LAURA Whitmore quit Love Island last night saying she found parts of the show "very difficult".
She stepped down from hosting the ITV juggernaut just weeks after quitting her BBC Radio job.
The January edition of Love Island has now been removed from her calendar and The Laura Whitmore Show is no more.
But as the star pointed out in her bombshell announcement last night, she has several "new conflicting projects" that clashes with her duties on Love Island.
The first of them will be her West End debut- with the TV presenter recently calling theatre her "first love".
She will appear in the play 2:22 A Ghost Story, where she follows in the footsteps of Lily Allen, Jake Wood and Giovanna Fletcher.
Laura will be taking on the role of Jenny from 6 September and appearing for four months.
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Speaking earlier this month she said: "I'm so excited to be making my West End debut playing Jenny in the next production of 2:22.
"Theatre has always been my first love and I can't wait to get back on stage.
"I am a huge fan of the previous productions and delighted to be getting stuck in with rehearsals and working alongside such a hugely talented cast and team."
Dublin-born Laura started out in telly in 2008 when she won a competition to become the new face of MTV News.
She later fronting the I'm A Celeb spin-off show and shows for Irish broadcaster RTE and appeared on Strictly Come Dancing in 2016.
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In 2019 it was revealed she would host the sixth series of Love Island after Caroline Flack stepped down.
Laura told fans on Instagram last night: "Some news! I won’t be hosting the next series of Love island.
"There are certain elements of the show I’ve found very difficult that cannot be changed some due to the format, including the flying back and forth to South Africa along with my new conflicting projects.
"I wish it was still possible but know you’ll be in safe hands. I was only planning to fill in for Caroline for a series and it turned into 3 series.
"I hope I did you proud Caroline ❤️."
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