Love Island presenter Laura Whitmore has been defended by ITV bosses after come under fire from viewers who alleged she 'sl*t shamed' contestant Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu on Sunday night's Aftersun.
Sunday evening was a controversial one all round for the ITV2 dating show, with the fall out from the second part of Mad Movies, with Luca Bish and Dami Hope the main focus of viewers' grievances. Ofcom hinted that complaints flooded in rapidly, with the communications regulator taking to Twitter to post: "Lots of you have been in touch to complain about this weekend's Love Island episodes. These will all be carefully assessed against our broadcasting code."
It has since been reported that Sunday's Love Island was the focus of 2,481 complaints related to alleged misogynistic behaviour by some of the male contestants. And it has since been revealed that Ofcom also received 427 complaints about Aftersun, with the majority concerned with host Laura's comments about Ekin-Su.
