- Film And TV
- 04 Oct 22
Mad Hatter Q&A – Dami Hope: "It is what it is, 'til it isn't"
Love Island star Dami Hope reveals his biggest thrill, favourite book, most embarrassing moment and more – as this month's Mad Hatter.
Who would be the last person you would invite to your birthday party?
Someone I don’t like.
Who would be the first person you would invite to your birthday party?
Indiyah.
Favourite saying?
It is what it is, ‘til it isn’t.
Favourite record?
Any Drake song.
Favourite book?
Bloodstone.
Favourite author?
Melvin Burgess.
Favourite film?
Click with Adam Sandler.
Favourite actor / actress?
Adam Sandler and Scarlett Johansson.
Favourite musician?
Eminem.

Most embarrassing moment of your life?
Getting called Deji on live TV.
Favourite food/drink/stimulant?
Potatoes, lemon Fanta, alcohol.
TV programme?
Love Island when I was on it.
Favourite TV personality?
Dami Hope.
Favourite item of clothing?
My shoe collection!
Most desirable date?
A hot air balloon date.
Favourite method of relaxation?
Watching anime.
If you weren’t pursuing your present career, what other career might you have chosen?
I’d probably go on Love Island and see what happens.
View this post on Instagram
Biggest thrill?
When I’m doing something I probably shouldn’t do.
Biggest disappointment?
I don’t have one.
Your concept of heaven?
That there is a God out there and when we die we go to heaven. Hopefully that’s how it works.
Your concept of hell?
Burning alive.
What would be your dying words?
I love you, goodbye.
Greatest ambition?
I have a lot of ambitions. Probably music or fashion.
Period of history you’d most like to have lived in and why?
Viking times. I’d love to be a viking, I think I’d slay a lot of people.
If you weren’t a human being, which animal would you have chosen to be?
Black panther.
If you were told that the world was ending tomorrow morning, how would you react/what would you do?
Maybe rob a bank.
Your nominee for the world’s best-dressed person?
A$AP Rocky.
A$AP Rocky at Longitude 2022. Copyright Miguel Ruiz.
Favourite term of abuse?
You’re weird.
Biggest fear?
Anything happening to my family.
Humanity’s most useful invention?
Electricity.
Humanity’s most useless invention?
Door-stoppers.
• Love Island will return for a winter and summer series next year, exclusively to Virgin Media Television.
RELATED
- Film And TV
- 24 Oct 25
Bernard Canavan documentary and more announced for Cork International Film Festival
RELATED
- Film And TV
- 22 Oct 25
Landmark RTÉ documentary on first-ever census announced by The National Archives
- Film And TV
- 15 Oct 25
Wayne Byrne on his new Halloween Book: "The original movie is perfect in every way"
- Film And TV
- 15 Oct 25