Love Island’s biggest backlashes – from Ofcom race row to Casa Amor outrage and ‘cruel’ postcard

Viewers are just a few weeks into a long, hot and rather dramatic summer of love thanks to ITV and Love Island – that's set to get hotter. In the short few weeks it's been on, the show has already brought with it plenty of scenes of high tension, surprises and an awkward run in with an ex – and that’s not mentioning the recouplings, dumpings and bombshells.

LOVE Island’s Faye Winter has taken her revenge on a cruel troll who inundated her with ‘horrendous messages’. The 27-year-old was so horrified by his comments she sent them to his mum, rugby club and his employer – in a warning to others not to “f*** with her”.

Love Island contestant Remi Lambert has claimed Jacques O'Neill "ruined" his experience on the hit ITV dating show due to "arguments" that were never aired.Appearing on the Youtube and podcast show, Reality with Will Njobvu alongside previous bombshell Afia Tonkmor, Remi described unaired scenes where Jacques would allegedly taunt him.Speaking openly about his experience, Remi, 22, said: "There was a lot of stuff that wasn’t aired, lots of stuff that went on," before asking whether it was ok to expand on the situation.READ MORE: Love Island star Antigoni Buxton's mum Tonia, 54, stuns in skimpy bikini snap"Basically, me and Jacques got into quite a lot of arguments, it made my experience s**t, it ruined it for me."People were saying it was because he has a rugby persona, but you can’t treat anyone like that.The professional dancer continued: "He was just trying to get on to me, being like 'My name’s Remi, I’m hard, I’m from Manny [Manchester]'."It was constant, it was so jarring, but I was the only one to stick up for myself, he would always do that to people."I’d tell him to shut up.

Love Island host Laura Whitmore has been celebrating her hen do in style – two years after her marriage to the show's narrator Iain Stirling – as she touched down at Glastonbury Festival in a helicopter. While the 37 year old mother-of-one is currently betrothed to hosting duties on this year's Love Island, which is currently underway, she made sure to make the most of her free time with her pals, at what she dubbed her "GlastHENbury".

Love Island 2021 star Liberty Poole has stunned fans with her latest Instagram post.She channelled her inner Barbie doll with a gorgeous zip-up top and a matching pink mini skirt.She partnered the glamorous outfits with her hair in long blonde curls , simple chain heart necklace and long pink acrylic nails.READ MORE: Love Island Antigoni Buxton's famous mum wows as she takes ice bath in teeny bikiniThe blonde beauty was smouldering down the camera lens after her makeup was freshly done. She captioned the picture: " Too glam to give a damn."The picture sent both friends and fans into a frenzy with many taking to the comments section to tell her how amazing she looked.Fellow Love Island star and bestie Kaz Kamwi commented: "Stunninggggg!!" With love heart eye emojis.Another fellow contestant Faye Winter wrote: "Beauty," followed by two love heart eye emojis.

Love Island has officially kicked off. On June 6, viewers got to see 11 sexy singletons head into the plush Spanish villa ready for a summer of fun.Fans got to witness Italian bombshell Davide Sanclimenti enter unannounced, 19-year-old Gemma get branded "rude" for brutally rejecting partner Liam and Amber have a cheeky kiss with Tasha.

GEMMA OWEN's aunt Lesley and cousin Ellie look identical to her on Sunday night's After Sun, as they defend Gemma and Luca. Gemma Owen's lookalike aunt and cousin praised her on After Sun, and they were adamant she would not be rekindling with her old flame, Jacques O'Neil. Her aunt Lesley and cousin Ellie, told host Laura Whitmore how Gemma, 19, is just friends with ex-boyfriend Jacques, 23.

Love Island host Laura Whitmore has defended her decision to ask Remi Lambert to do a farewell rap on Sunday's Aftersun after he was dumped from the villa. During the latest episode of the ITV2 spin-off show, Laura, 37, spoke to the model, 22, from Manchester after his exit as she asked: "I'm a little bit gutted that you're out because we didn't really hear enough rapping...

