Love Island's Laura Whitmore gets a hair cut in the middle of the night as she preps for launch night

Hugo Hammond won the support of Love Island viewers last night after he was labelled "too kind" by fellow contestant Faye Winter. But according to colleagues and family members, the sometimes "selfish" and "abrupt" PE teacher has a streak of "bravado and arrogance" that has occasionally given him a bad reputation.

Heartbroken Love Island viewers recalled the late Caroline Flack during the launch of the highly-anticipated 2021 series. While many had been eagerly-awaiting the return of the sun-soaked ITV2 reality show, lots of fans admitted it just “didn’t feel the same” without her.

The logistics are worth it: Love Island was the most-watched show on any digital channel in 2020. The intellectual snobbery around it is dissipating as people realise it’s a great springboard for talking about everything from gaslighting to toxic masculinity.

Love Island hunk Brad McClelland became the first lucky lad to get a proper kiss during the 2021 series after a game of Dares.He and his 2021 cast mates entered the villa for their very own summer of love during Monday night's launch, helped along by host Laura Whitmore.Not long after the initial coupling up, the new couples gathered around the iconic fire pit for a game of Dares to get to know each other better.First up was Jake Cornish and Liberty Poole who picked out a sexy dance routine.Jake stepped up for the challenge and certainly put the moves on the Birmingham blonde as he trusted and gyrated.

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Iain Stirling has been the narrator on Love Island since it relaunched in 2015 providing the odd savvy comment for us viewers to indulge in. This year will be his seventh series, working alongside his wife Laura Whitmore, who hosts the show, a true Love Island couple.

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Laura Whitmore is preparing to welcome 11 new singletons into the iconic villa.This is the first summer series of Love Island the Irish starlet will host, while her husband Iain Stirling provides hilarious observations from his voice-over booth.The power couple have enjoyed a whirlwind year where their careers and personal lives have thrived.Last year Laura, 36, and Iain, 33, tied the knot in a secret Dublin ceremony, and revealed they were expecting their first child. The child was born in April.

Love Island is set to return to our screens next Monday (June 28), after a hiatus inflicted by the Covid-19 pandemic.Irish television presenter Laura Whitmore is set to host the show this summer, following the death of former host Caroline Flack in February 2020.But who is the new presenterLaura Whitmore? Laura Whitmore is a 36-year-old Irish TV presenter, model and actress, known for presenting I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! Now! and more recently hosting Love Island.Growing up in Bray, County Wicklow, the star has two half brothers and has now found love of her own.Born in Ireland to parents Carmel Whitmore and Sean McIvor, she has two half-brothers and attended Loreto Secondary School, before going on to study journalism at Dublin

Laura Whitmore has revealed her very first outfit for the debut episode of Love Island - and it doesn’t disappoint. The 36-year-old presenter, who took over from hosting the show in 2020 from Caroline Flack, looked summery and resplendent in a short Spanish-inspired blue and white floral dress paired with chunky rainbow heels.

Love Island star Iain Stirling will be staying in the UK this year to voice the hit show – but why is this? The star’s wife Laura Whitmore has jetted off to sunny Majorca to present the hit reality show, with hubby Iain staying behind. Narrator of the show Iain never fails to make us chuckle on the show, so why is he staying put in the UK while it’s on? Why is Iain Stirling staying in the UK during Love Island this year? Iain, 33, is remaining in the UK amid travel restriction concerns.The star, who became the voice-over for the hit show in 2015, joked he’s looking forward to being “locked away” over the summer, while he records for the show.

Love Island host Laura Whitmore has been spotted out and about with her mum and baby daughter in Mallorca, Spain. Laura, 36, was seen spending some quality time with her mum Carmel ahead of the launch of the new, high-anticipated series of Love Island.

LOVE Island host Laura Whitmore was a bit hot under the collar as she unveiled her first look of the new season. The 36-year-old joked she had "sweaty t**s" in the Majorca villa ahead of the ITV dating show's eagerly awaited return tonight.

Love Island 2021 is set to leave fans hot under the collar after its first episode sees our new Islanders snogging each other and even toe sucking during an explosive game of dares.The first episode of the highly-anticipated series 7 - which kicks of tonight on ITV2 at 9pm - throws the sexy singletons straight into a number of steamy dares which has them getting intimate with their castmates as soon as they enter the villa.It begins with the girls - Kaz, Liberty, Sharon, Faye and Shannon - who all make their entrance into the villa and begin getting to know one another at the fire pit, but it's not long before host Laura Whitmore arrives to ask all the stunners to line up by the pool.Then the boys arrive one by one - Jake, Aaron, Hugo, Toby

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Laura Whitmore back presenting and husband Iain Stirling back as the voice of the ITV 2 show.

Laura Whitmore has shared snaps of her first big Love Island look of 2021.

Amy Hart had a turbulent ride in the Love Island villa back in 2019, but the former British Airways stewardess admits she’s a better person for it. After having her heart publicly broken by co-star Curtis Pritchard, Amy left sunny Majorca and embarked on an eight-month therapy journey, a decision she calls “life-changing”.

Love Island fans think they have worked out who the series' first bombshell is after noticing Chloe Burrows is missing from the first villa photos. Images have been released by ITV, showing the girls and boys meeting each other for the first time ahead of Monday night's first episode, but one of the ladies is missing.The photos show Liberty Poole, Sharon Gaffka, Kaz Kamwi, Faye Winter and Shannon Singh lined up on the grass as they are joined by Laura Whitmore, who looks stunning in a white dress with gorgeous blue floral print.

The time that we have all been waiting for is finally upon us and that is the return of the hit reality show, Love Island. Ahead of the first show which airs Monday 28 June at 9pm on ITV2, host Laura Whitmore took to her Instagram to share her first look of the series and fans are going crazy for it.