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Isobel Pankhurst

Laura Whitmore hits out at Love Island and gives real reason why she quit as host

Former Love Island host Laura Whitmore hit out at the reality show yesterday – as she revealed the real reason she quit after just three years.

Laura, 37, shocked fans this year when she announced her departure, told how she’d found “certain elements” of the Virgin Media One dating show “very difficult”. The presenter began hosting the show in 2020, following the death of her friend and previous host Caroline Flack.

Opening up about her decision to leave, Laura told Psychologies magazine: “There was only so much I can do as a host – I couldn’t support them or not support them. I couldn’t say anything. So you kind of have to go quiet, and that was hard for me because I like to be able to have those conversations. If I could [have done] things the way I wanted to, I’d probably still be doing it.”

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