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Zara Woodcock

Love Island star Gabby Allen brands boys 'toxic and insecure' after Ofcom complaints

Love Island star Gabby Allen slammed this year's male contestants and called them 'toxic' over their behaviour with the girls.

This year's series caused a lot of uproar among fans due to the men's treatment of the women as well as their antics in Casa Amor.

The boys were even called out for their behaviour on movie night, when Davide called Ekin-Su a 'liar' and when Dami said Summer was 'fake', despite them doing what they want during the Casa Amor episodes.

Luca was fuming when he saw a clip of Billy flirting with Gemma despite her reassuring him that she shut him down.

Women's Aid even released a statement on the 'misogyny and controlling behaviour' of this year's contestants and said they are working with the show.

The series three star called this year's boys 'toxic' (gabbyallendawn/Instagram)
Gabby was with Marcel in the villa (Getty Images Europe)

Gabby, who appeared on the 2017 series and won fourth place with Marcel Somerville, said Casa Amor was 'shocking'.

"It's toxic this year, and it seems to be one rule for the boys and another for the girls," she told Closer Magazine.

"Casa Amor was just shocking. I and I feel like Luca was very jealous and very insecure - I wouldn't take s**t like that.."

Gabby, who has been dating Brandon Myers for three years, added: "Brandon wouldn't dare act like that with me!"

Gabby called Luca 'insecure' (DIGITAL/EROTEME.CO.UK)

Last week, it was reported that the series was hit with over 3.6K Ofcom complaints after viewers accused the show of endorsing bullying and nasty behaviour towards some of the cast.

Luca and Dami were the topics of conversation among many viewers who have accused the boys of bullying Tasha.

The fishmonger also came under fire for his 'controlling' behaviour towards Gemma after Movie Night.

On July 17, Love Island received a total of 2481 complaints related to alleged misogynistic behaviour by some of the male contestants.

Dami and Luca were also accused of 'bullying' (ITV)

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The same night, as Aftersun aired, the ITV2 programme received 427 complaints - the majority of which related to comments made about Ekin-Su, and the treatment of Jacques during his interview.

Then, on July 18 July, Love Island received a whopping 413 complaints from furious viewers related to alleged bullying and misogynistic behaviour from some of the male contestants.

It also received 167 complaints relating to footage of Ekin-Su and George during Casa Amor.

The majority of the 129 complaints Ofcom received the week prior to that were related to Adam entering the villa, and Jacques’ wellbeing in the lead up to and during his departure from the villa.

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