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Scottish Sun
an hour ago
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- Scottish Sun
Love Island fans beg producers to ‘step in' to check on Islander after emotional moment
The contestant asked for help from the duty of care team SELF CARE Love Island fans beg producers to 'step in' to check on Islander after emotional moment Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) LOVE Island fans have voiced concerns for Shakira Khan after she cried to some of her fellow Islanders in emotional scenes. The Burnley babe burst into tears and sought help from the producers after she ended her blossoming relationship with Conor over fears she'd never get over Harry Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 4 Love Island fans are concerned for Shakira's mental health Credit: Eroteme 4 The Islander was emotional over her situation in the house Credit: Eroteme 4 Shakira asked for help from the Love Island duty of care team Credit: Eroteme The Sun revealed Shakira sought support from Love Island's 24/7 duty of care team and asked to leave the villa altogether, but the team were able to talk her through the dark episode and she decided to stay. It turns out Shakira was not the only one concerned for her mental health after her emotional moment, and viewers have asked for producers to step in to give her assistance. "Love Island and Women's Aid, are you not going to do anything about the bullying that Shakira has faced from the misogynistic men. It's truly unfair and so many people are worrying for her mental health," wrote one person on X, formerly Twitter. Last week, Women's Aid issued a statement condemning some of the male contestant's behaviour and criticising the ITV reality show for perpetuating misogyny and sexism. "Producers desperate to get rid of Shakira - make it make sense?, when she's the realest, most considerate, respectful girl in there? "Love Island [has] become more toxic as the years goes on. This year has tipped it for me not to want to watch the show anymore. Half of them aren't there for love anymore. "Just mean games with no respect. Honestly love island, do better. Bring back the way love island was in the early days," wrote another person on Instagram. And a third person commented: "Idc [I don't care] what anyone says one thing Shakira has proven again and again is she is honest and not playing a game and we love her for that." The concern for Shakira comes just a day after viewers slammed Love Island bosses for nominating her for 'Most Emotional Moment' in the annual Grafties award. The ITV2 reality dating show revealed that the Grafties awards were returning and invited fans to vote in six different categories. The Grafties are an awards ceremony that the Islanders attend where the public votes for nominees - chosen by Love Island producers - in the six categories. Those categories include, Flirtiest Performance, Unfinished Business, Best Double Act, Most Emotional Moment, the Best No Filter Moment, and the Eat, Sleep, Crack On, Repeat award. Love Island fans slam dumped villa boy as they spot moment his 'mask slipped' in 'nasty' rant Last year's Grafties were so controversial that media regulator, Ofcom, received hundreds of complaints about them. Shakira was nominated in multiple categories for the Grafties and fans have accused producers to trying to "make Shakira a villain." She was nominated for Best No Filter Moment and Best Double Act alongside Toni. One fan reacted to the nominations writing: "Toni and Shakira will again look like mean girls.. producers when I catch you…" And another posted: "Honestly women's aid need to release a statement about the love island producers for what they are putting shakira through."
