Love Island fans enraged at lack of Caroline Flack tribute on 10-year special
Love Island fans were left disappointed after the show's 10-year special episode on Sunday night didn't include a tribute to the late Caroline Flack, the original host of the ITV2 series
Love Island fans have been left confused and upset thanks to the show's 10-year anniversary episode lacking a dedicated tribute to Caroline Flack. The one-off special also failed to pay homage to late contestants Mike Thalassitis and Sophie Gradon.
The original Love Island presenter took her own life in February 2020 at the age of 40. Prior to her passing, Caroline had stepped back from hosting the ITV2 dating series and had been replaced by Irish presenter Laura Whitmore, wife of the show's narrator Iain Stirling.
Caroline's death occurred during the first season of Love Island's winter series, with the show briefly paused before resuming with an on-air tribute to the late presenter from Iain. However, as the reality TV series celebrates a decade on our screens, another tribute to Caroline has been snubbed despite her popularity.
The late star was a hit with viewers, with Love Island's 2015 comeback seeing its viewing figures almost double after a 10-year hiatus. Ahead of the series' return this year, ITV aired a 10-year anniversary special episode on Sunday night, honouring the successful history of the enduring reality show.
However, amidst the festivities, several fans expressed their disappointment that no tributes were made to Caroline and late Love Island stars Mike Thalassitis and Sophie Gradon. Mike tragically took his own life in 2019 at just 26 years old, while Sophie died by suicide in 2018, aged 32.
"Ten years of love island and no sign of Caroline Flack #LoveIsland," one viewer observed on Twitter (X) on Sunday night, with another raging: "Sorry but watch #LoveIsland won't even pay tribute to acknowledge the late Mike and Sophie or even Caroline bet they just wanna show clips of the drama and loved up couples of they don't poor on Love Island not to really is @LoveIsland."
"I don't like that they didn't do a mini tribute to Caroline Flack, she was basically responsible for the show coming back #LoveIsland," a third argued as another mused: "Did anyone else think there would be like an in memoriam thing at the end for Caroline Flack? Kind of weird there wasn't? #LoveIsland."
Despite this, some viewers admitted how joyful it was to see vintage footage of Caroline presenting the show featured in the programme. "The hardest part of watching back Love Island's ten years of highlights is seeing how happy Caroline was," one emotional viewer penned. "Love Island was truly her happy place."
After Caroline's death in February 2020, a coroner ruled she took her own life after learning prosecutors were going to press ahead with an assault charge over an incident involving her boyfriend, Lewis Burton.
She was best known for presenting ITV reality show Love Island from 2015 to 2019, and was also a presenter on The X Factor, I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! NOW! and TMi.
In 2014, she won series 12 of Strictly Come Dancing, partnered by professional dancer Pasha Kovalev, achieving a perfect score in the final.
An upcoming Disney+ documentary follows Caroline's mother as she tries to understand events in the final months of her daughter's life, while also celebrating her career.
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