Ron also added that he has "two different coloured eyes, one blue and one green" and said it has "added to my character, there are so many people that are worse off than me".

He continued on to reflect about the football match that changed his life, saying that it's made him more appreciate of his health and all of the good things in his life. "If anything, losing something like that makes you realise that. It's not hindered me in any shape or form. It's a good conversation starter I must admit."

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Since going on Love Island, Ron has used his elevated platform to raise awareness of sight loss by becoming an ambassador for the Royal National Institute of Blind People. When speaking about his role with the charity, Ron said how much of a difference a good support system can make.

Since going on Love Island, Ron has used his elevated platform to raise awareness of sight loss by becoming an ambassador for the Royal National Institute of Blind People. When speaking about his role with the charity, Ron said how much of a difference a good support system can make.

"Growing up blind in one eye and dealing with the pain and some of the difficulties in day to day life, I wasn’t aware there was somewhere I could turn to for help or information," he explained. "I'm genuinely ecstatic to be an ambassador for RNIB who do exactly what is needed to raise awareness and provide support to people living with sight loss and I'm proud to be able to help the charity on their mission."

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