ITV boss on cludg gay nttants Love Island 2021 le-up | Rad Tim

Contents:

• EXCLIVE – LOVE ISLAND BOSS PROMIS DIVERSE 2021 LE-UP BUT SAYS CLUDG GAY NTTANTS PRENTS “A LOGISTIL DIFFICULTY”
• LOVE ISLAND BOSS SAYS GAY NTTANTS PRENT ‘LOGISTIL DIFFICULTI’ AMID ‘DIVERSE’ LE-UP
• LOVE ISLAND BOSS SAYS 2021 LP IS DIVERSE, BUT NO GAY CONTTANTS THIS TIME
• 'LOVE ISLAND' SAYS CLUDG GAY NTTANTS POS 'LOGISTIL DIFFICULTY'
• LOVE ISLAND IS ACCEPTG GAY SGLETONS FOR THE 2021 SERI

EXCLIVE – LOVE ISLAND BOSS PROMIS DIVERSE 2021 LE-UP BUT SAYS CLUDG GAY NTTANTS PRENTS “A LOGISTIL DIFFICULTY”

“In terms of gay Islanrs, I thk the ma challenge is regardg the format of Love Island, ” she said. Durg a talk at the Cambridge Unn last month, Megan Barton-Hanson – who is bisexual and appeared on the 2018 seri – said the programme need a “whole gay season” to avoid Island is schled to return to ITV2 later this month, s first seri sce the Covid panmic began. Recently there has been a lot of speculatn about whether the show, which se dividuals uplg up, will feature nttants who are gay or spoke to ITV's missner Amanda Stavri who set the rerd straight on the recent mours, and whether we'll see more diversy when to sexualy on the upg seventh seri.

"There's been que a few mours circulatg about featurg gay Islanrs, so 's worth touchg on that really, " Stavri told exclively. "While nttants aren't strictly required to intify as heterosexual, the format of Love Island typilly promot relatnships wh the oppose sex, wh the boys and girls choosg to uple up wh one another ahead of each nttants have appeared to form nnectns wh the same sex the past, but this has been que limed – somethg Stavri says is difficult on Love Island ntued: "In terms of gay Islanrs, I thk the ma challenge is regardg the format of Love Island.

LOVE ISLAND BOSS SAYS GAY NTTANTS PRENT ‘LOGISTIL DIFFICULTI’ AMID ‘DIVERSE’ LE-UP

Love Island and Tr have produced a seri of ads which target both straight and gay ers their qut for new applints. Acrdg to the source, the producers of Love Island teamed up wh Tr to strategilly place the ads "si the app so you have to swipe left or right, " and "the ads have been showg up on both male and female gay acunts as well as on those of straight people. Wners receive a sh prize at the ncln of the show has clud bisexual nttants the past, but a gay or lbian uple would be a first for Love Island.

It was later revealed Purvis had a past gay porn and CBS issued a statement explag the home health re provir turned islanr had vlated his nttant agreement by providg "false rmatn on his applitn" and was removed om the show as a rult.

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LOVE ISLAND BOSS SAYS 2021 LP IS DIVERSE, BUT NO GAY CONTTANTS THIS TIME

Dpe var mpaigns for the ITV seri to clu LGBTQ+ nttants, work boss Amanda Stavri said gay Islanrs would prent a “logistil difficulty” for the seri, which has n for six seasons sce 2015. Ahead of the season seven premiere, she told Rad Tim: “There’s been que a few mours circulatg about featurg gay Islanrs, so ’s worth touchg on that really. “Logistilly, I don’t know how would work if they jt chucked a few token gay people there.

I feel like we need a whole gay seri. I mean, I’d fely go back on there if there’s a gay season! Love Island 2021 is moured to have the most diverse le-up yet (Picture: ITV)An ITV boss has addrsed Love Island 2021’s moured diverse le-up but says havg gay nttants leads to ‘logistil difficulti’.

Speakg to, Stavri said: ‘In terms of gay Islanrs, I thk the ma challenge is regardg the format of Love Island. Speculatn about the search for this year’s nttants ramped up when Jt had an advert for @LoveIsland on @Tr – do this mean they are fally havg gay nttants?!

'LOVE ISLAND' SAYS CLUDG GAY NTTANTS POS 'LOGISTIL DIFFICULTY'

I’m gay, I n’t go on this show, ’s for straight people.

While the new islanrs were weled to the Love Island universe wh open arms, viewers have renewed their lls for more LGBTQ reprentatn on the datg bate was reigned after ITV missner Amanda Stavri spoke to Rad Tim ahead of the show's return about the possibily of havg LGBTQ nttants, sayg: "In terms of gay islanrs, I thk the ma challenge is regardg the format of Love Island. "An ITV missner said gay islanrs would brg 'logistil difficulti (Cred: ITV)The format for Love Island se around 10 men and women upled up together wh one or two extra 'bombshells' to e ictn between the upl. The islanr who is left sgle mt leave the villa to Twter this week, viewers have aired their disappotment that the 2021 failed to clu nttants om the LGBTQ Twter er said: "Okay but n we get some gay people on shows like Too Hot To [Handle] or Love Island e...

""Man I thought Love Island said they were gonna have LGBT nttants this year, " one fan Barton-Hanson me out as bisexual after she left the villa (Cred: ITV)While a fourth person said: "Why is there never a gay relatnship on "#LoveIsland" has been one same-sex uple on Love Island wh the late Sophie Gradon and Katie Salmon 2016. Followg months of mours that Love Island 2021 were lookg for gay nttants, boss have addrsed the speculatn about this year's le-up.

LOVE ISLAND IS ACCEPTG GAY SGLETONS FOR THE 2021 SERI

Followg months of talk that the datg seri was set to enter a more clive array of sgletons, wh the prospect of gay nttants beg add to the le-up, seems may not happen this year after Island 2021 Conttants & Le-Up Rumours So FarITV missner Amanda Stavri has now set the rerd straight about the le-up mours. Love Island say cludg gay sgletons uld prent 'logistil difficulty'.

However, she went on to say that cludg gay sgletons uld supposedly prent “logistil difficulty”, referrg to the requirement that all sgletons need to be upled up wh a ntued: “In terms of gay Islanrs, I thk the ma challenge is regardg the format of Love Island. Wh the official lp now nfirmed, an ITV boss has said that the st this year is more diverse, but there won't be any gay nttants this seri. Cred: ITV/Love IslandSpeakg to Rad Tim, ITV missner Amanda Stavri said that havg gay nttants prents some "logistil difficulty.