Love Island hit with more than 250 Ofcom complaints over age-gap romances
dailystar.co.ukLove Island has been hit hard with complaints in its first week of airing after fans were outraged over the age gap between Gemma Owen, 19, and Davide Sanclimenti, 27.Viewers of the ITV dating programme were particularly outraged when the former Liverpool striker's daughter Michael Owen shared a passionate kiss with the hunky Italian which prompted a lot of feedback on Twitter.Further rage was sparked when Davide later admitted on the show that he would normally date younger females - which lead to many viewers requesting for a 21-year-age limitation in place to be a contestant.Outraged viewers complained to Ofcom over the age difference between the pair, with an influx of 167 complaints issued about the episode of June 7, which saw them couple up.One person penned: "Please please please have a minimum age requirement of 21, I don’t want to see a 19-year-old kissing someone who’s pushing 30."Another tweet read: "Ewwww I’m sorry but why does Davide as a 27-year-old want to be coupled up with a 19-year-old.""Keep Gemma away from Davide.
She's a teenager and he is nearly 30, I am not here for it," fumed a third who was hoping to be heard by producers.While a fourth raged: "19 and 27 is a mad age gap … Gemma's age means I can't see her with any of them.
Just feels wrong."There were a further 93 complaints after the episode on June 12 relating to the age of a contestant.During this episode, bombshell Jacques O'Neill entered and fans figured out that Gemma would have been around 17 when they dated.One said: "Jacques is 23, Gemma is 19.
They broke up a year-and-a-half ago, so when they were 21 and 17 and they were together for eight months so they were 20 and 16."The show aims to match up a number of attractive singletons who.
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