Maya is definitely smug and vain, growing up very beautiful can do that to a person I guess. She’s not funny in the slightest esp with her OTT trying to be a goofball online schtick that she does, pulling weird faces and doing silly dances. It’s classic ‘beautiful person who’s been tricked into thinking they’re funnier and more interesting than they are because they’re beautiful’ syndrome.
It’s the same thing that holds her back as a presenter imo. She coasts by doing the bare minimum and people mistake her for being far better at her job than she actually is. Love Island is by far her plummiest gig to date so I’m interested to see how she does. Ever since her old tweets got leaked I’ve had a fairly low opinion of her, they were quite vile and she would’ve been 18-20ish writing them so imo it’s a reflection of her character and not just childish folly.
I stopped following her so I don't know if I'm missing something deeper but I agree. She seems refreshing at first because it's like wow she's stunning but she doesn't take herself seriously to the point she will post herself pulling the ugliest faces. But after a few minutes you realise that's all she has.
She's not that funny (beyond acting silly so fine, if slapstick is your thing) and she doesn't know how to control a room/interview because she's too focused on being the entertainment.
I think she might work on LI because she's warm, personable and with LI you don't really need to ask pressing questions.
Also, anyone would look like an amazing presenter compared to Laura Whitmore, because you just have to seem alive. That alone will do a lot for her.