Love Islandrunner upLuca Bishhas claimed that the producers told the stars “not to f**k’ it up” in regards to the show’s soaring ratings, however these allegations have been rubished by ITV, who say the Islanders made their own decisions in both villas.
Luca,who has since made things official with fellow islander Gemma Owen , suggested that this push from the producers was the reason behind the Islanders' controversial Casa Amor antics.
He himself raised eyebrows among viewers when he could be seen encouraging the other boys to pursue romance with the six new bombshells, despite many of them already being coupled up with some of the girls.
The 23 year old made these claims when appearing on Jamie Laing’sPrivate Parts podcast .
He said: ‘Not a lot of people know, we were standing there as boys—we got called to the outside of the villa—and before we went in, it was like “You lot are smashing it this year. The show is doing unbelievable! This is Casa Amor, don’t f*** it up.”
Luca added: “I think every boy knew what that meant, hence why you had chaos the first two days or whatever with the boys.”
Continuing, he said: “I went to the beach hut and it was like ‘come on, who do you fancy the most?’ and ‘why are the boys being such p***ies? They can’t bottle it now.’
“I was like ‘OK, I know what you’re saying,’ went out there and called them a bunch of p***ies, told them you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do.”
He further claimed that the producers also pushed for fellow islanderAndrew Le Pageto ditchTasha Ghouriand instead couple up with newcomer Coco Lodge.
He said: “Before Andrew had to pick that night, I think he wanted to stay single, well, wait for Tasha. An exec or something was said where a few boys got it where ‘if you are there and your girl comes back with a boy, you don't know if you're going home.’
“Your brain is going, if Gemma potentially came back with a boy or something like that, I knew it wouldn't happen deep down, but if she came back, I could've gone home.”
Luca’s bombshell claims follow the announcement that Channel 4are set to air a tell-all docu-seriesthat will reveal what really happens on the hit reality show.
In a statement to OK! a spokesperson for ITV has denied Luca’s claim that the islander’s decisions were influenced by producers.
They said: “There is no truth to these claims. The decisions made by the Islanders are their own.”
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