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Love Island's Laura Whitmore shuts down speculation on major change for show with telling remark

Laura Whitmore has appeared to shoot down talk of Love Island being on for longer this year, with a telling remark made in a teaser advert for the show's return.

Nearly 20 years after it started live as a celebrity show, featuring the likes of Bianca Gascoigne and Calum Best and seven years after it made a resurgence on ITV2, Love Island will kick off its new series on Monday, June 6 when a whole host of new singles will enter the villa, a brand new one for 2022, in search of romance Among the Love Island line up this time is Michael Owen's daughter Gemma, with her inclusion on the show raising a few eyebrows.

In a break with tradition, Love Island bosses chose to drip feed the identities of this year's contestants last week and, among the many people sharing in the excitement of the big reveal was the show's presenter Laura, who hosted for the first time last year, following in the footsteps of the late Caroline Flack.

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