Love Island to offer therapy and training to all contestants following two suicides

"And we will be delivering bespoke training to all future Islanders to include social media and financial management."

It went on:"The key focus will be for us to no longer be reliant on the islanders asking us for support but for us to proactively check in with them on a regular basis." After the news of the death of Mike Thalassitis broke, a fellow contestant, Dom Lever tweeted: tweeted:"You get a psychological evaluation before and after you go on the show but hands down once you are done on the show you don't get any support unless you're number one."

Former Love Island stars have urged the hit TV show to provide more support to contestants after the programme endAn inquest into her death was due to be held on Thursday but has been postponed at the request of her relatives who have asked for more time to read the coroner's report.The tragedy for those who knew her was compounded by the suicide of her boyfriend just weeks after her body was found.

The show is embarrassing and morally bankrupt should never have been on in the first place, garbage for cheap viewing.

Much better to provide therapy beforehand and forget the show.

The fact that it takes two suicides to put this in place is everything that’s wrong with the show. Too little too late.

Hasn't it just come out that she didn't commit suicide? Her partner committed murder/suicide. Think you need to get her story straight for her families sake.

Really do people watch this crap

Almost as if exploiting people for entertainment isn't healthy!

Is the problem the contestants are low self centred fame hungry people who once the show is over realise no one gives a shit and it’s back to the 9-5 life that we all lead? Maybe get normal people on the show that aren’t chasing fame

Think LoveIsland should be showing some support to the younger generation who end up with mental health problems trying to live up to their fake contestants.

Pathetic show, just cancel it

It's a crap show, the producers should be held accountable. It's one of the worst programmes on TV. Do everyone a favour and cancel the show. No one likes those kinds of people in real life let alone having them on TV. I dont pay my TV licence to have to put up with that shit!!!!

Have the producers not realised that it’s the show that ruins them and trolled by the public to point where they can’t take it anymore. It’s not entertainment, it’s trash tv that only shallow people watch! Cancel the whole thing, will solve that issue!

Well done to LI for putting these procedures in place. But these contestants management companies who “whore” them out to reality shows & clubs also need to take responsibility too. They only see them as a bank note & drop them soon as demand dwindles.

Therapy for what ffs

Scrap the whole useless 'show', if ITV insists on these pointless shows they should be accountable for any future incidents!

Better still don’t have the show it stupid

Why not just scrap the stupid attention seeking wannabees program and others like it..

The best therapy is to cancel it.

think its time they tuk ths rubbish off luk wot its doin to contestants 👊

In all fairness, I think it says more about the type of people who apply for such a vacuous show, rather than what the show does to the contestants who appear on it...

They won’t be able to hide from them what will be the dawning realisation that life on reality tv is a shallow, meaningless existence. Developing skills and contributing something useful to the world will bring greater happiness than pursuing fame.

What about therapy for those who watched the show?

How about have a talent before getting into TV.

In addition- please cancel reality tv crap and get professional actors to provide the public with quality action / Drama productions. Also get more comedy on the box....

Ive long term mental illness but function, fam hist suicide but 4 the following I will be hated, it stands to reason there wuld be tragedy after a tv show based upon so much fakeness, false body image & idolisation of ppl looking for fame who r then forgotten! It is not real!

Why go on the show if they can't handle the so called fame, soldiers, police, ambulance service, fire fighters and NHS staff need it, not a shite tv show.

Training on how not to be a loser? Too late for these people

Anyone who watches that rubbish in the first place need some kind of therapy. It's pathetic

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