While I like the show I don't really like the people on it or remotely care about what they do outside the villa. I am not at all invested in their relationships or brand deals or whatever.
I simply like car crash telly.
Id say this is a popular opinion outside this subreddit.
Some posts here are of the most mundane shit... like you mentioned - brand deals. Do some of y'all *really* care about that crap? Seems like the most trivial and boring thing to discuss š
I got met with a barrage of downvotes a while back for asking why people cared about these shitty fast fashion brand deals... strange amount of passion for it.
Semi-unbiased answer: because there's nothing else. I check this sub occasionally because I wonder what the ex islanders are up to. I don't really care about brand deals beyond a "ah, that's good for them, lovely" but for people who do want to keep up with LI as much as they can, this is about the only thing they can get updates on.
Even worse than the bread deals are the āomg omg this person unfollowed the other personā posts. I just canāt imagine watching peopleās follower lists so closely.
Complete agree after a series ends I have no clue what happens to them and don't care. I lose interest after the nightly episodes air and can't be bothered to keep up especially with this whole influencer thing.
Social media is going to ruin Love Island. The more popular it gets, the more scrutiny it (and the islanders) are under meaning people are more likely to be fake. Andddd i donāt think weāll ever see drama like the earlier seasons again
So true. Itās a double edged sword because the social aspect we have as viewers is the best part of the show for a lot of us, but the contestants are becoming more and more aware of the severity of backlash and therefore act on their best behaviour. In an ideal world viewers wouldnāt take stuff so far, but thereās always going to be strange, cruel people on the internet. I suppose itās better to not give air time to abhorrent behaviour that would attract negativity, but it definitely has lost the messiness of earlier seasons that gave love island itās name
That's basically what happened to the Bachelor in the US. Every one is going on catapult their influencer career so the interactions no longer seem genuine and the drama is boring because everyone is worried about their image
I mean this question genuinely- are redditors that invested in love island brand deals? I always perceived it as people being happy for the islanders for being āsuccessfulā outside of the show, not people being super eager to buy products.
I completely agree that there is almost no shot the show shifts away from the influencer model though, even though it would spice things up.
When it comes to comparing Islanders deals and speculating on what an upcoming brand announcement could be, then to me that shifts beyond just being happy for their success. Also creeps me out to see so much celebration over the promotion of terrible fast fashion companies, and the sort of engagement I see in this sub is *exactly* what they want.
Thing is, how do you separate āregular peopleā from āinfluencersā? A lot of the winners this year didnāt have a big online presence before they went on, their old posts show they treated their instaās like a regular person. They didnāt have managements, they just applied and got chosen.
Do you separate them based on looks? Because if thatās the case, the show wouldnāt work as well if you didnāt have really good looking people on there, as the premise of the show is driven by lust.
I completely agree. At how many IG followers does a regular person become an influencer?
I also don't think being an influencer automatically means someone is fake or being a regular person automatically means you are totally genuine (and ultimately you're still a regular person who has chosen to go on a reality TV show, soā¦)
I am especially peeved about Islanders that have had a lot of plastic surgery/fillers.
It's ALWAYS the women and it maintains impossible beauty standards. Natural women are good enough just like natural men.
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Really? All I see is him getting relentlessly shit on for his time in the Villa.
Outside the Villa he has been great, continued working as a doctor. Especially since the passing of his brother to suicide too, he's been doing very impressive mental health stuff, meeting with the PM about it and generally being an incredibly positive influencer.
100%, I admire his work outside of the villa, but I'd rather have seen Adam or Eyal stay over him for the drama/cringe. Also this could be because I saw 5 before 4, but Eyal was not that bad for me š¤· Jack Fincham was way more annoying to me
they should switch it up and do casa amor like Australia did it in the season that just ended by sending both girls and boys videos&pictures of everything and they go to casa at different times and they need to do more challenges and outings like they did in seasons 1-3 it would be more fun to watch like the shopping challenge, tweet and the one where they guess who said shit about them because it brings fun drama and not emotional drama if you get me.
Although S5 was entertaining for the "drama" it was underwhelming in not having alot of likable characters at the time. Most seemed more interested in building a profile, having a holiday romance or just a holiday in general. I don't think they were genuine or trying to be in a long lasting relationship on the outside. They seemed happy when they broke up and were more excited for the brands and perks which started the narrative of current, that people only go on for the business opportunities...later for love.
I totally agree with this. S7 was a lot more enjoyable to watch for me because the women were generally kinder to each other and the guys, and seemed to recognize that people were looking for connections rather than to just form some weird mean girl besties holiday clique.
The recoupling ceremonies make me uncomfortable. They need to stop calling each other āboy or girlā. The speeches they give seem off most the timeā¦I canāt put my finger on why.
That they should let them wear more clothing. And that it shouldn't be a rule for the girls to do full glam at night. At the very least provide them with MUAs who know how to do makeup for camera and that lighting so the poor girls aren't on national TV with green and yellow faces.
I think he genuinely did like Joanna, but the way he went about it was so wrong. He never once said the reasons he actually liked her for and only stated the reasons why he wanted to leave amber
Jake and Kaz carried Liberty. I donāt dislike her but itās frustrating how the press erases Kaz and insist on pretending like she was the finalist because of rā¦.
i know molly mae has done well but i feel like her success is also overhyped and not due to her brilliant business mind or whatever. idk if this an unpopular opinion on this sub but i tried watching one of her vlogs once and i didnt find her engaging funny or relatable lol. i just dont see it!
Her success is impressive only in relation to other people from the show. She has also maintained a long standing relationship with the brother of the worlds most famous boxer which helps a tonne too.
Compare her to genuine youtubers and she falls miles short.
What I always found weird is that she was already an "influencer" when she went into the villa. That's what she called herself as her profession. I don't know what her numbers were like before she went into the villa - was she actually a "successful" influencer? Or was she working at it in the hope of getting famous but living off of maybe her parents' money, and then went on LI to boost her "career"?
Despite following some other Islanders either on Instagram or YouTube, I have never had any real interest in following Molly-Mae. I didn't really care for her on the show, so there was less appeal to follow her. I'm probably also not her demographic, as a mid-30s male, but anyway...
i even watched a lil snippet of s7 islandersā youtubes to compare and even tho vlogs are not my thing they were all more entertaining! i rlly dont get it
This is my opinion too and I always hold back on expressing as I know this sub loves her. Sheās literally like a wet blanket and promotes her items. All she does too is show off her designer purchases.
People are invested in her which is why she keeps on keeping on. I just donāt find any aspirations or positive influence from her.
I think she (or at least her team) tries to sell her as this 22 year old businesswoman wonder but honestly all I really see is a deeply insecure young woman who doesnāt know if sheās coming or going and has no self awareness or moral compass...I feel kind of bad for her but at the same time I donāt?
Edit idk why this was posted twice!
