Love Island hit with over 9000 Ofcom complaints after bullying scenes

Daily Mirror

6 days ago

Love Island has been hit with a huge number of Ofcom complaints following scenes with Shakira. The ITV2 show is reaching its crescendo, with the final just days away.
Angry fans fumed to broadcasting regulator Ofcom over the scenes, where they said Islanders were bullying Shakira. A total of 9,339 complaints were made to Ofcom in this vein whilst a further 298 were made about the way Blu spoke to Toni.
Elsewhere, there were 55 complaints about Megan returning to the villa and a further 29 complaints expressing their concern for Harry following his breakup with Helena and opening up about his feelings for Shakira. It comes after Harry's weird fetish on the show had fans left feeling disgusted for a very specific reason.
The heartbreaking scenes aired last week and earlier this week when both Helena and Shakira broke down as they were played and pitted against one another. The Grafties returned to the villa and there was even more heartbreak in store.
Shakira had decided to end things with Conor as she had "suppressed emotions" over Harry, whilst in the video clips, Harry was seen flirting with Shakira and said it was a "good idea" for them to get to know one another.
Harry later told Conor that he just felt a friendly connection with Helena and his bond with Shakira was far more "natural". Both women struggled to watch the scenes and broke down multiple times as they learned the truth.
Following the Grafties, Harry and Shakira decided to speak, with him telling her: "I have really tried with her [Helena], but we had like a week and it was, for me, the feelings were obviously way stronger and still are. I'm sorry I never like tried again. I really thought the door was just, like, slammed."
"Do you want some home truths… it's obviously the way you go about it and the steps you take in between to come to these conclusions obviously hurt people along the way," she told him.
"It's all well and good you saying 'hold my hands up guys, sorry' but you still hurt people. And it's a pattern." Harry then said: "Look, I'm either leaving here alone or with you."
Love Island returns this evening and the final will air next week, as the public decide who they want to crown champions. There will be multiple dumpings before then, as the remaining Islanders get whittled down ahead of the final.