How did the misogyny against Love Island’s Rachel Finni become about everyone else?

Love Island favourite Faye Winter dramatically "walked out" of her interview with podcast host Will Njobvu during his latest Reality episode, but thankfully the blonde beauty was simply staging a hilarious ending to the show. The 47-minute chat saw the pair cover everything from past Love Island dramas, current contestants, the highly-anticipated return of Big Brother and "getting the ick," and it was a fun laugh-a-minute for the duo. But as Will thought he was asking a simple question to round things off with his latest guest, things took an incredibly awkward turn.

Love Island has seen its fair share of controversies over the years.The ITV2 show dropped its civilian reboot in June 2015 and soon amassed a global following of millions of viewers.With eight UK series now under its belt plus one winter season, the show has provided plenty of drama.There have also been occasions where the villa drama has spilled over into real life, such as the latest controversy which has engulfed last year's Islanders Rachel Finni and Brad McClelland in a 'bullying' row.From 'punch' claims to Ofcom-alerting romps, Daily Star takes a look inside Love Island's biggest ever controversies.Last year's Islanders have brought the drama forward in a recent 'bullying' row.The controversy began when Brad, Jake Cornish, Tyler Cruickshank and Aaron Francis took part in an Instagram Live video.Discussing Rachel on the live stream, Brad said: "Bombshell," and quizzically nodded his head.As the others laughed, he read out a comment which said: "Rachel, yet again, not a bombshell."Reacting to the cruel jibes on Instagram on Wednesday, Rachel said she felt "bullied" to such an extent that she for the first time 'regretted going on the show'.Want all the last villa gossip straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily Love Island newsletter HERE Rachel was later defended by her co-stars Kaz Kamwi and Shannon Singh.After public apologies were shared by Brad and Tyler on their Instagram stories, Rachel spoke to Daily Star about the controversy.Of their apologies, she said: "It's all forced. "It's an apology so they don't get cancelled and so they don't lose brand deals.

MANY singletons go on Love Island with the hope of leaving the villa rich and famous (and having found love, right?). But some end up regretting they ever entered - including last year's 'bombshell' Rachel Finni.

Of all the memorable things to have gone viral last year, it was Love Island 2021 star Faye Winter’s brown lipstick that was a true highlight. For weeks Twitter was ablaze with commentary about her choice of lip liner and lipstick – and now it’s the turn of Gemma Owen. Dressage rider Gemma has been wearing a deep neutral shade of lipstick for the evenings, and plenty of Twitter users have been taking to the platform to question whether or not the lipstick/lipliner combo is the same as Faye’s from last year.

Given that there are cameras practically everywhere, keeping a secret on Love Island is a pretty hard thing to do. But despite all the obstacles in the way, that hasn’t stopped Love Islanders from attempting to keep their behaviour concealed. Most recently, viewers were shown a teaser for tonight’s episode where Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Jay Younger are captured sharing what seems to be a kiss.

Love Island contestants Tasha Ghouri and Andrew Le Page couldn't wait to see what the Hideaway had to offer after discussing their sexual fantasies. And they got a chance to realise those fantasies as they were chosen as the first Love Island 2022 couple for a romantic night away together.The loved-up couple seemed to have enjoyed their private time, with fans suspecting they "went all the way", but not all of the islanders have had the same reaction to the idea of going into the Hideaway in the past.

Love Island star Faye Winter joked that she and Teddy Soares helped put new bombshell Remi Lambert into the villa after she revealed their hilarious baby link.On Tuesday (June 14), the 26-year-old blonde bombshell took to Instagram to share her excitement after the teaser of the two new hunks set to enter the villa aired on the ITV dating show.Alongside fellow beefcake Jay Younger, the reality stars are set to turn heads in the villa as Islanders see whether their current relationships will stand the test of time with the addition of new residents.As she shared a snap of the new Islander on Instagram, she boasted about his appearance on the show after spotting his resemblance and matching name to the baby Faye and Teddy looked after during last year’s series.She captioned the hilarious post: “So proud of our son @teddy_soares! He grew up so fast in a year! Note to all new parents...hiding in a wardrobe and giving all responsibility to the daddy’s allows them to grow rapidly.“Love always MUM AND DAD” which she signed off with a kiss.As loyal fans of the show will remember, the blonde belle hid in the wardrobe while she left baby Remi in the capable hands of her boyfriend Teddy after showing resentment to the crying robot baby.The former lettings manager later went on to share a video of herself commenting on his arrival in the show as she recalled the hilarious baby challenge last year.In the clip, she added: “So team the news is finally out, baby Remi is going back into the villa a year later.

