The Love Island Boss Thinks Having Queer Contestants Is ‘Logistically Difficult’, We Think It Would Save The Show

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After years of the same tired narratives, queer representation on Love Island might actually start some new, interesting conversations

will ever host queer contestants on the reality dating show. Speaking to the Radio Times, she explained that while producers are making an effort to be more inclusive, adding gay Islanders into the show would present ‘logistical difficultly’ to the shows format.

Of course, some viewers have taken issue with Stavri’s reluctance to take on the logistical challenge of having queer islanders. In fact, one journalist for Huffington Post went as far as to explain exactly how Love Island could host queer folks in a Twitter thread yesterday afternoon. There are always random singletons left with no one after re-couplings, there’s always multiple people brought in when a public vote off sees more than one person sent home. In fact, to imply that Love Island is logistically simple now does a disservice to producers that clearly work hard to select contestants based on who will bring in the most drama.

 

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