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Where is Love Island star Dami’s accent from?
DAMI Hope is enjoying life as one of the stars of Love Island 2022, and ruffling a few feathers along the way.
The 26-year-old is one of the many Islanders looking for love in the the Spanish villa, but some viewers have been left wondering where his accent is from.
Where is Dami from?
Dami Hope is a senior microbiologist from Dublin, and star of Love Island, 2022.
The hunk in trunks has five siblings - four sisters and one brother.
He attended college and studied bioscience with biopharmaceuticals in Carlow.
The star is originally from New Ross, Co Wexford, but .
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What accent does Dami have?
As Dami hails from Ireland, he has an Irish accent.
However, he is also of Nigerian decent, so his accent is often a mix of the two.
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Speaking about his dialect, he revealed on the show that he often gets mistaken for being from the US.
During their "getting to know each other" chat at the beginning of the series, Amber asked him: "Do people think you're American sometimes?"
To which he replied: "Yeah sometimes, it's because of my accent but I can do an Irish accent too."
He then proceeded to do an impression of a thick Irish accent which Amber then mimicked back at him.
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Who is Dami coupled up with on Love Island?
Dami is coupled up with Amber Beckford, after being put together right from the start by the public.
However, on June 20, 2022, he made his move on Indiyah Polack.
Viewers saw Dami throw caution to the wind, after .
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Pulling Indiyah in for a chat, the Irishman asked: "Do you feel like we have a connection?"
Indiyah replied: "We get along."
She then admitted they "had energy".
How can I watch Love Island?'
Love Island is back on ITV2 and the ITV Hub.
A new episode will air every night at 9pm from Sunday to Friday.
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On Saturday nights there will be a highlights episode, which will also air unseen footage from the villa.
After the main sun on Sunday nights, host Laura Whitmore will host Love Island: Aftersun.
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