ITV Love Island slapped with thousands of complaints in one week as viewers' anger boils over
20.07.2022 - 14:11
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Love Island viewers have shared their anger by lodging official complaints. It has been revealed that thousands of official complaints have been made about the ITV2 dating show in the last seven days amid the annual Movie Night - dubbed Mad Movies - and claims of misogyny.
Earlier this week viewers finally got what they were waiting for when Movie Night returned to our screens which sees the islanders see clips of antics that have happened when the couples have been tempted by newcomers during the dramatic Casa Amor twist.
During Friday night's episode, Luca Bish watched a clip of Gemma Owen insinuating her head could be turned by another boy and flirting with new boy Billy Brown in the kitchen. Then during Sunday's episode the 19-year-old featured again in a separate “flirty” conversation with Billy in the clip titled Good Bill Hunting.
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After watching the clip, Luca said: “I’m telling you now, I don’t even want to speak to her. "I’m f***ing fuming. I am not going f***ing near that bird mate. Bring me a f***ing bird in, watch me then flirt. Trust me when I say, if she wants to play it down to me I will f***ing explode. I can’t be with someone like that, sorry."
Pointing to his snake tattoo, Luca added: "See this tattoo on my chest, that’s what she is." After a frosty reception between the pair, tey eventually sat down for an, unsuccessful, chat in which Gemma told Luca: "I don’t think any lines have been crossed." In recent days, however, viewers have seen the pair back on good terms
Ofcom has now revealed that 2,481 viewers contacted the, on Sunday over the misogynistic behaviour by some of the male