Laura Whitmore has described the spotlight on her hosting Love Island as “exhausting and tough” because the series gets so much attention.The Irish presenter has fronted the hit show since 2020, after the tragic death of her friend Caroline Flack.Laura labelled the focus on her “unfair”, especially on social media where being a woman is “scary”, arguing that men don’t get treated the same way and said she has to remove herself or “go crazy”.READ MORE: Love Island's full unseen row exposed as Coco shouts 'I'll sh*g anyone I want' Laura, 37, revealed: “Do you know what?
With stuff with Love Island, it’s just a bit exhausting sometimes because some of the stuff is just mental.“And also, as a host, this takes up not a huge amount of my time compared to my other work.
It’s over eight weeks. The host only comes on three or four times, it’s always been the way, but it gets the most attention.“And it’s a bit exhausting and it’s tough.
You know what’s hard? I’ve seen other women talked about online the way I’ve been talked about online.“I saw when Caroline worked on the show what she got every year - every year - and I never knew how she handled it.
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