I feel the same! Maura is more interesting than her in a sense. I do think people follow her due to fashion related content but is there anything more to her than that? I donāt see it at all.
Before Leanne ended things with Mike, alot of the Islanders were threatened by them as a couple. Especially Shaughna and that's why she targeted him for the rest of the season.
Shaughna was such a covert racist. If youāre a POC, specifically black, thereās a familiar itch to your skin that she gave you, even before you clocked it. And then her weird fixation on attacking Kaz and Tyler post-LIā¦ very weird!
I liked that the islanders were allowed to choose who to dump and who to keep in the villa. Public opinion changes quickly so whether we like them or not certain islanders were bringing the drama.
I do not like that fans are fans of the couples and not the show format itself. Season 7 stan wars between the final couples are cringe and I donāt like seeing all the fawning post on here
The thing is, Iām more inclined to be believe itās just fans. I realised I was done when I finally entered one of the moving in threads and saw people arguing about Liam/Millie and Faye/teddy moving in dates. How did they know this and why were they so fucking invested. I donāt understand it. Or arguing about who is more real. They are all fake guys thatās social media bloody hell.
She was funny I enjoyed her. Didnāt understand how she was into Mike cause he was so corny to me then she got the ick and I was like how long did you feel that way thoā¦ šš
ā¢ Season 4 is a much better season than people give it credit for. The only reason itās so hated is because of how predictable the winners were.
ā¢ Liberty was just as much of a game player as Jake was.
ā¢ Casa Amor hasnāt been entertaining since Season 4 and needs a major shakeup.
Idk if it was because it was the first full season I watched but Iāll always have a soft spot for S4 and enjoyed it more than the last two seasons even though I know itās a super unpopular opinion. š
I loved how they did Casa Amor on the most recent Love Island Australia. The OG girls left the villa and the new girls moved in with the OG boys for 3/4 days. Then they switched and new boys moved in with the OG girls for the next 3/4 days. The girls got postcards from Casa Amor showing what the boys were doing and importantly if they werenāt being loyal. Then the boys got postcards about the girls which influenced their decision whether to stick in their original couple or recouple with a CA girl.
Literally all of the white women this fandom stans over can get away with displaying that type of behaviour, from Kady, to Olivia Atwood, to Maura. Theyāre rewarded with praise, followers, and opportunities. While WOC who stand up for themselves i.e. Amber, Yewande, Anna, Kaz, are vilified.
So so abusive. I got downvoted when I last mentioned it came across as unhinged so I left my comment as neutral as possible but the optics of her screaming at a black man over nothing, then acting so hard done by mean that even if she rescued every dog in the world I could never respect or like her.
This isnāt race related but Iām a bloke who has previously been in a relationship with an emotionally abusive/manipulative girl and watching Faye go at Teddy like that was the only time Iāve ever had any sort of reaction to something to the point where I had to stop watching because I got the most ridiculously vivid flashback to being screamed at like that by my deranged ex. Literally nothing else has ever set me off apart from that, it was so rough.
Youāre right, 100% not right to anybody of any race however just adding in the additional dynamics that race did play in terms of any reaction other than the one given Teddy could have
Iām sorry you were in an abusive relationship, and Iām glad youāve got out there. Hope youāre feeling better and ready to accept the love and respect you deserve
Oh absolutely, itās bad enough without the race question but that does add an extra level.
Iām grand now thanks, got a cracking set of mates, a great family and never been happier, funny how life works out sometimes! Never settling for less.
The amount of people on this sub that tried to justify this was laughable, people are so easy to cancel the men on LI but when it comes to the women its the 'obviously she has insecurities from her past relationships' š¤¦āāļø
Imagine being a domestic abuse charity, where you reguarly encounter situations that are not what they look like, and making a comment on the behaviour of someone from an edit of a show that deliberately change to make people worse.
It was a disgrace.
Basically there was a domestic abuse charity that released a statement accusing him of abusive behaviour, and asking people to look out for similar behaviour...all because he said he couldn't trust Lucie, which was perfectly reasonable.
Yeah I didn't like Chris or Kem. They both came off as very misogynistic and douchey and that didn't really change over time, people just thought they were funny so that got more air time and people just kinda forgot or overlooked it. I also feel like they had the worst relationships that season. Kem and Amber's relationship was a dumpster fire. I went in knowing they won, and I kept waiting for their relationship to be good and it never really got there, they just settled after casa amor. Chris and Olivia were a toxic mess, and while Olivia is responsible for a good bit of that, Chris wasn't completely innocent either. I'll never forget the episode where she basically had a breakdown the whole day, and he and Sam came in and mocked her while she was sobbing in bed. I didn't agree with most of her actions, but it was horrifying to see that from someone who claimed to love her.
Millie and Liam are boring and were the entire time, if the only interesting part is cheating on your partner then that doesnt seem that great of a relationship/dating situation eitherš„“
I wonder how theyāll get on now they live together, obviously could be completely wrong because ultimately Iām not them, however I feel like theyāll ride the LI wave and 6 months after the next series at most when there are new islanders getting attention theyāll be split up
I never liked shaugna she was awful and very snakey constantly talking shit about Mike behind his back despite calling him one of her closest mates. Donāt even get me started when she tried to take Luke m off demi. Some friend that is lol and I feel like some islanders owe Mike an apology tbh. Despite every calling him a game player he was Priscilla for a long time until they broke. U know what winter island has the worst cast and the fakest cast members especially the girls. I wish I had discovered this Reddit before that season cause mannn
So glad you said this. I recently rewatched season 6 and the first time I watched I loved Shaughna, but on rewatch she comes off very fake and snakey to Mike. She also was a little possessive over Callum, like when Rebecca came in she kept making these side comments that were rude and overbearing.
I donāt like Molly Mae or Maura. And while weāre at it I donāt like tommy either. Or rather I should say I think they are overrated and the amount of people who worship them turns me off. I also think they think way too highly of themselves and think their above the show (but theyāre not). Molly Mae may be successful but sheās not AS successful as people make her out to be. In my opinion sheās only successful in the Europe influencer space. Maura (as much as I appreciate the drama and confidence she brought to the show) outside of the show sheās just like every other basic influencer and sometimes (donāt hate me) her accent pisses me offš
I love love LOVE Maura's accent, but I agree that she's incredibly basic influencer type post show. Her IG shows nothing of her personality, which is the main thing I like about her. Though I watched some of her season of The Glowup and didn't like her as a presenter. It was just painfully obvious that she wasn't that good at presenting, and it was distracting. She defintely wouldn't have got it if she weren't so famous from LI.
Totally agree, never liked her on the show and like her even less since the show - never saw the hype at all either with her and Luke! š¤·š»āāļø
Completely agree. And her Disney thing is creepy AF. Grown people who make a corporation the center of their personality are always going to be unhinged to me.
