This year's Love Island finalists have criticised ITV bosses, claiming they were portrayed as 'villains' throughout the series. Toni Laites, Shakira Khan, and Yasmin Pettet, who finished first, second, and third respectively, spoke out about the editing of the show.
Speaking to The Sun's Fabulous magazine, Shakira said: “Yeah, they'd never show the other side of things, which was frustrating. We constantly felt like villains. Every chance they got, they tried to kill us off.” Toni added: “During the first public vote, Shakira and I were both in the bottom. We spent weeks thinking that it was us against the world.”
The women revealed that many Islanders genuinely did not get along for weeks. Toni said: “A lot of us really just didn't get along. For weeks and weeks, there were no solid couples, because no one could even stand to speak to each other!” The trio confirmed the friction was genuine, with Shakira describing the atmosphere as 'frosty' and 'really tense'.
Yasmin likened the behaviour to 'classic high school' antics and said she made an effort to be kind to new bombshells. Shakira believes her honesty was misconstrued: “If you say it how it is, and you're honest, you're called 'a b*tch', you're 'nasty'. No, I think it's nasty to speak about someone behind their back.”
