The “movie night” episode of the latest Love Island series was the most complained-about TV event of the year, Ofcom has revealed. The episode on July 17 received 2,630 complaints relating to “alleged misogynistic and bullying behaviour by some contestants in the villa”.
However, the broadcasting watchdog concluded no formal investigation was needed because of how the behaviour was put into context. During the episode, contestants on the ITV show were shown video clips of antics which had occurred when the couples had been tempted by newcomers.
The episode became heated when Luca Bish expressed his frustration after claiming one of the clips showed his then-partner Gemma Owen flirting with new boy Billy Brown. Love Island appears on the list twice more – in fourth and seventh places, both also relating to alleged misogynistic and bullying behaviour.