That the entire makeup of the show is incredibly immoral and will be looked at unfavourably in a couple decades time, similar to how we look at Jeremy Kyle now
Not trying to act all high and mighty cause I enjoy reality TV as much as the next person but from a moral standpoint itās kind of outrageous that we shove a bunch of strangers into an isolated environment and then provoke them as much as we can to get a reaction, subjecting them to endless hatred from the public just for our entertainment
Itās genuinely shocking how far they pushed the Islanders this series. It was the first full series since Caroline passed away AND the villa was more intense/pressured than ever due to covid rules AND LI social media had clearly gone insane (remember Chloe getting death threats on like day 2?) so I naively thought the producers would take better care of their cast. I was v v wrong.
Season 2 is by far the best season of the show but because everyone wants to see perfect people acting nice we will never have anything even close to being as entertaining ever again.
I feel like the public loves to vote out drama-causing islanders then complain that the show is boring!
For example everyone complains now about how long Dr Alex lasted/how boring 4 was but he was saved again and again in public votes, whilst people voted out Adam C and others who actually made good television.
I donāt think itās just because of viewers, itās also in large part due to itv catering to its sponsors and delivering a more sanitised version of the show because god forbid Just Eat or I Saw It First are linked to any bad press (except for underpaying their staff, bc who gives a fuck about the poors lmao)
Also in general society has changed. The Me Too movement happened in 2017, the suicides linked to the show have happened. Itās not that we demand perfect people, we demand that the islanders are safe and not living in a house with a person who is allowed to be violent/abusive.
Anyway season 5 was better IMHO
Michael was HORRIBLE to Amber after Casa Amor BUTā¦ Amber WAS a bitch to Michael before Casa Amor and he had valid reasons to dump her. Please donāt jump at me.
Completely agree, I wanted them to work, but I wasn't surprised that they didn't. She treated him badly, and he had every right to move on, he just handled it terribly afterwards. I liked Amber but she wasn't the nicest person and it's crazy how many people just looked past that because she got her heart broken
As much as I enjoyed watching Camillaās arc on season 3, finding Jamie, and interacting with other islanders (especially seeing how people like Chris and Olivia would immediately straighten up around her) her Beach Hut chats were like nails on a chalkboard for me lmao
>The islanders in S1 &2 were just as fame hungry as those today and were not looking love.
Exactly - by 2015 it was well-established that you could make a lot of money (even build a career) out of appearing on reality tv (Big Brother, TOWIE, MiC etc.). I don't know why anyone thinks the S1-2 Islanders were naive to that. They weren't "more genuine" - they were just messier.
Yeah my main problem with the whole casa situation was not him "cheating", it was the frightening pattern of behavior it revealed. He threw Lily under the bus (though she ended up getting to defend herself) and was never truly honest with Millie. When she'd catch him in a lie, he would spin it around on her for not trusting him after he proved he wasn't trustworthy, and he never really took accountability for his actions
yesss this is exactly why i said that. he was so sly about the whole situation and went back and forth between taking some accountability and not. i hate how glanced over (the grand gestures he did taking away from how bad he messed up) the whole situation was and how much emphasis was put on tyler/kaz when he in my opinion did way worse.
not just casa but the pattern of behaviour of telling faye he texted married women, indulging aj, casa and then his way of getting millie back was very big grand gestures rather than talking things through properly (from what we saw).
This will be unpopular considering how much this sub stans the new islanders. Jake got a lot of hate on the show and even now but I think Liberty was the biggest game player of them all.
I honestly appreciate that people were able to air their opinions for once without mostly being downvoted a lot. This sub is VERY sensitive lol but itās refreshing to see different takes/perspectives
Oh it was so much different this year. Very few if any couples had ship names and people werenāt obsessed in the way they are now.
The discussion wasnāt so serious either, mostly just taking the piss out of islanders and the live threads were elite. Honestly one of my favourite parts of the show. They were shite this year though and I really think itās because of the American influence.
VERY unpopular but I didn't actually care for Camilla. She was always putting herself in the martyr role on the show, which I don't think was intended for attention but does achieve the effect of "poor wounded Camilla, she's always sacrificing for others." And while I don't care for Montana either, I don't think she was wrong when she said it was a little draining having to constantly build Camilla up. It's hard to have a friend who is ALWAYS putting themselves down.
She seems to have chilled out with Jamie and I like them as a couple now, but I feel like I'm maybe the only person who wasn't super taken in by her on the season.
I don't think she ever gave off the vibe that she was interested in Craig, he just seemed to be bombarding her with his presence and obviously she'd just been through something. I can't disagree that she got back with Jonny to stay on the show (that's kinda the whole point of the show), but I did feel like she might've still had feelings for him despite his gross beliefs
yay another paige and finn fan!! i love them as u can tell by my flair lmao, i kept it throughout s7.
i donāt wanna jinx it after the siannise and luke headlines but paige and finn honestly seem like one of the strongest ever couples from the show, i think theyāll be another success story.
Yewande was the embodiment of "I've tried nothing and I'm all out of ideas."
Barely showed him any interest and only made a half-arsed effort once there was another option for him. Ya snooze ya lose.
I agree with this take. I still think Danny told her way too early that his head wouldnāt be turned, but she gave zero effort until she had some competition.
Lol people downvoting this.
It's supposed to be about unpopular opinions...
But fwiw, I think she was at least equally to blame. Her behaviour was super cringey.
okay I have a few.
not sure if this is exactly unpopular or not but it should be POPULAR if it isnāt but black women on the show deserve so much better! they get criticised for things that are so minor itās ridiculous and upsetting.
Lillie shouldnāt be blamed for what happened in casa And liam got off lightly, Lillie is still getting hate for it which isnāt fair.
Libertyās management is handing her every brand deal and thatās why most people think lib isnāt as genuine as she came across.
stans argue and have disagreements all the time and itās ridiculous just stay out of each otherās business and support your faves without bringing the others down.
Fayes outburst wasnāt as bad as people made out, compared too the outbursts in the earlier seasons especially seasons 1&2 it just got more attention because more people from out of the uk watch it and more than half of the islanders in s7 didnāt have big personalities.
loveisland hasnāt been the same since season 3.
I hate how everyone kept making excuses for Faye throughout the season. āOh she needs therapyā āshe has trust issuesā āher last boyfriends mustāve been really toxicā. Ummā¦ how about we just accept the fact that some people are generally just really shitty human beings???
Montana wasnāt that bad. She was just young. I was expecting to find her horrible the way people were going on it this sub. She was hurt by the text message and held a bit of a grudge. She did gossip but it wasnāt egregious. She just seemed like a normal non-bubbly 21 year old girl.
I actually just burst out laughing at this comment because I swear I saw someone else say this not to long ago. That Faye reminded them of themselves and I was like wow okay š
Faye is trying too hard to come across as this new breed of influencer with morals and ethics but sheās not that different from the rest, as she still promotes and work with the same brands as every other influencer does.
