ITV Love Island's Claudia Fogarty looks unrecognisable in snap before 3 stone weight loss as she details struggles

Love Island star Claudia Fogarty has opened up about her struggles with body confidence as she's seen in a photo before her three stone weight loss. The fashion brand owner was one of the bombshell contestants on this year's winter edition of the ITV2 dating show.

Claudia made a dramatic entrance into the South African villa during the saucy dance-off challenge which saw her don a sultry red angel outfit. During her time in the villa, the 28-year-old thought she had found a romantic spark with Casey O'Gorman but the late arrival of Rosie Seabrook turned things on their head.

The daughter of motorcycle racing legend and winner of I'm A Celebrity 2014 winner Carl Fogarty then later left the villa single after she was chosen to leave alongside Keanan Brand.

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Now out of the villa and with the second-ever winter run of Love Island over, Claudia has opened up to fellow Love Island alumni and Social PR founder Scott Thomas about her weight issues. "I feel like I've never ever been a confident person," she said on Scott's Learning As I Go podcast.

"Everyone sees me as this funny, happy, bubbly ball of energy. I'll never show how I'm actually feeling and sometimes I'm feeling very insecure," she added.

Claudia shared on the podcast how she'd reached her heaviest weight after a break-up three years prior to her appearance on this year's first of two series' of Love Island. "I looked in the mirror and thought, 'What are you doing?'" Claudia told Scott. "I was a lot heavier and I didn't feel good in myself. I just let myself go.

"People are always like, 'I never knew you were bigger'. But in pictures I would always hide, I'd