Love Island producers were "forced to intervene" in the show as the boys "ignored" the new female bombshell. It is reported that the ITV2 bosses are "heavily involved" in what goes down in the villa.
They had to step into the villa in South Africa at one point in the winter series as the male islanders weren't playing by the rules. Most Love Island fans are aware that the contestants only speak to producers during daily briefings in the morning and during scheduled visits to the beach hut, where they can speak freely without other islanders present.
But a source has claimed lots goes on between producers and the islanders that doesn't make it to TV screens, reports the Mirror. "The producers are very heavily involved in pretty much all of it. They spend the majority of their time watching everything through the gallery and they talk to the islanders through the tannoy," the source claimed.
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"For example they will call out an islander's name and say 'can you come to the beach hut and speak about this, or this person'." Speaking to the Daily Star, the source then went on to claim producers actually entered the villa at one point when the boys refused to speak to a new bombshell.
The source explained how the boys introduced themselves to the new female arrival but no one was up for pulling the bombshell for a chat as "no one fancied her" - even going as far as sitting on the terrace and "slating this girl" instead. "So then the producers had to come up to the villa to speak to the lads and be like 'look, lads, you can't be talking like that. You've all got to go and make and effort with this girl'," the source continueed.
They added how the boys had to go and "crack on" with the unnamed girl "against their will" but "literally none of them fancied her". The source alleged producers had to beg the male islanders to strike up a conversation with the female bombshell.
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