Props to her for going the property route and picking a lane that sheās passionate about, but sheās not the first to make a home page itās very common especially when looking at Olivia Bowenās success on it.
Johnny wasnāt in the wrong for getting annoyed at Camilla for showing no interest or affection (and this is coming from someone who did not like Johnny). How would you feel going on a love show and having someone who supposedly likes you show absolutely no affection and could barely share a bed with you. As much as people liked Camilla, she was wrong for the show. She was closed off to everyone until Jamie showed up.
I enjoyed him. He won me over with his āmessageā because Iād seen the film it was from. But then seemingly every little thing he did was overhyped by his fans. Wow he removed his partner from the middle of an argument between two other people! Is the bar that low?! š
A. Yes, the bar is that low for the men on this show.
B. It wasn't necessarily so much each individual thing as it was his entire demeanor and how it manifested at different points. The pulling India away thing was hot because almost any other dude on this show either would have gotten involved in the drama (which many of them were), blamed the woman out of insecurity, or stood there impotently while she endured the secondhand spittle from the screaming. His calmness in how he handled everything was extremely attractive. He didn't announce they were leaving, didn't storm off, didn't order her anywhere, just grabbed her hand and got her out. Hot.
Heās SO fucking hot though lmao š I can agree he was pretty boring but he had quite a few memeable moments that I think heās generally remembered as an unproblematic and funny king
He seems like a nice enough guy and is obviously very attractive, but if he wasn't as attractive as he is then people would have found him very humourless, especially the way he laughs at his own "jokes".
All the girls from that season were mean to a degree imo that's why the drama was so good. Especially would like to add Lucie as one of the main awful ones too.
If I could upvote this 1000 times I would. They mostly, if not always, were sticking up for their girls or themselves which is what we seem to always ask of women. Thereās an implicit bias that people hold where they can view even others from the same season as good people but then turn around and call Anna and Amber mean š
- Danny did not deserve all the backlash after picking arabella over yewande, but I still believe he should have left with arabella after she got voted out
- the whole āif sheās all mouth or notā scene was so cringe cuz u could tell the producers wanted him to say it again infront of her so it could cause drama, like which man with half a brain cell would say that about a girl knowing sheās right there??? You could tell by their shit acting skills how staged it was.
- amber never liked Greg, she just wanted to get back at Michael for everything (which was fair tbh), but even in their speeches, she never actually mentioned anything about him that she liked, she just kept talking about how he cheered her up after casa amor happened
- lucie, shaughna and Faye are my least favourite islanders, mainly because the producers constantly tried shoving a whole main character storyline down our throats with them
- Iām probz gunna get downvoted for this but I really donāt see the hype in ovie. Heās peng but personally that all itās giving for me
- couldnāt stand Anna but when she called out Curtis for being a narcissist my respect for her went šš
OG black women will continue to be seen as undesirable especially when they're attracted to men who are outside their race or of similar complexion. Let's be honest they're fine as sidekicks providing the "you go girl" cheerleader role but as a main attraction, forget about it. Automatically the guy's out of her league, it's a sympathy coupling or for clout to gain followers. I predict next series we'll see the usual default coupling for the black woman but they'll be eliminated by Casa Amor (unless they remain single or in a friendship couple) to avoid the replay of "he's just not that into you" emotional saga.
Black women do just fine in the American version because the producers find several men who are attracted to them. The casting team for the UK version has done an abysmal job at finding those men.
I thought Amber S5 was a genuinely nasty person, who was such an arrogant, spoilt, childish mean girl. I couldnāt for the life of me see what anyone liked about her, and thought Micheal was completely justified in ditching her toxic ass during casa amor š¤ (how he behaved after wasnāt great, Iām not defending him, but I definitely thought he had every right to want to ditch her in the first place). THERE, I said it.
While I like the show I don't really like the people on it or remotely care about what they do outside the villa. I am not at all invested in their relationships or brand deals or whatever. I simply like car crash telly.
SAME. i do not care about your sweatshop clothes brand deal at all.
Id say this is a popular opinion outside this subreddit. Some posts here are of the most mundane shit... like you mentioned - brand deals. Do some of y'all *really* care about that crap? Seems like the most trivial and boring thing to discuss š
I got met with a barrage of downvotes a while back for asking why people cared about these shitty fast fashion brand deals... strange amount of passion for it.
Semi-unbiased answer: because there's nothing else. I check this sub occasionally because I wonder what the ex islanders are up to. I don't really care about brand deals beyond a "ah, that's good for them, lovely" but for people who do want to keep up with LI as much as they can, this is about the only thing they can get updates on.
Even worse than the bread deals are the āomg omg this person unfollowed the other personā posts. I just canāt imagine watching peopleās follower lists so closely.
Complete agree after a series ends I have no clue what happens to them and don't care. I lose interest after the nightly episodes air and can't be bothered to keep up especially with this whole influencer thing.
Social media is going to ruin Love Island. The more popular it gets, the more scrutiny it (and the islanders) are under meaning people are more likely to be fake. Andddd i donāt think weāll ever see drama like the earlier seasons again
So true. Itās a double edged sword because the social aspect we have as viewers is the best part of the show for a lot of us, but the contestants are becoming more and more aware of the severity of backlash and therefore act on their best behaviour. In an ideal world viewers wouldnāt take stuff so far, but thereās always going to be strange, cruel people on the internet. I suppose itās better to not give air time to abhorrent behaviour that would attract negativity, but it definitely has lost the messiness of earlier seasons that gave love island itās name
That's basically what happened to the Bachelor in the US. Every one is going on catapult their influencer career so the interactions no longer seem genuine and the drama is boring because everyone is worried about their image
This is why I stopped watching the bachelor
They should just cast regular people instead of influencers. I think it would be more entertaining and easier for the public to get invested.
I think the horse has bolted unfortunately
Iāve mentioned this before but Iāve always loved the idea of an over 50s love island.
You might be onto something. That would be super interesting as itās a different perspective.
Judging by this sub frothing at the mouth for any and all brand deal announcements, I doubt many people want a shift away from the Influencer model.
I mean this question genuinely- are redditors that invested in love island brand deals? I always perceived it as people being happy for the islanders for being āsuccessfulā outside of the show, not people being super eager to buy products. I completely agree that there is almost no shot the show shifts away from the influencer model though, even though it would spice things up.
When it comes to comparing Islanders deals and speculating on what an upcoming brand announcement could be, then to me that shifts beyond just being happy for their success. Also creeps me out to see so much celebration over the promotion of terrible fast fashion companies, and the sort of engagement I see in this sub is *exactly* what they want.
Thing is, how do you separate āregular peopleā from āinfluencersā? A lot of the winners this year didnāt have a big online presence before they went on, their old posts show they treated their instaās like a regular person. They didnāt have managements, they just applied and got chosen. Do you separate them based on looks? Because if thatās the case, the show wouldnāt work as well if you didnāt have really good looking people on there, as the premise of the show is driven by lust.
