Love Island stars who slammed show – lack of diversity, edited out and complaint

Posted on : July 22, 2023
Love Island stars who slammed show – lack of diversity, edited out and complaint
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    • Love Island has kicked started the careers of many stars.

    Over the past ten seasons, several singletons have entered the famous villa in a bid to find romance.

    While some live happily ever after with their partner, others have been left less than happy with how they came across on the ITV2 dating show.

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    From being left confused with the show’s edit to slamming the line-up’s lack of diversity, Daily Star has taken a look back at what some cast members have claimed about the show since leaving the villa.

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    1. Priya Gopaldas

      Series seven star Priya slammed the show’s "lack of diversity" and "token representation" when the 2023 winter series was unveiled earlier this year

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    2. Spencer Wilks

      Series nine star Spencer claims bosses didn’t air much of him and him personality and "never showed me making the girls laugh or the jokes I’d make"

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    3. Indiyah Polack

      The series eight finalist hit out at bosses’ choice of official picture for her, saying she instantly deleted it from her phone when she left the villa.

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    4. Ollie Williams

      Series six contestant Ollie said that the show "stictched me up" and that it was "edited to deliberately make me look bad"

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    1. Tanya Manhenga

      Series nine finalist Tanya said she was "not the big bad villain" the public thought she was and that she got a "got edited pretty bad because that’s not me"

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    2. Liam Llewellyn

      Series eight cast member Liam previously hit out at "unjustified editing" telling fans "You’re seeing such a small segment. It’s a TV show. They have to make drama and turn something that’s small into something big and the viewers get lost in all of that"

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    3. Sammy James

      The series nine Casa Amor bombshell hit out at producers in an Instagram Q&A claiming that the series nine edit made her and other female cast members to look like ‘mean girls’

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    4. Danny Bibby

      In a video posted to his Instagram stories, series seven’s Danny told fans "Just take it all with a pinch of salt, that’s all I’m saying, because a lot of it is edited to make you be someone you’re not"

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