Love Island gets hundreds of Ofcom complaints over 'toxic' girls 'bullying' boys

01 March 2023 , 11:19

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Love Island gets hundreds of Ofcom complaints over 'toxic' girls 'bullying' boys

Love Island has been hit by hundreds more Ofcom complaints this week.

The ITV2 show has aired some huge scenes as of late, with Casa Amor causing havoc for the Islanders whilst the fall out in Movie Night saw some relationships hit the rocks. There was lots of couple switching in Casa Amor, before the Islanders' antics were aired to the whole villa in a special - and much loved - segment of the show called Movie Night, which always sparks much drama.

There, the Islanders learned who encouraged who to cheat - and exactly what went down in the second villa.

There was drama on movie night (ITV)

The programme received 266 complaints for its show on February 23rd and a further 71 complaints for the episode on February 22nd. On February 23rd, the majority of complaints were about Tanya’s behaviour towards Shaq and Olivia’s behaviour towards Kai.

For the episode on February 22nd, most complaints were about Olivia's behaviour and treatment of Kai, whilst others expressed their concern for Will's mental health as the fall out from Movie Night began.

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After Movie Night, Shaq broke down in tears as he watched Tanya kiss Martin whilst in Casa Amor.

Shaq broke down over the clip (ITV)

Despite Shaq's visible upset, Tanya didn't apologise for what happened - resulting in some fans branding her "self-centred and immature". After watching the footage, Shaq fumed: "So it was just a peck, yeah, and he went to kiss you? So you're lying now?"

But Tanya refused to back down and said: "If you're looking for something to be angry about, this isn't it."

"I cant lie, I feel like she's a liar, I feel like she's full of s**t," Shaq later told the boys.

Olivia was also criticised for her treatment of Kai (ITV)

Elsewhere, Olivia was criticised for her treatment of Kai, when she pulled him for a chat and asked him why he didn’t name her as most untrustworthy during the challenge. "I was quite shocked you didn’t pick me," she said at the time.

Kai then explained to her: "I just want to squash the beef, that’s it," whilst Olivia said she felt it was a bit of a cop out: "I completely want to squash it, but you picking Claudia for me was a bit of a cop out."

"For me it confirms that maybe you are quite fake and for me I’d much rather you’d have just said, ‘Olivia and these are the reasons why I don’t think she’s genuine,'" she told him, with many fans taking issue with her comments.

Jasmine Allday