DAVINA McCall’s dating show has proven life-changing for one bride after it unlocked a hidden disorder.
Gorgeous Millie Thompson, 30, has been diagnosed with autism and ADHD after taking part on Stranded on Honeymoon Island having realised her OCD was so intense she considered smuggling in a pair of socks.
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One of the DJ and model’s quirks was she cannot bear to be barefoot, so she thought about sewing a secret set into her wedding dress.
The BBC show sees singles marooned on a deserted beach in only their wedding attire.
Millie told The Sun: “Coming back from the show, I ended up getting tested for ADHD and autism and I found out I have both.
“I have learnt so much about myself, someone described it as being ‘neuro spicy’ and I love that for me.
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“It’s lifechanging really.
“I always knew things like I couldn’t be without a pair of socks, I always have to be wearing a pair, but being on the show made everything clear.
“This sounds crazy but I was contemplating sewing some socks into the boob bit of my wedding dress, I was like ‘can I smuggle in some socks?!’ but then I was like, no they’ll be disgusting.
“Now I know that’s why I am how I am.
“I’ve changed so much from it but in such a good, positive way and everyone has noticed.”
Millie was so conscious of being without her comforts, she had her wedding dress custom made with the experience in mind.
She included a bodysuit she could wear like a onesie, and a skirt she could detach and use as a mosquito net.
Millie, from Cheshire, added: “I am such a girly girl, I was combing my hair extensions with a fork.
“But the experience makes you strip everything back and I thought I’d struggle because I’m so OCD but I actually coped really well.”
Viewers saw her struggle with the show’s dramatic jump into the sea that kicks off their stranded experience.
“With Love Island there’s other couples and you can escape, but there’s nothing like Stranded for this, you’ve just got each other.”
Millie Thompson
After meeting at the altar, the couples then take a boat out to their deserted beach and then plummet into the sea ahead of a swim to land.
But poor Millie can’t swim and she had to fit a life vest over her gorgeous wedding dress.
She said: “That was a massive thing for me because I literally will not get in the water, I can put my feet in but that’s it, so to have to do that was massive.”
But she reckons being out of her comfort zone kickstarted a connection with her groom Jordan in a way that could never happen on Love Island.
While she can’t give away what happens on her journey, Milile added: “You are on a beach with absolutely nothing, you are relying on each other for everything.
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“With Love Island there’s other couples and you can escape, but there’s nothing like Stranded for this, you’ve just got each other.”
Stranded on Honeymoon Island continues on BBC One tonight at 9pm, then returns next week on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
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The first episodes are already available to stream on BBC iPlayer.