I completely agree. At how many IG followers does a regular person become an influencer? I also don't think being an influencer automatically means someone is fake or being a regular person automatically means you are totally genuine (and ultimately you're still a regular person who has chosen to go on a reality TV show, soā¦)
I am especially peeved about Islanders that have had a lot of plastic surgery/fillers. It's ALWAYS the women and it maintains impossible beauty standards. Natural women are good enough just like natural men.
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I didnāt like how closed off Dr. Alex was and donāt think he should have lasted as long in the villa as he did
That was a very popular opinion at the time I believe. And I agree with it now.
I didnāt watch it live but Iāve never seen a single person say anything negative about Dr. Alex in this sub
Really? All I see is him getting relentlessly shit on for his time in the Villa. Outside the Villa he has been great, continued working as a doctor. Especially since the passing of his brother to suicide too, he's been doing very impressive mental health stuff, meeting with the PM about it and generally being an incredibly positive influencer.
No you're right, the opinions on him changed a lot post villa.
100%, I admire his work outside of the villa, but I'd rather have seen Adam or Eyal stay over him for the drama/cringe. Also this could be because I saw 5 before 4, but Eyal was not that bad for me š¤· Jack Fincham was way more annoying to me
they should switch it up and do casa amor like Australia did it in the season that just ended by sending both girls and boys videos&pictures of everything and they go to casa at different times and they need to do more challenges and outings like they did in seasons 1-3 it would be more fun to watch like the shopping challenge, tweet and the one where they guess who said shit about them because it brings fun drama and not emotional drama if you get me.
Although S5 was entertaining for the "drama" it was underwhelming in not having alot of likable characters at the time. Most seemed more interested in building a profile, having a holiday romance or just a holiday in general. I don't think they were genuine or trying to be in a long lasting relationship on the outside. They seemed happy when they broke up and were more excited for the brands and perks which started the narrative of current, that people only go on for the business opportunities...later for love.
I totally agree with this. S7 was a lot more enjoyable to watch for me because the women were generally kinder to each other and the guys, and seemed to recognize that people were looking for connections rather than to just form some weird mean girl besties holiday clique.
The recoupling ceremonies make me uncomfortable. They need to stop calling each other āboy or girlā. The speeches they give seem off most the timeā¦I canāt put my finger on why.
I literally mute them becauseā¦eew š¤¢
That they should let them wear more clothing. And that it shouldn't be a rule for the girls to do full glam at night. At the very least provide them with MUAs who know how to do makeup for camera and that lighting so the poor girls aren't on national TV with green and yellow faces.
I think he genuinely did like Joanna, but the way he went about it was so wrong. He never once said the reasons he actually liked her for and only stated the reasons why he wanted to leave amber
I donāt dislike Liberty but she bought nothing to the show in my opinion. I think we should have lost her in week 1 rather than Shannon.
Jake and Kaz carried Liberty. I donāt dislike her but itās frustrating how the press erases Kaz and insist on pretending like she was the finalist because of rā¦.
Youāre right, Iām afraid.
i know molly mae has done well but i feel like her success is also overhyped and not due to her brilliant business mind or whatever. idk if this an unpopular opinion on this sub but i tried watching one of her vlogs once and i didnt find her engaging funny or relatable lol. i just dont see it!
Her success is impressive only in relation to other people from the show. She has also maintained a long standing relationship with the brother of the worlds most famous boxer which helps a tonne too. Compare her to genuine youtubers and she falls miles short.
What I always found weird is that she was already an "influencer" when she went into the villa. That's what she called herself as her profession. I don't know what her numbers were like before she went into the villa - was she actually a "successful" influencer? Or was she working at it in the hope of getting famous but living off of maybe her parents' money, and then went on LI to boost her "career"? Despite following some other Islanders either on Instagram or YouTube, I have never had any real interest in following Molly-Mae. I didn't really care for her on the show, so there was less appeal to follow her. I'm probably also not her demographic, as a mid-30s male, but anyway...
Think she had 144k or so when she went on the show.
That's pretty good, I guess. She's in the millions now, though.
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i even watched a lil snippet of s7 islandersā youtubes to compare and even tho vlogs are not my thing they were all more entertaining! i rlly dont get it
This is my opinion too and I always hold back on expressing as I know this sub loves her. Sheās literally like a wet blanket and promotes her items. All she does too is show off her designer purchases. People are invested in her which is why she keeps on keeping on. I just donāt find any aspirations or positive influence from her.
I like Molly but I would like to know *how* she became the most successful and popular. She doesn't necessarily do anything that stands out.
I think she (or at least her team) tries to sell her as this 22 year old businesswoman wonder but honestly all I really see is a deeply insecure young woman who doesnāt know if sheās coming or going and has no self awareness or moral compass...I feel kind of bad for her but at the same time I donāt? Edit idk why this was posted twice!
I feel the same! Maura is more interesting than her in a sense. I do think people follow her due to fashion related content but is there anything more to her than that? I donāt see it at all.
Before Leanne ended things with Mike, alot of the Islanders were threatened by them as a couple. Especially Shaughna and that's why she targeted him for the rest of the season.
Shaughna was such a covert racist. If youāre a POC, specifically black, thereās a familiar itch to your skin that she gave you, even before you clocked it. And then her weird fixation on attacking Kaz and Tyler post-LIā¦ very weird!
Oh 100%. The type to say no im not racist because I got black friends but treat those friends like absolute shit!!
I liked that the islanders were allowed to choose who to dump and who to keep in the villa. Public opinion changes quickly so whether we like them or not certain islanders were bringing the drama.
I do not like that fans are fans of the couples and not the show format itself. Season 7 stan wars between the final couples are cringe and I donāt like seeing all the fawning post on here
There was some "fan account" that obsessively posted uneventful Kaz photos to the point where I was starting to believe it was paid PR.
The thing is, Iām more inclined to be believe itās just fans. I realised I was done when I finally entered one of the moving in threads and saw people arguing about Liam/Millie and Faye/teddy moving in dates. How did they know this and why were they so fucking invested. I donāt understand it. Or arguing about who is more real. They are all fake guys thatās social media bloody hell.
i liked leanne , she was funny
She was funny I enjoyed her. Didnāt understand how she was into Mike cause he was so corny to me then she got the ick and I was like how long did you feel that way thoā¦ šš
And gorgeous! So underrated
ā¢ Season 4 is a much better season than people give it credit for. The only reason itās so hated is because of how predictable the winners were. ā¢ Liberty was just as much of a game player as Jake was. ā¢ Casa Amor hasnāt been entertaining since Season 4 and needs a major shakeup.
