Over the years we’ve seen Love Island change from savage showdowns and shady one liners to a more polished PR-safe version and one Love Island champ isn’t happy with the change
Amber Gill has slammed ‘overly sensitive’ UK reality TV viewers.
Former Love Island winner Amber Rose Gill has hit out at the current state of UK reality TV, claiming it’s become too “soft” and over-policed by viewers who get offended over everything. In a fiery social media rant, the 2019 champ said the reason reality telly is “dead” is because people can’t say anything without backlash – calling out recent outrage over a Love Island contestant saying another girl was “too glamorous for a 9-5”.
Amber fumed: “I’ve just seen articles about a girl saying someone’s too glamorous for a 9-5 and everyone’s like, ‘You can’t say that!’ I need everyone to get several grips.”
She continued: “No wonder they come f**ing media trained, because God forbid you say anything out of line. I remember some of the s*** I said and trust me, I say worse in private!”
Amber, who famously clashed with islanders like Michael Griffiths and stirred up strong opinions during her time on the show, has always been known for her sharp tongue and unfiltered opinions.
She’s not just shouting into the void either – Amber’s living proof. During her season, she famously clashed with Michael Griffiths after he pied her off in Casa Amor, branding his backtracking “childish” and holding nothing back. Viewers were glued to every word. And when Joanna Chimonides walked back into the villa, Amber didn’t sugar-coat a thing calling her a “dead ting” on national telly.
But while her straight-talking ways earned her backlash with some calling her a “bully” – the public still crowned her the winner. In fact, she was caught in the middle of one of the show’s biggest ever blow-ups, when bestie Anna Vakili erupted at Jordan Hames in scenes that producers later called one of the loudest in Love Island history. For Amber, those raw, messy moments were what made the show real and she reckons that kind of telly just wouldn’t happen today.
“You don’t want to know what goes on in my head. If you think that’s bad… I need everyone to collectively get a grip and just enjoy it for entertainment value,” she added.
Amber’s comments come amid a growing debate about the sanitisation of reality shows and how newer contestants are afraid to truly speak their mind for fear of being “cancelled”.
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