Naman Ramachandran Popular ITV show “Love Island” has attracted a total of 3,617 complaints in a week to U.K. media regulator Ofcom.
The most number of complaints, 2,481, were received on July 17, related to alleged misogynistic behavior by some of the male contestants during the show’s movie night.
This was followed by 413 complaints on July 18, related to alleged bullying and misogynistic behavior from some of the male contestants.Earlier, on July 15, Ofcom received 167 complaints, the majority of which were related to footage of contestants Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and George Tasker, who left the show on July 7, during ‘Casa Amor,’ the show’s relationship test.
And, on July 12, the majority of the 129 complaints received related to contestant Adam Collard entering the villa, and fellow contestant Jacques O’Neill’s wellbeing in the lead up to and during his departure from the villa on that day. “We are assessing the complaints against our broadcasting rules, but are yet to decide whether or not to investigate,” an Ofcom spokesperson told Variety.
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