LOVE Island's latest episode has confirmed two contestants are at risk of being dumped following a public vote. The show's narrator Iain Stirling asked viewers to vote for their favourite boy and girl at the end of Sunday's show.

Love Island fans were left cringing as Remi Lambert spoke out on his dumping from the villa. The 22-year-old model has spent less than a week in the villa but after failing to make any instant romantic connections, he found himself at risk of making a prompt exit.

Love Island runner-up Chloe Burrows awkwardly admitted that the girls changing room in the villa actually "stank", during her time on the ITV2 series last year.The 26 year old reality TV star appeared on Aftersun with her boyfriend and fellow Love Island star Toby Aromolaran, 23, for the latest edition of the post-programme Sunday night debrief and chat show. Stood behind the new studio bar for the whole instalment, the couple grinned and chuckled as they enjoyed chiming in on the discussion and chatting with presenter Laura Whitmore.

Gemma Owen’s auntie has shut down people’s hopes of her niece getting back with ex-boyfriend Jacques O’Neill after Love Island viewers have been campaigning for the pair to rekindle their romance. Much to Gemma’s surprise, Jacques, 23, entered the villa not long after her – 18 months after the pair called time on their relationship. Despite the 19 year old having a thing with contestant Luca Bish, viewers have been calling for Gemma and Jacques to get back together.

LOVE Island's Remi Lambert left host Laura Whitmore close to tears during his exit chat on Aftersun. He was dumped from the villa on Sunday night when Indiyah chose to stick with Ikenna, despite having a connection with the Mancunian bombshell.

Kim Kardashian has shared a post for ex husband Kanye West, thanking him for being “the best dad”.The Kardashians star, 41, officially split from her rapper husband, 45, in April of this year after the star was declared “legally single” by a US court.The former couple share four children together – North, eight, Saint, six, Chicago, four, and Psalm, two – with the pair sharing parenting duties together.To celebrate Father’s Day, Kim shared two photos of Kanye with their children. In the first photo, the four children are standing in a line on a porch as Kanye bends down to put his arms around Psalm.

LOVE Island is back in full swing for 2022, as is the fevered social media speculation surrounding the islanders. So who is contestant Danica Taylor, and when did she arrive? Here's all you need to know.

Love Island star Faye Winter, 26, dramatically stormed out of an interview with podcast host Will Njobvu after being asked about having kids. The 47-minute reality show chat saw the pair cover everything from past Love Island dramas, current contestants, the return of Big Brother and "getting the ick". But when the host asked: "What's the next step for you and Teddy [Soares], do you see yourselves having children anytime soon?" With a sudden frown, 26-year-old Faye replied: "Well, I feel like this question Will, is just not a question I'm gonna answer, that I shouldn't answer.

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 narrator Iain Stirling has landed a huge new job voicing the stateside version of the show.

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.

Love Island narrator Iain Stirling has reportedly landed himself a job voicing the US version of the hit ITV2 dating show.The Scottish ITV presenter has narrated the UK version of Love Island since it returned to screen in 2015 - where he's left fans laughing with his witty remarks and saucy jokes.Stirling, who is married to Irish Love Island host Laura Whitmore, is now set to voice the revamped American spin-off version of the hit dating show which airs on Peacock.Iain will step in to replace past host Matthew Hoffman, who narrated the US version for three seasons when it aired on CBS.Jenny Groom, NBCUniversal's vice president of unscripted content, said: "The moment the decision was made to bring an all-new version of Love Island to Peacock, we knew we had to get Iain on board."Iain embodies everything fans love about the show — humor, irreverence and cheeky fun. Love Island would not be the same without him."Comedian Iain has voiced the UK edition of Love Island for over five years since it came back in 2015.He has also appeared on Channel 4's Celebrity Gogglebox alongside his presenter wife, Laura.Stirling got into hot water with Newcastle United fans after branding the team "a pony club".Gemma Owen, who is an international dressage rider, is the daughter of former footballer Michael Owen, who famously played for Newcastle United.Levelling a dig at the team, Iain said: "Luca's grabbed Gemma for a catch up.

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.