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Irish Mirror
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Clare McCarthy

Love Island fans claim Gemma Owen has been done 'dirty' by the producers

Love Island fans have accused the producers of doing Gemma Owen 'dirty' on the show by editing out her personality.

At the end of Saturday night's Unseen Bits, viewers slammed the show's editing saying they saw a completely different side to Gemma and Indiyah in the bonus content.

The claimed that the 19-year-old dressage rider, who is currently coupled up with Luca Bish, was being portrayed as 'serious' in the nightly episodes while on Saturday's show she comes across as 'goofy'.

The spin-off show airs on Saturday nights, with hilarious clips of the islanders being shown, as well as extra footage that didn't make the final cut.

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Fans of the show also begged producers to provide more airtime for Indiyah's personality saying that it "shines through" in the unaired clips.

Taking to Twitter, viewers slammed Love Island bosses for the way they show has been edited.

"Gemma has been done so dirty on the nightly shows, her personality is really coming through in unseen bits," one fan said online.

Another wrote: "F*** the producers for making it seem like gemma and Indiyah had dead personalities."

"They make gemma seem so serious all the time and then in unseen bits she’s a completely different person," said a third.

"See the way Indiyah’s personality shines in unseen bits... more of this in the main show pls !!!" a fourth wrote.

Meanwhile, one said that they bonus content was better than the real show, writing: "I feel like Gemma and Luca would be liked so much more if they showed their goofier side on the actual episodes.. here’s me thinking love island is dry this year when actually, unseen bits is far better!"

And many viewers asked show bosses to show more of the light-hearted moments in the show as it would make it far more "entertaining".

One wrote: "Love island producers should start putting some of the unseen bits into the actual show . it would be so much more entertaining."

Another agreed, writing: "Not saying main show shouldn't have drama but I wish they'd sprinkle in a lil bit of the personalities they show during unseen bits."

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