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.
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"Love Island is an interactive TV show where opinions, discussion and debate are welcome in equal measure to displays of support, love and kindness.
"Although we have never met, we stand together today united against the hate messages and insults that some viewers seen to think is acceptable to throw at our friends, sons, daughters and family members.
"Your hate has no place on our pages or in society in general.
"This post is being shared across contestants social media pages at the same time and Love Island fan related pages as a sign of unity and denouncement of hate."
Love Island also released their own statement which was shared on their Instagram story, it read: "We do not tolerate trolling or abuse of any sort and we continue to offer support to the Islanders and their families and friends in tackling social media negativity."
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