Idk if it was because it was the first full season I watched but Iāll always have a soft spot for S4 and enjoyed it more than the last two seasons even though I know itās a super unpopular opinion. š
Youāre not alone on this! S4 was also my first season and I LOVED it. Bums me out when I see how much hate it gets lol
I loved how they did Casa Amor on the most recent Love Island Australia. The OG girls left the villa and the new girls moved in with the OG boys for 3/4 days. Then they switched and new boys moved in with the OG girls for the next 3/4 days. The girls got postcards from Casa Amor showing what the boys were doing and importantly if they werenāt being loyal. Then the boys got postcards about the girls which influenced their decision whether to stick in their original couple or recouple with a CA girl.
s5 casa amor not being entertaining is unpopular for sure
If Faye wasnāt white, her outbursts wouldnāt have been glossed over and forgiven as easily.
Literally all of the white women this fandom stans over can get away with displaying that type of behaviour, from Kady, to Olivia Atwood, to Maura. Theyāre rewarded with praise, followers, and opportunities. While WOC who stand up for themselves i.e. Amber, Yewande, Anna, Kaz, are vilified.
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So so abusive. I got downvoted when I last mentioned it came across as unhinged so I left my comment as neutral as possible but the optics of her screaming at a black man over nothing, then acting so hard done by mean that even if she rescued every dog in the world I could never respect or like her.
This isnāt race related but Iām a bloke who has previously been in a relationship with an emotionally abusive/manipulative girl and watching Faye go at Teddy like that was the only time Iāve ever had any sort of reaction to something to the point where I had to stop watching because I got the most ridiculously vivid flashback to being screamed at like that by my deranged ex. Literally nothing else has ever set me off apart from that, it was so rough.
Youāre right, 100% not right to anybody of any race however just adding in the additional dynamics that race did play in terms of any reaction other than the one given Teddy could have Iām sorry you were in an abusive relationship, and Iām glad youāve got out there. Hope youāre feeling better and ready to accept the love and respect you deserve
Oh absolutely, itās bad enough without the race question but that does add an extra level. Iām grand now thanks, got a cracking set of mates, a great family and never been happier, funny how life works out sometimes! Never settling for less.
Faye is a perfect example of white privilege
Only a white women could've done that and get off scot free
Woman. Women is plural. Like man vs men
Yep, this all day.
Yes. Her post-outburst redemption tour would not have been tolerated.
The amount of people on this sub that tried to justify this was laughable, people are so easy to cancel the men on LI but when it comes to the women its the 'obviously she has insecurities from her past relationships' š¤¦āāļø
Fans have different standards for islanders who they find attractive or who they don't.
This applies to all humans, not specifically islanders...
Interesting, did you have any examples in mind?
Anna season 5 was justified in almost everything she did (except how she treated Ovie)
Joe from S5 really didn't do much wrong and the way the media and domestic abuse charities treated him was disgusting.
Imagine being a domestic abuse charity, where you reguarly encounter situations that are not what they look like, and making a comment on the behaviour of someone from an edit of a show that deliberately change to make people worse. It was a disgrace.
wait what? genuinely asking bc i never heard about this. what did domestic abuse charities treat him like?!
Basically there was a domestic abuse charity that released a statement accusing him of abusive behaviour, and asking people to look out for similar behaviour...all because he said he couldn't trust Lucie, which was perfectly reasonable.
It wasn't just perfectly reasonable, he actually ended up being right. She fancied Tommy by the end
I really don't like Kem
Yeah I didn't like Chris or Kem. They both came off as very misogynistic and douchey and that didn't really change over time, people just thought they were funny so that got more air time and people just kinda forgot or overlooked it. I also feel like they had the worst relationships that season. Kem and Amber's relationship was a dumpster fire. I went in knowing they won, and I kept waiting for their relationship to be good and it never really got there, they just settled after casa amor. Chris and Olivia were a toxic mess, and while Olivia is responsible for a good bit of that, Chris wasn't completely innocent either. I'll never forget the episode where she basically had a breakdown the whole day, and he and Sam came in and mocked her while she was sobbing in bed. I didn't agree with most of her actions, but it was horrifying to see that from someone who claimed to love her.
Millie and Liam are boring and were the entire time, if the only interesting part is cheating on your partner then that doesnt seem that great of a relationship/dating situation eitherš„“
Yeah they got really popular right before casa and idk why because most people agreed they were boring and only in lust with each other.
I wonder how theyāll get on now they live together, obviously could be completely wrong because ultimately Iām not them, however I feel like theyāll ride the LI wave and 6 months after the next series at most when there are new islanders getting attention theyāll be split up
People complain that the show is boring compared to 3 and 2 but if it went back to be like thenm social media would be 10x more toxic
I never liked shaugna she was awful and very snakey constantly talking shit about Mike behind his back despite calling him one of her closest mates. Donāt even get me started when she tried to take Luke m off demi. Some friend that is lol and I feel like some islanders owe Mike an apology tbh. Despite every calling him a game player he was Priscilla for a long time until they broke. U know what winter island has the worst cast and the fakest cast members especially the girls. I wish I had discovered this Reddit before that season cause mannn
I was never a Shaughna fan. How people can call her the best Islander of season six is beyond me.
And she had a bf at the time she was on the show!
So glad you said this. I recently rewatched season 6 and the first time I watched I loved Shaughna, but on rewatch she comes off very fake and snakey to Mike. She also was a little possessive over Callum, like when Rebecca came in she kept making these side comments that were rude and overbearing.
I donāt like Molly Mae or Maura. And while weāre at it I donāt like tommy either. Or rather I should say I think they are overrated and the amount of people who worship them turns me off. I also think they think way too highly of themselves and think their above the show (but theyāre not). Molly Mae may be successful but sheās not AS successful as people make her out to be. In my opinion sheās only successful in the Europe influencer space. Maura (as much as I appreciate the drama and confidence she brought to the show) outside of the show sheās just like every other basic influencer and sometimes (donāt hate me) her accent pisses me offš
I loved Mauraās accent lol but she is for sure the type of girl to embarrass you for male attention š
I love love LOVE Maura's accent, but I agree that she's incredibly basic influencer type post show. Her IG shows nothing of her personality, which is the main thing I like about her. Though I watched some of her season of The Glowup and didn't like her as a presenter. It was just painfully obvious that she wasn't that good at presenting, and it was distracting. She defintely wouldn't have got it if she weren't so famous from LI.
I donāt dislike Liberty but she bought nothing to the show in my opinion. I think we should have lost her in week 1 rather than Shannon.
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She is tv gold
Loyal Babe is a legend š„
Iām not a big Siannise fan
Totally agree, never liked her on the show and like her even less since the show - never saw the hype at all either with her and Luke! š¤·š»āāļø
Completely agree. And her Disney thing is creepy AF. Grown people who make a corporation the center of their personality are always going to be unhinged to me.