A former Love Island star has revealed that Islanders can make use of the villa's "cat flap", which delivers anything a contestant may desire. Rachel Finni starred in the 2021 series of the ITV2 show and has recently opened up on some of the hidden features of the villa that viewers don't get to see. One of which is the "cat flap", which she says islanders only need to "ask, believe and receive".

We're only midway through the second week and Love Island viewers are already calling for the returning of the infamous Casa Amor as they make a prediction. Casa Amor was introduced as a second villa to the main house in 2017 during the third series.

Love Island came to an end to talk about the latest villa gossip.When asked who she thought was going to get to the final she said: "It’s hard to answer if anyone could go to the final, as someone who's been on the show and knows how it works, everyone gets a character."There’s a broken-hearted person, a joker, that depends who is going to win."People's characters change, it’s not necessarily them, it’s the show."I think everyone brings something to the table, everyone shares a purpose."We’ve still got a lot of time to fall in love with certain islanders and make opinions of them, I will just say as someone who has been on the show just take everything you say with a pinch of salt because you're not seeing everything." In the interview Rachel also responded to the slew of apologies by her former co-stars after a comment was made about her online.Last Wednesday (June 8), ex-Islanders Brad McClelland, Tyler Cruickshank, Aaron Francis and Jake Cornish appeared on a joint Instagram Live together where they took part in brief Q&A from their loyal legion of fans.During the catch-up, the group were discussing the subject of bombshells entering the villa on the ITV dating show when Brad read out a message which said: “Rachel, not a bombshell.”Brad, who was with Rachel for a brief time on the show back in 2021, read the comment out before he burst out laughing, adding that he “wasn’t into her”, despite their brief coupling.When she was asked about the cruel jokes made about her during the video, she claimed the clip revealed the group’s “true colours”.She said: “I’m over it. I said what I said, they said what they said.

Love Island has a 'hidden cat flap' to deliver products straight into the reality TV villa.29-year-old Rachel Finni was a contestant in the 2021 series of the hit reality TV show, and now she has opened up on some of the unique experiences that Island life has to offer.The brunette beauty took part in an exclusive Instagram Live session with the Daily Star where she claime the villa has a ‘secret cat flap’ which is used to satisfy the islander’s daily needs.She commented that, “You ask believe and receive and it comes to the cat flap.”And according to Rachel, the producers of the programme always made sure the stars were looked after with a wide variety of food, adding: “I personally really enjoyed the food. I loved it so much.

Love Island star Rachel Finni has called out the hit ITV show for a lack of diversity and said it could learn from Netflix's Too Hot to Handle.Speaking exclusively to Daily Star's Carly Beech, bombshell Rachel expressed that although she feels diversity has improved on the programme, more could still be done.Talking candidly on Instagram live she said: "I would like to see more diversity, I’m not saying it’s not diverse it’s fantastic. "I’ve always spoken about diversity and they’ve delivered.

Love Island stars Olivia and Alex Bowen have announced the birth of their first child, a baby boy named AJ. The couple, who came second in the 2016 edition of the ITV series, shared the news on Instagram.

LOVE Island's Faye Winter has revealed she doesn't condone what she did on Love Island after receiving 25,000 Ofcom complaints. The reality favourite, 26, made reference to what happened during her stint in the villa last year after a spat between her former co-stars emerged online.