The Irish Sun
an hour ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Love Island fans beg producers to ‘step in' to check on Islander after emotional moment
LOVE Island fans have voiced concerns for Shakira Khan after she cried to some of her fellow Islanders in emotional scenes. The Burnley babe burst into tears and sought help from the producers after she with over fears she'd never get over 4 Love Island fans are concerned for Shakira's mental health Credit: Eroteme 4 The Islander was emotional over her situation in the house Credit: Eroteme 4 Shakira asked for help from the Love Island duty of care team Credit: Eroteme sought support from Love Island's 24/7 duty of care team and asked to leave the villa altogether, but the team were able to talk her through the dark episode and she decided to stay. It turns out Shakira was not the only one concerned for her mental health after her emotional moment, and viewers have asked for producers to step in to give her assistance. "Love Island and Women's Aid, are you not going to do anything about the bullying that Shakira has faced from the misogynistic men. It's truly unfair and so many people are worrying for her mental health," wrote one person on X, formerly Twitter. Last week, Women's Aid issued a statement condemning some of the male contestant's behaviour and criticising the ITV reality show for love island "Producers desperate to get rid of Shakira - make it make sense?, when she's the realest, most considerate, respectful girl in there? "Love Island [has] become more toxic as the years goes on. This year has tipped it for me not to want to watch the show anymore. Half of them aren't there for love anymore. "Just mean games with no respect. Honestly love island, do better. Bring back the way love island was in the early days," wrote another person on Instagram. And a third person commented: "Idc [I don't care] what anyone says one thing Shakira has proven again and again is she is honest and not playing a game and we love her for that." Most read in TV The concern for Shakira comes just a day after viewers slammed Love Island bosses for nominating her for 'Most Emotional Moment' in the annual Grafties award. The ITV2 reality dating show revealed that the Grafties awards were returning and invited fans to vote in six different categories. The Grafties are an awards ceremony that the Islanders attend where the public votes for nominees - chosen by Love Island producers - in the six categories. Those categories include, Flirtiest Performance, Unfinished Business, Best Double Act, Most Emotional Moment, the Best No Filter Moment, and the Eat, Sleep, Crack On, Repeat award. Love Island fans slam dumped villa boy as they spot moment his 'mask slipped' in 'nasty' rant Last year's Grafties were so controversial that media regulator, Ofcom, received Shakira was nominated in multiple categories for the Grafties and fans have accused producers to trying to "make Shakira a villain." She was nominated for Best No Filter Moment and Best Double Act alongside Toni. One fan reacted to the nominations writing: "Toni and Shakira will again look like mean girls.. producers when I catch you…" And another posted: "Honestly women's aid need to release a statement about the love island producers for what they are putting shakira through." 4 Fans were not happy when Shakira was nominated for Most Emotional Moment Credit: Eroteme
ITV News
2 hours ago
- ITV News
One in eight women victims of domestic abuse, stalking or sexual assault, new figures show
One in eight women were victims of domestic crime, sexual abuse or stalking in the last year, new data has revealed. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), around 3.2 million women aged over 16 were victims of at least one of these crimes between March 2024 and 2025. It is the first time the ONS has grouped domestic abuse, sexual assault and stalking figures together, using data collected as part of the Crime Survey for England and Wales. The ONS hope this will mean it can more accurately estimate of the prevalence of domestic abuse, sexual assault and stalking against women and girls. The government will also use the figures to track its efforts on tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG). The figures, released Thursday, show estimated 5.1 million people aged 16 and over in England and Wales are likely to have experienced one of these crime types. Of those, 3.2 million are women and nearly 2.0 million are men. This equates to about one in 12 men being victims of at least one of the crime types over the same period. Reacting to the figures, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said: "We have already started to put domestic abuse specialists in 999 control rooms, invested in major new perpetrator programmes, and why we are publishing a transformative cross-government VAWG strategy in September, because everybody has a right to feel safe on our streets.' Women's Aid welcomed the ONS grouping the data together, saying it was a step towards a better overview of these crimes. Sarah Davidge, head of research and evaluation at Women's Aid, said the move "reflects the Government's commitment to ending VAWG", but added the data does not show the number of times each person was added: "We know that women encounter higher rates of repeat victimisation, are more likely to be subject to coercive and controlling behaviour and be seriously harmed or killed than male victims."Therefore, prevalence measures can underestimate the gender asymmetry of these crimes." Elsewhere, ONS data published on Thursday shows people aged 16 and over experienced 9.4 million incidents of crime in the year to March 2025, up from 8.8 million in the previous 12 months. The rise is mainly due to a 31% rise in fraud, which accounts for 4.2 million incidents and is the highest estimate since fraud was first measured in the survey in 2016/17. The figures also show that offences of shoplifting and theft from the person remain at record highs, while homicides are at their lowest level for more than a decade.