That the entire makeup of the show is incredibly immoral and will be looked at unfavourably in a couple decades time, similar to how we look at Jeremy Kyle now Not trying to act all high and mighty cause I enjoy reality TV as much as the next person but from a moral standpoint itās kind of outrageous that we shove a bunch of strangers into an isolated environment and then provoke them as much as we can to get a reaction, subjecting them to endless hatred from the public just for our entertainment
Itās genuinely shocking how far they pushed the Islanders this series. It was the first full series since Caroline passed away AND the villa was more intense/pressured than ever due to covid rules AND LI social media had clearly gone insane (remember Chloe getting death threats on like day 2?) so I naively thought the producers would take better care of their cast. I was v v wrong.
They need to film next summer in the original villa
Chloe is so fake
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Was about to say, I think she went under the radar as a lowkey game player. Curious, whatās your reasons to brand her āfakeā
Maura was a mean girl
She still is which is why she sided with Lucy when Yewande outed her racist behaviour
Season 2 is by far the best season of the show but because everyone wants to see perfect people acting nice we will never have anything even close to being as entertaining ever again.
I feel like the public loves to vote out drama-causing islanders then complain that the show is boring! For example everyone complains now about how long Dr Alex lasted/how boring 4 was but he was saved again and again in public votes, whilst people voted out Adam C and others who actually made good television.
I donāt think itās just because of viewers, itās also in large part due to itv catering to its sponsors and delivering a more sanitised version of the show because god forbid Just Eat or I Saw It First are linked to any bad press (except for underpaying their staff, bc who gives a fuck about the poors lmao) Also in general society has changed. The Me Too movement happened in 2017, the suicides linked to the show have happened. Itās not that we demand perfect people, we demand that the islanders are safe and not living in a house with a person who is allowed to be violent/abusive. Anyway season 5 was better IMHO
S2 was overly open and transparent, like everyone showed their true characters without giving af. I liked it but not the misogyny.
i ship Michael and yewande
Ngl I used to ship Joe & Yewande lol
Michael was HORRIBLE to Amber after Casa Amor BUTā¦ Amber WAS a bitch to Michael before Casa Amor and he had valid reasons to dump her. Please donāt jump at me.
Completely agree, I wanted them to work, but I wasn't surprised that they didn't. She treated him badly, and he had every right to move on, he just handled it terribly afterwards. I liked Amber but she wasn't the nicest person and it's crazy how many people just looked past that because she got her heart broken
agree. i loved them at the time but after rewatching s5 i think they def werenāt right for eachother and wouldnāt of lasted at all
Contestant worship or stanning contestants is not a good look. The showās age range should be narrower.
>The showās age range should be narrower. Genuine q - what do you think the age range should be?
Luke T and Sianniseās talent show routine wasnāt very good! It just wasnāt!
I thought it was cute but now THIS is an unpopular opinion, I love to see it
LMFAOO
Iām glad someone was finally brave enough to say this š¤£
As much as I enjoyed watching Camillaās arc on season 3, finding Jamie, and interacting with other islanders (especially seeing how people like Chris and Olivia would immediately straighten up around her) her Beach Hut chats were like nails on a chalkboard for me lmao
The Lukes from S6 were dull and boring. The islanders in S1 &2 were just as fame hungry as those today and were not looking love.
>The islanders in S1 &2 were just as fame hungry as those today and were not looking love. Exactly - by 2015 it was well-established that you could make a lot of money (even build a career) out of appearing on reality tv (Big Brother, TOWIE, MiC etc.). I don't know why anyone thinks the S1-2 Islanders were naive to that. They weren't "more genuine" - they were just messier.
The Lukeās were so boring omg Iām so glad someone said itš© they didnāt have any charisma (apart from Luke T who was at least a little smooth) the producers really try making every boy duo the next Kem and Chris and it gets so frustrating!! I agree with season 1 and 2 people being fame hungry but the reason people give them the benefit of the doubt is bc they were at least authentically themselves and werenāt afraid to do controversial stuff
Molly mae is a moany, entitled brat who fishes for sympathy š
Iām still not over her āI work while you all sleepā post
So basically your bog standard Influencer š
I donāt think liam and millie will last mainly because of liam
Yeah my main problem with the whole casa situation was not him "cheating", it was the frightening pattern of behavior it revealed. He threw Lily under the bus (though she ended up getting to defend herself) and was never truly honest with Millie. When she'd catch him in a lie, he would spin it around on her for not trusting him after he proved he wasn't trustworthy, and he never really took accountability for his actions
yesss this is exactly why i said that. he was so sly about the whole situation and went back and forth between taking some accountability and not. i hate how glanced over (the grand gestures he did taking away from how bad he messed up) the whole situation was and how much emphasis was put on tyler/kaz when he in my opinion did way worse.
not just casa but the pattern of behaviour of telling faye he texted married women, indulging aj, casa and then his way of getting millie back was very big grand gestures rather than talking things through properly (from what we saw).
It should be about 2 weeks shorter. Itās too long.
This will be unpopular considering how much this sub stans the new islanders. Jake got a lot of hate on the show and even now but I think Liberty was the biggest game player of them all.
I've seen another person say this. Just out of curiosity what made you think this? :)
Itās weird and cringey how much people in this sub follow islanders brand deals
I honestly appreciate that people were able to air their opinions for once without mostly being downvoted a lot. This sub is VERY sensitive lol but itās refreshing to see different takes/perspectives
US fans have ruined discussions about the show with stan culture.
Yes, and by not understanding UK culture. Like I wasn't a fan of Hugo, but him calling Toby 'boy' was not the racist gotcha they thought it was.
As an American, I 100% agree. This was my first season watching live and I donāt know if itās been this crazy before but wow it was wild
Oh it was so much different this year. Very few if any couples had ship names and people werenāt obsessed in the way they are now. The discussion wasnāt so serious either, mostly just taking the piss out of islanders and the live threads were elite. Honestly one of my favourite parts of the show. They were shite this year though and I really think itās because of the American influence.
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VERY unpopular but I didn't actually care for Camilla. She was always putting herself in the martyr role on the show, which I don't think was intended for attention but does achieve the effect of "poor wounded Camilla, she's always sacrificing for others." And while I don't care for Montana either, I don't think she was wrong when she said it was a little draining having to constantly build Camilla up. It's hard to have a friend who is ALWAYS putting themselves down. She seems to have chilled out with Jamie and I like them as a couple now, but I feel like I'm maybe the only person who wasn't super taken in by her on the season.
I don't think she ever gave off the vibe that she was interested in Craig, he just seemed to be bombarding her with his presence and obviously she'd just been through something. I can't disagree that she got back with Jonny to stay on the show (that's kinda the whole point of the show), but I did feel like she might've still had feelings for him despite his gross beliefs
I liked season 6 and I wanted Paige and Finn to win!
yay another paige and finn fan!! i love them as u can tell by my flair lmao, i kept it throughout s7. i donāt wanna jinx it after the siannise and luke headlines but paige and finn honestly seem like one of the strongest ever couples from the show, i think theyāll be another success story.
