Domestic abuse charity, Women’s Aid has spoken to ITV about “mysoginistic and controlling behaviour” on the latest series of Love Island UK, BBC has reported.
The charity has criticised producers of the show for not including “an understanding of controlling behaviour in relationships” in its inclusion training for contestants, and said they were forced to speak out after being tagged in multiple complaints about the series on social media.
Luca and Tash seem to be having fun in a Love Island challenge, but he has spoken ill of her in the show previously.
The 2022 series of the popular dating show has resulted in social media backlash about the way the male contestants treat their female counterparts.
The UK-based charity said producers of the series had shared details of the training given to contestants around appropriate behaviour but information about abusive relationships and “an understanding of controlling behaviour in relationships,” seemed to be missing from the training, said the charity’s communications chief Teresa Parker.
“It is vital that producers know when to intervene and challenge unacceptable behaviour.”
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Jacques O’Neill received online criticism about his behaviour on the show, before his exit.
The current season of the dating show has come under criticism for a number of reasons online. Former contestant Jaques received backlash for the way he treated partner Paige, before exiting the show after an emotional breakdown.
Contestant Luca accused his partner Gemma of flirting, which led to his family issuing a statement which said Luca would be “embarrassed” when he sees the footage.
Contestant Dami has come under social media fire for shouting at Summer and calling her fake and Davide’s regular arguments with Ekin-Su and calling her a liar has been called out on social media.
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Dami has come under fire for the way he spoke to contestant, Summer.
ITV responded to Women’s Aid comments and said the show has dedicated welfare producers who “speak to all of the islanders in private and off-camera”.
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“Ahead of this series, contributors on the show were offered video training and guidance covering inclusive language around disability, sexuality, race and ethnicity, behaviours and microaggressions.
“We are always looking at how we expand and evolve on this training to ensure that all of our islanders feel they are part of a safe and inclusive environment.”
In a recent Facebook post, Women’s Aid said it was a positive move to be in talks with ITV “about how we can work together moving forward, to address the issues and concerns raised”.
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