Daily Mirror
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Coronation Street icon Bill Ward reveals most 'horrific' scene he had to film
Bill Ward starred as the menacing Charlie Stubbs on Coronation Street in the 2000s and has now looked back on a scene which he found particularly 'horrific' to film Bill Ward has looked back on a 'horrific' scene he had to film for Coronation Street during his stint on the ITV soap. The actor, 58, starred as the villainous Charlie Stubbs on the ITV soap opera in the 2000s and spoke out on the infamous storyline in which he abused barmaid Shelley Unwin (Sally Lindsay). The harrowing plot saw Shelley become the victim of coercive control, but Bill noted that that there was only time he was physically violent with her. In the scene, which aired in January 2005, builder Charlie is accusing Shelley of blabbing to her best friend Sunita Alahan (Shobna Gulati) about his dodgy invoices. Despite protesting her innocence, Charlie pins Shelley up against a wall and rips out her earrings and spits on them after throwing them on the floor. The episode ended with a shocked Shelley noticing blood coming from her earlobes, and now Bill has admitted just how tough it was to create that moment on set. He said: "What we decided very early on about him was that it wasn't about violence. It was important that it had violence in his locker but what it was more about was control. I talked long and hard with Women's Aid about that. It was about controlling behaviour, so when the violence when it is used was a tool for coercive control. During an appearance on the Conversation Street podcast, he added: "So there was only one kind of specifically violent moment where he rips out Shelley's earrings, which was horrific to film but also brilliant because in that moment you saw what he was capable of, and Shelley knew. You don't need to do that again because you've got that hanging over the character for the dynamic of the relationship between the characters." Charlie eventually got engaged to Shelley, but, amid tensions with her mother Bev (Susie Blake), she decided to jilt him at the altar to bring their relationship to a dramatic close. He then went on to have an relationship with Maria Sutherland (Samia Longchambon) and attempted to drown David Platt (Jack P Shepherd) when he threatened to reveal the truth to his girlfriend Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford). They split up, but things came to a fatal head when Tracy and Charlie rekindled their romance, and she decided to claim that he was abusing her as an act of revenge. In the end, he discovered her plot and tried to call things off for a final time but she retaliated him by hitting him over the head with a large ornament. When Charlie died from his injuries in hospital, Tracy was sentenced to life in prison but was later released after the evidence in her trial was discredited, and returned to the cobbles just after the programme's 50th anniversary in 2010. Since his stint on the cobbles, Bill went on to play James Barton in Emmerdale, and has also had an illustrious career in theatre with major roles in Legally Blonde, The Full Monty and is currently on the road with The Shawshank Redemption. But Bill, whose time as Charlie has recently been re-aired during episodes of Classic Coronation Street on ITV3, still looks back fondly on his signature role. He added: "I hadn't done much telly when I started doing Charlie. So, for me, he was a real opportunity. And I loved it, I learned so much. From all of the crew about making television, but also about acting and so in that kind of a way, it is a job that is a big part of me and is very close to my heart." Despite the dark nature of his character, Bill found joy in the job at the time as he noted: "It was brilliant fun to do. I loved it, and I am very fond of it still. He was just interesting, great fun to play." Bill's comments on the impactful storyline with Charlie and Shelley comes shortly after his former co-star Sally, who has gone onto huge success with dramas such as The Madame Blanc Mysteries, admitted that she hasn't watched since she left in 2006. After surviving her domestic abuse storyline, it was a happy ending for Shelley as she left Weatherfield to run a country pub in the Peak District, but Sally told The Mirror: "I don't really watch them anymore because I left 20 years ago." When asked why, she explained: "Because I was in them, so you tend to not bother when you leave." Back in 2018, Sally revealed that she couldn't face watching Coronation Street any more because so much had changed, and 10 years later, she's stuck to her decision. Back then she said: "I don't actually watch Corrie. It's difficult watching it as it's changed so much – it's like looking back at an old place of work. "The dark storylines happened when I was there. We got 20 million viewers doing it with Richard, and that was gruesome. People will always moan – it's too violent or it's not as violent as it should be. If people didn't want it, they wouldn't make it. So there's obviously a need for it – but there's also a massive need for comedy."