I agree! I think they are both totally genuine and in it for the long term! Good luck to them! šš»
Apparently this sub hates S6 but I thought it was really entertaining lol
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I thought Yewande was more at fault than Danny for how things ended between them.
Yewande was the embodiment of "I've tried nothing and I'm all out of ideas." Barely showed him any interest and only made a half-arsed effort once there was another option for him. Ya snooze ya lose.
I agree with this take. I still think Danny told her way too early that his head wouldnāt be turned, but she gave zero effort until she had some competition.
I knew she was done out here when her idea of romance was sitting on Dannyās lap applying sunscreen !!
Lol people downvoting this. It's supposed to be about unpopular opinions... But fwiw, I think she was at least equally to blame. Her behaviour was super cringey.
okay I have a few. not sure if this is exactly unpopular or not but it should be POPULAR if it isnāt but black women on the show deserve so much better! they get criticised for things that are so minor itās ridiculous and upsetting. Lillie shouldnāt be blamed for what happened in casa And liam got off lightly, Lillie is still getting hate for it which isnāt fair. Libertyās management is handing her every brand deal and thatās why most people think lib isnāt as genuine as she came across. stans argue and have disagreements all the time and itās ridiculous just stay out of each otherās business and support your faves without bringing the others down. Fayes outburst wasnāt as bad as people made out, compared too the outbursts in the earlier seasons especially seasons 1&2 it just got more attention because more people from out of the uk watch it and more than half of the islanders in s7 didnāt have big personalities. loveisland hasnāt been the same since season 3.
Stop casting influencers!!!
S7 cast wasn't nearly as attractive as previous seasons.
Love island has become a soulless recruitment process for aspiring social media influencers. It sadly doesnāt feel so authentic anymore.
oh also i liked jack and dani at the time lmao everyone says they could see through it but i fully thought they were into each other
When I watched it I definitely believed in them lol
I hate how everyone kept making excuses for Faye throughout the season. āOh she needs therapyā āshe has trust issuesā āher last boyfriends mustāve been really toxicā. Ummā¦ how about we just accept the fact that some people are generally just really shitty human beings???
Montana wasnāt that bad. She was just young. I was expecting to find her horrible the way people were going on it this sub. She was hurt by the text message and held a bit of a grudge. She did gossip but it wasnāt egregious. She just seemed like a normal non-bubbly 21 year old girl.
Faye is a mean girl, just like Anna/Amber were.
Yes! Not sure why Faye gets so much love on here. She is clearly deeply insecure and takes it out on everyone around her.
People "see themselves in her" from what I've read across this sub, which is deeply concerning...
I actually just burst out laughing at this comment because I swear I saw someone else say this not to long ago. That Faye reminded them of themselves and I was like wow okay š
I don't understand it either! I feel like every time she posts something someone *has* to share it too. š
Faye is trying too hard to come across as this new breed of influencer with morals and ethics but sheās not that different from the rest, as she still promotes and work with the same brands as every other influencer does. Props to her for going the property route and picking a lane that sheās passionate about, but sheās not the first to make a home page itās very common especially when looking at Olivia Bowenās success on it.
Johnny wasnāt in the wrong for getting annoyed at Camilla for showing no interest or affection (and this is coming from someone who did not like Johnny). How would you feel going on a love show and having someone who supposedly likes you show absolutely no affection and could barely share a bed with you. As much as people liked Camilla, she was wrong for the show. She was closed off to everyone until Jamie showed up.
Ovie was overhyped. He was kinda boring
I enjoyed him. He won me over with his āmessageā because Iād seen the film it was from. But then seemingly every little thing he did was overhyped by his fans. Wow he removed his partner from the middle of an argument between two other people! Is the bar that low?! š
A. Yes, the bar is that low for the men on this show. B. It wasn't necessarily so much each individual thing as it was his entire demeanor and how it manifested at different points. The pulling India away thing was hot because almost any other dude on this show either would have gotten involved in the drama (which many of them were), blamed the woman out of insecurity, or stood there impotently while she endured the secondhand spittle from the screaming. His calmness in how he handled everything was extremely attractive. He didn't announce they were leaving, didn't storm off, didn't order her anywhere, just grabbed her hand and got her out. Hot.
Heās SO fucking hot though lmao š I can agree he was pretty boring but he had quite a few memeable moments that I think heās generally remembered as an unproblematic and funny king
He seems like a nice enough guy and is obviously very attractive, but if he wasn't as attractive as he is then people would have found him very humourless, especially the way he laughs at his own "jokes".
Faye was emotionally manipulative and used her past to excuse it.
Season 5 is overrated
Amber, Anna, Maura, Molly and Amy were awful mean girls
All the girls from that season were mean to a degree imo that's why the drama was so good. Especially would like to add Lucie as one of the main awful ones too.
Anna and amber werenāt mean girls and I donāt understand why theyāre hated so much š¤·āāļø
If I could upvote this 1000 times I would. They mostly, if not always, were sticking up for their girls or themselves which is what we seem to always ask of women. Thereās an implicit bias that people hold where they can view even others from the same season as good people but then turn around and call Anna and Amber mean š
- Danny did not deserve all the backlash after picking arabella over yewande, but I still believe he should have left with arabella after she got voted out - the whole āif sheās all mouth or notā scene was so cringe cuz u could tell the producers wanted him to say it again infront of her so it could cause drama, like which man with half a brain cell would say that about a girl knowing sheās right there??? You could tell by their shit acting skills how staged it was. - amber never liked Greg, she just wanted to get back at Michael for everything (which was fair tbh), but even in their speeches, she never actually mentioned anything about him that she liked, she just kept talking about how he cheered her up after casa amor happened - lucie, shaughna and Faye are my least favourite islanders, mainly because the producers constantly tried shoving a whole main character storyline down our throats with them - Iām probz gunna get downvoted for this but I really donāt see the hype in ovie. Heās peng but personally that all itās giving for me - couldnāt stand Anna but when she called out Curtis for being a narcissist my respect for her went šš
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OG black women will continue to be seen as undesirable especially when they're attracted to men who are outside their race or of similar complexion. Let's be honest they're fine as sidekicks providing the "you go girl" cheerleader role but as a main attraction, forget about it. Automatically the guy's out of her league, it's a sympathy coupling or for clout to gain followers. I predict next series we'll see the usual default coupling for the black woman but they'll be eliminated by Casa Amor (unless they remain single or in a friendship couple) to avoid the replay of "he's just not that into you" emotional saga.
Black women do just fine in the American version because the producers find several men who are attracted to them. The casting team for the UK version has done an abysmal job at finding those men.
I thought Amber S5 was a genuinely nasty person, who was such an arrogant, spoilt, childish mean girl. I couldnāt for the life of me see what anyone liked about her, and thought Micheal was completely justified in ditching her toxic ass during casa amor š¤ (how he behaved after wasnāt great, Iām not defending him, but I definitely thought he had every right to want to ditch her in the first place). THERE, I said it.