Mike Thalassitis: Last News

Reality TV and football have collided once again with the return of sports star Ronnie Vint to Love Island All Stars.The infamous villa, a hotspot for footballers looking for love or a new adventure, welcomed Ronnie back to South Africa's Western Cape on Monday [13 January] evening. Hot on the heels of his previous quest for romance in series 11, Ronnie, who's also mates with Olivia Attwood and footballer Bradley Dack, is giving love another shot and has already paired up with Essex reality star Elma Pazar.

Love Island has made it's return to ITV2 this Summer for the eleventh series. Maya Jama is joined by hot singles, hoping to find love in the Majorca villa. Although the show has provided hours of entertainment over the years, it has also been struck by several tragedies.

Megan McKenna first appeared on our screens in 2009 and shot to fame in popular TV shows, such as TOWIE, Ex On The Beach and Celebrity Big Brother. During that time Megan's love life has been quite the rollercoaster ride, with a string of high-profile relationships. The 31 year old famously had an on-off relationship with Pete Wicks, which played out over several episodes of TOWIE before they finally called it quits in 2017.

Trigger warning: suicideThe mental wellbeing of Love Island contestants has increasingly taken center stage in as more and more Islanders have been subjected to trolling and criticism during and after the show has aired.Questions about whether the show bosses were doing enough to prepare and protect their came under fire after former Love Island and Celebs Go Dating contestant Mike Thalassitis took his own life in 2019.Thalassitis is the second former Love Island contestant to die by suicide after appearing on the show. Sophie Gradon died in June 2018 and , who hosted the show, took her own life in 2020.

The eighth series of Love Island, the UK’s hit dating reality show, has confounded critics who thought it would lose its appeal with the introduction of more robust guidelines to preserve contestants’ mental health.

K.J. Yossman The 2022 cast of “Love Island” will be given extended duty of care protocols and offered inclusion training, ITV and Lifted Entertainment confirmed today.The eighth season of ‘Love Island’ is set to air this summer (pictured above: season 7 contestants).The inclusion training, which will be delivered by Black Collective of Media in Sport’s Leon Mann, diversity, equity and inclusion consultant Hayley Bennett, disability specialist Shani Dhanda and broadcaster Sean Fletcher, will cover language around “disability, sexuality, race and ethnicity, behaviours and microaggressions,” according to ITV.It will be offered to participants before they enter the villa.Meanwhile welfare measures will be in place “before, during and after filming,” ITV confirmed.

Contestants on this year’s Love Island will take part in inclusion training and hear from former Islanders before appearing on the show as producer, ITV Studios’ Lifted Entertainment, boosts its duty of care protocols for season eight.

When somebody dies in 2022, the chances are they are also leaving behind an online legacy. This includes celebrities such as Tom Parker, Mike Thalassitis and Caroline Flack, who still have live Instagram accounts. Nearly 80 percent of people living in the UK have social media and their accounts will likely outlive them.

Tributes have been pouring in for Love Island star Mike Thalassitis, who passed away three years ago at the age of 26. Mike, who first rose to fame on Love Island in 2017, took his own life in March 2019, with many of his friends and co-stars leaving touching messages for the star on the anniversary of his death. Marcel Somervile, who appeared alongside Mike on Love Island, posted a pair of the pair together to Instagram with the caption: “Always Remembered My Brother! “It’s not a coincidence me and @jonny_mitchell1991 always catch up around this time.

Montana Brown has shared her sadness at the death of her late friend Mike Thalassitis on the third anniversary of his tragic death at the age of 26. Montana, now 26, and Mike grew close after their time together in the 2017 series of Love Island and were in constant contact before Mike took his own life in 2019, 18 months after rising to fame on the ITV2 series.

Rebekah Vardy and her agent to a glitzy night out just months before fellow WAG Coleen Rooney accused her of leaking stories to the newspaper. Ms Vardy and Caroline Watt were invited to a VIP box the tabloid had hired for the National Television Awards at London's O2 Arena in January 2019.

Former Love Islander Zara Holland has said that she finds it hard to watch the show after the death of Sophie Gradon in 2018. Sophie had been fighting anxiety and depression when she took her own life just two years after appearing on the show.

Montana Brown revealed that Mike Thalassitis' suicide made her more self aware about 'superficial' lifestyles.

Love Island fans have been left fearing that the upcoming series of the popular dating show will not feature Casa Amor. Featured halfway through the past series, Casa Amor proved to be the ultimate test of love and betrayal in which couples are tested on their loyalty to one another.

Love Island has a huge fan base and has catapulted many of its contestants to celebrity status,

Love Island is set to return to our screens in the coming days after almost two years without the beloved reality show, but Sophie Gradon and Mike Thalassitis’ mothers have come out to call for boycotts of the show.

Montana Brown has shared the final text message Mike Thalassitis penned before taking his own life.

Montana Brown has told how losing her Love Island co-star to Mike Thalassitis triggered her own depression battle.

Mike Thalassitis’ parents have paid an emotional tribute ahead of the second anniversary of their son’s tragic death.The Love Island star took his own life in March 2019 aged 26 after appearing on the ITV2 dating series two years prior. Andy, 65, and Shirley, 63, have broken their silence on their son’s death and said they were unaware of Mike’s mental health battle and ‘didn’t see it coming’.

Mike Thalassitis’ parents have broken their silence on the Love Island star’s tragic death, nearly two years on from his passing. Love Island star Mike was was 26 when he tragically took his own life in March 2019.

The heartbroken parents of Mike Thalassitis have spoken publicly about his death for the first time, saying: “We still can’t believe he’s gone.”