Ofcom have received 1,215 complaints about Love Island since Friday for two issues. Viewer have been less than impressed about the show and their care. This also comes as contestant Sherif was kicked off the show in what he says is to be “unconscious bias”.
The 12 sexy singles headed into the villa tonight 💗🌴
Who will be dumped and who will find true love? Only time will tell… #LoveIsland pic.twitter.com/ymEayCsDai
— Love Island (@LoveIsland) June 3, 2019
One of these issues is about Maura Higgins’ actions towards Tommy Fury during the Friday episode, they have received over 450 complaints about this. Higgins tried to kiss Tommy several times despite him moving his face away from her.
Imagine the backlash a man would get for crawling on top of a woman and trying to force a kiss 😅🤷🏽♂️
— Matt Terry (@MattTerry93) June 14, 2019
The other complaint was for the treatment of Lucie Donlan by some fellow contestants including her partner Joe Garratt. Many viewers are concerned for Lucie and accuse Joe of being controlling after he asked her not to hang around with the male contestants and spend more time being friendly with the female contestants. Lucie has also been seen upset and crying over many times in the show after struggling with friendships with the female contestants.
This photo is actually heartbreaking. How are #loveisland just sitting there and letting this happen. Amy has turnt everyone against lucie for no reason and jo really isn’t helping the situation either. I’ve never seen anything like this in all the previous seasons. pic.twitter.com/AoQc6DMbZ3
— 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐡☕️ (@bethdainesxox) June 18, 2019
Adina Claire, Co-Chief Executive of Women’s Aid, has released a statement about Joe’s behaviour with Lucie, saying: “Controlling behaviour is never acceptable, and with Love Island viewers complaining to Ofcom in record numbers about Joe’s possessive behaviour towards Lucie, more people are becoming aware of this and want to challenge it.
“Abusive relationships often start off with subtle signs of control, so it’s important that it is recognised at an early stage. Love Island viewers are now very vocal in calling out unhealthy behaviour between couples on the show, and this is a positive development.”
In the last series there was 2,600 complaints about the treatment of former contestant Dani Dyer. The complaints were about how Dyer was shown a misleading video of her then boyfriend Jack after his ex-girlfriend was brought onto the show.
An Ofcom spokesperson said they “understood” Dyer’s distress was upsetting for viewers.
But it considered “viewers are likely to expect emotionally charged scenes”.
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