Love Island star Rachel Finni has responded to the slew of apologies by her former co-stars after a comment was made about her online. On Wednesday (June 8), ex-Islanders Brad McClelland, Tyler Cruickshank, Aaron Francis and Jake Cornish appeared on a joint Instagram Live together where they took part in brief Q & A from their loyal legion of fans.During the catch-up, the group were discussing the subject of bombshells entering the villa on the ITV dating show when Brad read out a message which said: “Rachel, not a bombshell.”Brad, who was with Rachel for a brief time on the show back in 2021, read the comment out before he burst out laughing, adding that he “wasn’t into her”, despite their brief coupling.Do you have a story about one of this year's Love Island stars? Contact us at staronlineshowbiz@reachplc.comNow, in an exclusive interview with Daily Star, the brunette beauty, 29, has said she believes the apology she received from the quartet was not genuine and was simply made so that “lads don’t get cancelled”.On Friday (June 10), the reality star took part in an Instagram Live after the first week of Love Island came to an end, where she responded to the cruel comments made at her expense earlier on in the week.When she was asked about the poor jokes made about her during the video, she claimed the clip revealed the group’s “true colours.”Want all the last villa gossip straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily Love Island newsletter HERE.She said: “I’m over it.

Rachel Finni slammed Love Island bosses after the ITV dating show introduced a new coupling format, which involved the public choosing the villa couples instead of the islanders themselves.The former Love Island star, who appeared on last year's series, claimed ITV brought in the new coupling format as they "didn't want to take responsibility" for black girls being picked last during the show's coupling scenes.Earlier this week, Love Island returned for its eighth series, which meant a new cast of sexy singletons landed in the villa in a bid to find love in the sun.However, viewers and islanders alike were shocked when host Laura Whitmore revealed the islanders wouldn't get a say in who they paired up with during the first coupling.Instead, it was members of the public who had all the power and were able to vote for the singletons they wanted to see coupled up.Brunette beauty Rachel, 29, hit out at Love Island bosses for the coupling format during an exclusive Instagram Live chat with Daily Star.She said the show's new coupling format was a "tactical" decision by ITV designed to protect them as they wanted to avoid responsibility for a black girl being picked last.Rachel claimed: "The show has been going on for how many years now? The public getting involved wasn’t because they wanted us to be a part of the show it’s because they didn’t want to take responsibility for the black girl being picked last."So they said 'okay let’s make sure everyone is guaranteed to be picked, it won’t be done in order and if anyone has a problem with who they’re coupled up with, we as the show can’t take the blame because it would have been other people that done it'."She believed the public vote put the islanders in a "forced" and

LOVE Island star Tyler Cruikshank has issued a major apology to his co-star Rachel Finni after being accused of humiliating her. Rachel, 30, blasted her co-stars following an livestream, where they implied that she wasn't worthy of being called a bombshell.

With Love Island back on our screens, the drama in the villa has turned up a notch following the arrival of bombshells Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Afia Tonkmor. As the new contestants made their debut in the ITV2 show’s stunning new Majorcan villa, fellow islanders were left “rattled” by their forward approach when it came to making moves and cracking on.

Love Island contestant Brad McClelland has issued an apology to co-star Rachel Finni over a 'humiliating' video he and other stars from the dating show did on Instagram.

Love Island season seven contestants, Brad McClelland and Tyler Cruickshank have publicly apologised to their former co-star Rachel Finni after ‘humiliating’ her in a video where they laughed at a comment about her appearance. Brad, 26, and Tyler, also 26, along with Jake Cornish, 25, and Aaron Francis, 24, took part in an Instagram Live video, and they were seen seemingly laughing at 29 year old Rachel’s expense, after a member of the public commented, saying: “Rachel, yet again, not a bombshell”. The incident has seen Rachel take to her own social media to slam them as ‘nobodies’ and ‘f**ckboys’, and, amongst revealing her anguish at the situation, she also revealed that it caused her to wish she had never taken part in the popular ITV series.

Faye Winter has urged Love Island's Gemma Owen to "rinse" the fact her dad is famous footballer Michael Owen, as she weighed in on the new series of the hit ITV2 dating show. The 2021 finalist, 26, took to Instagram Stories to update her 1.2 million followers about her views on the new series so far.