Cosmopolitan
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Cosmopolitan
'It's been blown out of proportion': Love Island's Lauren responds to Harrison being called out by Women's Aid
Love Island's Lauren Wood has responded to Women's Aid's comments on partner Harrison Solomon's behaviour in the Villa, saying it had been "blown out of proportion". Speaking to Cosmopolitan UK after leaving the Villa last week, Lauren was asked how she felt about the charity's statement, to which she responded: "I think it was blown out of proportion. He's made a mistake, but everyone makes mistakes, like he's gone about it in the wrong way. He knows he's done wrong." She then added: "I think it was just the timing of everything. But like he said, he's not a bad person. Everyone in the Villa knows that and that's why it upset me the whole situation so much because I knew deep down he never meant it in a malicious way. He would never want to hurt someone, he just unfortunately didn't communicate with me how he felt and it's a shame he's been portrayed in this way, because that's just not him. And obviously for his family to see that it's just not nice when they know him properly, know that that isn't him as a person." She concluded: 'And with it being only an hour, we've not watched it back, we don't know what has actually been shown to get all of this. They see one hour a day.' Last week Women's Aid issued a statement to The Tab, in which they called out the men's behaviour on Love Island. The statement was shared after an episode aired in which Harrison slept with Lauren, and then the next day told fellow Islander Toni he still had feelings for her and suggested she chose him at the next recoupling, without telling Toni he had slept with Lauren. After Toni did make her decision, Lauren was upset and seen in tears on the show. Following this episode Women's Aid said: "In recent years, Love Island and other forms of reality TV have been repeatedly called out by viewers for allowing in contestants that had a history of abusive, coercive and manipulative behaviour in previous relationships. As a result, production companies have been more careful when it comes to selecting contestants and calling out toxic behaviours when we see them. 'Despite these positive steps, we still see unhealthy patterns of behaviour on these shows, showing just how steeped in misogyny and sexism our society still is. Women are often lied to, slut-shamed and manipulated, as well as laughed at behind their backs. Misogyny and sexism lay the foundation for the tolerance of abuse and violence – it reinforces a culture that excuses and trivialises violence against women and girls. More must be done to educate contestants on sexism and misogyny, and it is a great credit to viewers who take to social media, continuing to call out these behaviours as soon as they see them.' Harrison has since responded to the above statement, while in an interview with the Daily Mail. He said reading the charity's comment "wasn't nice" and that he does "respect women." He told the publication: "I have seen the backlash and it's hard to digest. I would disagree with a lot of it in terms of my respect for women, I do respect women. "The worst has been from Women's Aid. I know myself and the girls on the show too, Toni said she knows I'm not a bad person, just went about situations in the wrong way, but the Women's Aid statement wasn't nice... it's not nice coming out of the villa to my mum upset by that so I would say that's been the hardest." Harrison then did acknowledged his behaviour and apologised to the women he had hurt and added: "I got it wrong and the back and forth between the two connections caused more harm than I ever intended. "It wasn't ever an ego thing. I am not proud of how I handled things and I'm not going to make excuses. I just want to own it. If people can give me the space to grow from it, I will do everything I can to be better and that's the only thing I can do. "There is no handbook for how to be on a show like Love Island. It's instincts and intentions. I got some of it right, but I know I got a lot of it wrong, and I know that now." Last week Lauren was dumped from the Villa, after new bombshell Angel chose to couple up with Ty, which left Lauren single. She then asked Harrison (who was still technically in a couple with Toni) to leave with him. He debated over packing his bag and 24 hours after Lauren had left the Villa, he told his fellow Islanders he was quitting the Villa and wanted to pursue things with Lauren in the outside world. Since their exits last week, Harrison and Lauren have been reunited and appeared to barely spend a moment apart. For more information and support, visit Women's Aid's website or call the Freephone 24-hour National Domestic Violence Helpline, run by Women's Aid in partnership with Refuge, on 0808 2000 247.
