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Jasmine Allday & Christopher Megrath

Love Island flooded with complaints over Gemma and Davide kiss

Love Island has been flooded with complaints because of Gemma and Davide.

Love Island kicked off last week and has already faced two exits, multiple bombshells, and a dumping in one of the fastest contestant turnarounds ever. Even though the latest series is going down a treat with most, the show has still received more than 200 complaints from viewers who were unhappy mainly with the Gemma and Davide age gap.

The episode airing June 7 saw the couple share an intimate moment and spark over 167 complaints as Gemma, 19, kissed Davide, 27, which many were upset with. The show also received a number of complaints - 93 in total - for its show on June 12, with most of these in relation to the ages of the contestants. Some of the complaints were also for other areas.

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Gemma joined the show as part of the main 10 contestants, but soon Davide - who hails from Italy but lives in Manchester - caused quite a stir when he entered as a bombshell. He seemed keen to get to know all the girls but it was Gemma who caught his eye and soon they shared a kiss.

The Mirror reported during a chat before they coupled up with different partners, Davide and Gemma decided to discuss their age gap. Davide asked: "How are you feeling about the fact I'm much older than you? I mean you are not bothered by that?"

Gemma added: "It's not an issue for me at all. I feel like if it was, I wouldn't have wanted to get to know you in the first place. And as I've said, I've been speaking to guys and seeing guys who are much older than me.

"It's not something that I'm not used to or you're the only one or anything like that. It's very normal for me, so for me it's not an issue but I feel like for you, is it an issue?" to which Davide disagreed, saying he was fine with it."

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