Montana Brown is leaving the UK behind and moving to Los Angeles to kick start her acting career after being signed by a top agent.
The Love Island star, 24, hopes to pursue her dream of becoming an actress by moving stateside following her 2017 appearance on the ITV2 dating show.
According to her Instagram page Montana is currently spending time in LA at the Mammoth film festival, however it is unclear when she will move there for good.
Bright lights: Montana Brown is leaving the UK behind and moving to Los Angeles to kick start her acting career after being signed by a top agent
Speaking on the red carpet at the film event l in California, Montana said that she had signed to a major talent agency in city.
She attended the premiere alongside the likes of actor Ed Westwick and producer Micky Gooch, who she has been working closely with on her new career.
At the festival, Montana kept it casual in a cream shearling jacket, paired with brown Gucci trousers, a black hooded jacket and Balenciaga trainers.
Dreams: The Love Island star, 24, hopes to pursue her dream of becoming an actress by moving stateside following her 2017 appearance on the ITV2 dating show (pictured at the time)
Exciting! Speaking on the red carpet at the film event l in California, Montana said that she had signed to a major talent agency in city
Casual: At the festival, Montana kept it casual in a cream shearling jacket, paired with brown Gucci trousers, a black hooded jacket and Balenciaga trainers
The news comes after Montana revealed she is terrified more Love Island stars will take their own lives as she admits all her friends from the show suffer with anxiety or depression.
Montana was heartbroken when TV presenter Caroline Flack tragically passed away this month – less than a year after they attended the funeral of friend Mike Thalassitis together.
But Montana, who rose to fame on Love Island in 2017, says she fears Caroline’s death won’t be the last and she feels ‘helpless’ knowing that ‘people are suffering’ when all she wants are for her friends to be happy.
‘Helpless’: The news comes after Montana revealed she is terrified more Love Island stars will take their own lives as she admits all her friends from the show suffer with anxiety or depression (pictured discussing Mike’s death on This Morning in 2019)
In an emotional interview with MailOnline, stunned Montana said: ‘Caroline was at Mike’s funeral literally not even a year ago. She was so shocked by that and now look what’s happened. It’s heart-breaking.
‘I just hope it doesn’t happen to anyone else. But I don’t think Caroline will be the last person to do this if I’m honest and that is what’s really sad.
‘For me, and I think I can speak for a lot of Love Islanders, you feel like “Oh my God, who else is unhappy?” I need to speak to everyone. You feel this pressure because you don’t want your friends to be unhappy, what can I do?
‘It’s really sad’: The reality star was heartbroken when Caroline Flack (pictured in 2018) tragically passed away this month – less than a year after they attended the funeral of Mike Thalassitis together
‘It’s helplessness because you know people are suffering and that’s a categorical fact. Every single person that I’m friends with from Love Island suffers from anxiety or depression or something to do with mental health. It’s actually terrifying.’
Montana does not blame ITV2 show Love Island for the sad loss of her friend Mike and former contestant Sophie Gradon, who took her life in 2018.
She believes stars of the series struggle to cope with the onslaught of destructive social media trolls that message in their thousands to ‘kill yourself’ and ‘throw acid in your face,’ resulting in ‘insane paranoia’ for the person on the receiving end.
Heartache: Mike and Caroline have been two of the show’s tragedies (pictured after the series wrapped in 2017)
‘It’s terrifying’: Montana fears Caroline’s death won’t be the last and she feels ‘helpless’ knowing that ‘people are suffering’ (Montana pictured with Mike in January 2019)
‘I think it’s not necessarily to do with the show – there are really amazing positives that come out of the show – it’s more the social media side of things,’ she said.
‘People are so judgmental. You have to live your mistakes publicly every time you make a mistake.
‘It’s not just you and your friends and your parents but you’re dealing with a barrage of trolls telling you to kill yourself and telling you you’re worthless and no one likes you, that they’re going to throw acid in your face and you’re like what?
‘You get insanely paranoid about things. It’s heart-breaking.’
Devastating: Caroline joined Montana and hundreds of other friends and family to pay their respects at Mike’s funeral last March
Heartache: Montana does not blame ITV2 show Love Island for the sad loss of her friend Mike and former contestant Sophie Gradon, who took her life in 2018 (Sophie, pictured on the show in 2016)