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It’s hard to believe that the woman posting videos of wholesome picnics, worship sessions and prayer circles on social media first found fame on Love Island and OnlyFans.
But over the past few years, Katie Salmon has rebuilt her brand, claiming she’s changed her ways after finding God following the birth of her daughter in March 2022.
Katie Salmon, raised in a non-religious household on a council estate in the Wirral, once dreamed of becoming a glamour model before making her television debut in season two of Love Island in 2016.
Now, a decade later, her social media feed is filled with posts quoting prayers and religious affirmations. And in January she launched a new venture, House of Faith, promoted as a Christian sanctuary for women seeking purpose, recovery and community.
Described as ‘a home rooted in faith’, it promises to ‘help women grow mentally, physically and spiritually’ through faith-based events, mentorship and workshops.
Tickets for events start from around £18, while social media videos of the group show smiling women embracing, singing worship songs, exercising and listening as Katie preaches to them.
On Instagram, Katie, 30, regularly speaks about being ‘rescued, restored and redeemed by Jesus’ to her 241,000 followers.
She talks about having gone from ‘breaking rules to breaking generational curses’ and says her greatest desire now is to help women overcome addiction, trauma and domestic violence with the guidance of religion.
Katie Salmon, from the Wirral, made her television debut in season two of Love Island in 2016
Katie with Adam Maxted on the show following her split with Sophie Gradon. Katie and Adam finished in fourth place
On Instagram, Katie regularly speaks about being ‘rescued, restored and redeemed by Jesus’
Hers is a compelling redemption story, with regular references to overcoming battles with depression, alcoholism and toxic relationships after finding faith. And she maintains that she’s not ashamed of her past because it ‘demonstrates God’s ability to transform a life’.
Although Katie is candid about many of the struggles she’s faced, there is one dark episode from her past that followers of House of Faith may not be aware of.
For I can reveal that Katie has kept quiet about the exact details of a recent ‘run in’ she had ‘with the legal system’ after she attacked a love rival with a stiletto, leaving her with two black eyes in 2023.
Katie was found guilty of assault in July 2025, having caused actual bodily harm after attacking a woman in Northampton. Katie has referenced the incident on social media and in a recent podcast appearance, but omitted many of the shocking details that emerged during her three-day trial last year. Shockingly, the former Love Islander planned the assault on a love rival, Jyssica Memory, after discovering that her partner of four years, Anthony Kelly, had been having an affair with her.
The court heard that Katie planned the attack with Anthony by instructing him to tell Jyssica to pack for a trip to Thailand together. Katie then ambushed Jyssica while she was waiting to be picked up from a friend’s house in Kettering to go to the airport with Anthony.
The court heard Katie repeatedly punched and kicked Jyssica ‘seven to ten times’ before using both a stiletto heel and a hairdryer as weapons during the attack.
Jurors were left shocked after being shown video footage of the incident. Clumps of Jyssica’s hair were ripped from her head and her suitcase was emptied into the street, scattering clothes and underwear in a scene that the prosecution later described as ‘humiliating’.
Katie was convicted two years after the incident took place, receiving a suspended prison sentence and community service.
Jyssica Memory, who Katie attacked after discovering that her partner of four years, Anthony Kelly, had been having an affair with her
House of Faith, which was launched in January this year, is marketed as a safe space for women aged 16 and over
Katie has publicly said she accepted the guilty verdict and viewed the experience as part of ‘God’s plan’
At the time, she even posted a photograph of herself wearing a hi-vis vest while carrying out her unpaid work.
‘Probably shouldn’t document this but keeping it real,’ she wrote. ‘Now I know why the Bible says if someone slaps the cheek give them other [sic].’
Katie has publicly said she accepted the guilty verdict and viewed the experience as part of ‘God’s plan’.
‘They found me guilty, which is fine. I have to take the consequences of my actions,’ she said in a social media post.
She also revealed how she narrowly avoided prison because her sentencing took place just two days after new legislation came into force that recommended that certain first-time offenders, such as single mothers like Katie, should not ordinarily receive immediate custodial sentences.
‘So me asking God why he made me wait three years [to go on trial] then made sense,’ she said. ‘I was put on community service which was really humiliating for me.’
Just a year on from her conviction, Katie has become the face of a new community worship group. But are all her followers aware of the shocking details of her violent attack?
Speaking on the Christian podcast, The Way UK, earlier this month, she described the case as ‘basically a fight’.
‘I had a run in with the legal system that had happened whilst I was living in a dark place and I was facing up to four years in jail,’ she explained.
‘It basically was a fight and I was left with 15 stitches in my face and the other person was left with an injury as well, a black eye.’ But she made no mention of planning the attack, or using a stiletto to violently harm her love rival.
House of Faith, which was launched in January this year, is marketed as a safe space for women aged 16 and over but a quick scroll through its website and social media pages shows no mention of its founder’s previous criminal conviction. Instead, followers are shown videos and pictures of worship, friendship and healing.
When approached for comment, a spokesman for Katie said: ‘She gave her life to Christ three years after the attack and has completely changed her life. She is now involved with a Christian charity which she does not profit from.
‘And all the proceeds go back into helping women in distress and who are suffering or have suffered traumatic experiences.’
Future plans for the group include retreats, mentorship programmes and faith-based resources, while recent events have featured live music, fitness sessions, group prayer and raffle prizes donated by brands including LookFantastic.
And only this week Katie shared another emotional post reflecting on her transformation.
She admitted that, after Love Island, she believed fame would fulfil her before turning to OnlyFans for ‘money, validation, luxury and attention’.
‘From the outside, it looked like I had everything. But behind closed doors, I was emptier than I’d ever been.’
She went on to describe ‘an abusive relationship, a court case, public shame’ and said she found Jesus at her lowest point. ‘He didn’t meet me when I had it all together,’ she said. ‘He met me in the middle of my mess.’
Katie’s personal story is undoubtedly one of extraordinary change. As she strives to start a new chapter with House of Faith, will her followers be able to forgive and forget the mistakes in her past?
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