Who is Wes Nelson? Meet the Love Island contestant and "very academic" design engineer
The 20-year-old is looking for a “cougar” he can get serious with in the villa
20-year-old Love Island contestant Wes Nelson may be a design engineer, but you could say he’s Instagram famous thanks to a few videos of him kickboxing that have gone viral.
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He says he thinks he will stand out from everyone else in the villa because of his “intellect”. “I am very academic,” he explains.
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Wes is looking forward to making friends for life on Love Island: “We’re all going to be together 24 hours a day, seven days a week which you’d never do with anyone outside of the villa, so I think those friendships are going to be lifelong.”
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As for his relationship history, Wes has been in a two-and-a-half-year relationship which "went a bit sour towards the end".
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"I think she'd say I was a great boyfriend. I've been raised in a family-orientated household so values and respect are big parts of my life and I definitely implemented that in my relationships".
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What is Wes looking for in a girl?
Wes is not messing around. “I’m looking for a partner,” he says. “I’m looking for someone I can settle down with and tame my wild lifestyle. I am 20 years old but I’d say I am ahead of my age in terms of maturity and in terms of who I am and my mannerisms. I don’t think I’d be childish in there. I consider myself a mature person so definitely looking for something serious.”
He’d like to be with an older girl – “I always go for the cougars!” – with “genuine compassion and genuine feelings” and he wants to avoid anyone who is “really arrogant” or “ignorant in their own ways”.
Who is Wes Nelson? Key facts:
Who is Wes coupled up with on Love Island? Laura Anderson
Age: 20
Job: Electrical and Nuclear Systems Design Engineer
Twitter: @WesLNelson
Instagram: @wes.nelson
Location: Staffordshire
Love Island airs daily at 9pm on ITV2