FORMER Love Island host Laura Whitmore will earn up to £20,000 a week after swapping the villa for the West End.
The presenter and DJ landed a role in 2:22 A Ghost Story when she quit the ITV2 reality show.
Laura Whitmore quit Love Island earlier this week
Laura hosted the show for three series but won’t be coming back for a fourth one
And she will earn big bucks from up to eight performances a week at London’s Criterion theatre.
“Laura has inked herself a very good deal,” an industry booker told The Mirror.
“She will be on around £2,500 per show if things go well. She’ll have signed something like a £1,500 per performance deal.
“It will be tiered so when sales hit 70% capacity, she will get another £500 and when they reach 85%, another £500.”
The star will step into some big shoes when she starts treading the boards in September as Jenny – a role previously played by singer Lily Allen.
But Laura, who has also dropped her Sunday morning show on BBC Radio 5 Live, seemed undaunted when she announced her new gig on Instagram.
She wrote: “Come see me on stage making my West End debut in this critically acclaimed psychological thriller.”
Laura, who joined Love Island in 2020, revealed she was leaving the show this week.
She said she found “certain elements of the show very difficult including the flying back and forth to South Africa” .
Love Island winner Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu has fuelled rumours she’s set to replace Laura Whitmore after jetting off for a secret project.
The reality TV star has teased new “amazing” work on her Instagram stories, and some fans are sure it’s to do with the show.
Last month, Love Island’s Aftersun was hit with more than 400 complaints after Laura’s comments about Ekin-Su.
The comments about Casa Amor left those in charge of her social media reeling – as they hit back against the “s**t shaming”.
Laura seen with the Love Island 2022 finalists
The Irish beauty is married to Love Island’s narrator Iain Sterling
