{"id":334608,"date":"2025-08-11T02:09:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T02:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/334608\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T02:09:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T02:09:13","slug":"love-island-winner-hits-out-as-he-returns-to-normal-job-after-reality-tv-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/334608\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Island winner hits out as he returns to normal job after reality TV fame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Love Island winner Nathan Massey has hit out at the government over his taxes as he says, &#8216;We are all really getting our pants pulled down and all I can do is laugh&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>20:25, 10 Aug 2025Updated 20:25, 10 Aug 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_taken-without-permission-nathan-massey-1015495496.jpg\" alt=\"Nathan Massey's rant about taxes as he returns to his normal job\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Nathan Massey&#8217;s rant about taxes as he returns to his normal job<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Nathan Massey, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/love-island\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">winner of the second series of Love Island<\/a>, has hit out at the government and revealed that he has returned to his normal job following his fame.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The 33-year-old star met his now wife Cara De La Hoyde, on the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/itv\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">ITV<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">In a recent <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/instagram\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> 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 \u2018worrying\u2019 amount. It comes after <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/breaking-princess-andre-says-shes-35696476\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Princess Andre says she&#8217;s &#8216;independent&#8217; from parents as she breaks silence after Katie Price row<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/katie-price-worries-fans-appearance-35646908\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"35646908\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Katie Price worries fans with appearance in family photo after explaining weight loss <\/a>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/us-celebrity-news\/taylor-swift-sparks-engagement-rumours-35616634\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"35616634\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taylor Swift sparks engagement rumours as fans spot Travis Kelce&#8217;s lock screen<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_Asdas-Sleigh-In-Cinema.jpg\" alt=\"The 33-year-old star met his now wife Cara De La Hoyde, on the ITV show\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>The 33-year-old star met his now wife Cara De La Hoyde, on the ITV show(Image: Getty Images for Asda)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">After a visit from his accountant, Nathan shared his frustrations with his followers, where he said \u2018all I can do is laugh\u2019. The father of two captioned the post: Rant alert \u2026. We are all really getting our pants pulled down and all I can do is laugh \u2026 worrying times\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The reality star went on to say: &#8220;It&#8217;s just hit me how much tax that we are paying. Like, don&#8217;t get me wrong, we do okay, we&#8217;re not multi-millionaires by any stretch of the imagination, I wish I were, but we&#8217;re not, we do OK.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;I&#8217;m back on the tools, I work on the tools when I can, when we&#8217;re not doing our bits on social media, etc, and it&#8217;s just hit me how much we are getting taxed, and the VAT and everything we&#8217;ve got to pay is worrying.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Nathan added: &#8220;Genuinely, how is anyone in this day and age supposed to get ahead of the game? It&#8217;s like, catch up, catch up, catch up. You know, it&#8217;s really a dark timing in in our history. I think it&#8217;s wowed me, I&#8217;m not gonna lie.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_Nathan_Cara_Love_Island2JPG.jpg\" alt=\"After a visit from his accountant, Nathan shared his frustrations with his followers\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>After a visit from his accountant, Nathan shared his frustrations with his followers(Image: YOUTUBE)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Fans were quick to comment on the post and praise Nathan for being so relatable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">One person wrote: \u201cGlad someone\u2019s talking out about this!\u201d, while another added: \u201cCouldn\u2019t agree more this country has lost its way and what pressure it brings on families \u2026 my grandad would be turning in his grave to know what is going on in the Uk right now ..\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A third wrote: \u201cI feel your pain, absolute joke for the working class\u201d, while another said: \u201cIt\u2019s utterly ridiculous, isn\u2019t it! I\u2019m pretty sure after the amount of tax, corporation tax and vat we pay, people that don\u2019t work are better off, our whole system is backwards\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Cara and Nathan appeared on the show in 2016, 10 whole seasons ago and Cara recently told The <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Mirror<\/a> that it has changed so much since her day. She said: \u201cIt\u2019s changed so much. I don\u2019t think I could handle it today &#8211; it\u2019s more ruthless and scary now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Like this story? 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