The family and friends of this year's Love Island contestants have released a joint statement on their social media profiles "as a sign of unity and denouncement of hate". Those looking after the Instagram accounts of the 2022 Islanders posted the same messages across the platform after receiving "hate messages and insults" from some viewers.
Those behind the profiles of Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu, Luca Bish, Gemma Owen, Adam Collard, Paige Thorne, Tasha Ghouri, Andrew Le Page, Indiyah Polack, Dami Hope, Danica Taylor, Billy Brown, Summer Botwe and Deji Adeniyi urged people to "be kind".
The message, which was released on Sunday, July 17, read: "Joint statement from admins of current contestants of Love Island.
