Love Island’s Alex George: Salami, Apple Crumble, Marzipan, Chicken Curry and Vegetable Gnocchi

Former Love Island star turned mental health campaigner, podcaster and author Alex George joins Spooning With Mark Wogan this week.

Alex shares his personal mental health journey through Love Island and beyond and discusses the challenges faced by under‑16s, including whether they should be on social media, before taking on the spoons.

Coming Up:

00:00- Intro

01:00- Am I Normal

04:30- Grief process

06:51 - Pizza Of The Week

07:46- ADHD diagnosis

08:51- Love Island

13:20- Children’s mental health 

18:50 Love Island 

23:00- Apple crumble

25:12- Weight journeys

26:43- Marzipan and liquorice tasting

32:00- Suicidal conversations

38:26- Social Media Bans

40:00- COVID

43:04- Spoons

Food Served:

Homeslice Pizza: Salami pizza

Guilty Pleasure: Apple crumble

Hates: Marzipan and Liquorice All Sorts

Spoon One: Chicken curry

Spoon Two: Green vegetable gnocchi 

Alex’s book, Am I Normal? is out to buy now

Alex’s podcast, Stompcast is available where you listen to your podcasts

If you are affected by the conversation around suicide, contact The Samaritans on www.thesamaritans.org.uk or call them on 116 123

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Senior Podcast Producer: Johnny Seifert

Visual Producer: Chris Jacobs

Social Media Producer: Panos Kalaroutis 

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