It’s hard to believe but it’s been six years since Kady McDermott rose to fame on the second series of Love Island back in 2016. Honestly, where has the time gone?
The former make-up artist, originally from Stevenage, made a major impact on the show after entering the villa as a bombshell with her sights set on Scott Thomas. Kady eventually bagged her man and they made it all the way to the final, but their journey definitely had a few bumps in the road.
And by bumps in the road we specifically mean late entrant Tina Stinnes, who chose to go on a date with Scott when she entered the villa on day 20 and sparked Kady’s infamous epic Hideaway meltdown.
In case you don’t remember the moment we’re referring to, Kady recently relieved her dramatic reaction to Tina’s date with Scott on TikTok as she recalled what happened.
Kady lipsynced along to the song Crazy by Patsy Cline in the video which she posted with the caption, “Thinking about that time I called someone a see you next Tuesday and said their dress was sh-t on national TV cos they wanted to date my man who wasn’t even my man yet and then put my a$$ checks against the windows whilst having a full on Britney 2007 meltdown.”
Yep, that’s right, in hella dramatic and hella naked scenes, Kady, who was trapped in the Hideaway with fellow Islander Olivia Bowen (then Buckland) while their partners went on dates with new girls, dropped the C-bomb on Tina and rubbed her bum on the glass doors of the Hideaway as she threw a tantrum. It was… a lot, but it certainly made for entertaining TV.
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Following the Mad Movies challenge that showed Teddy talking to Casa Amor bombshell Clarisse Juliette, Faye Winter was left furious. For the majority of the following episode, that was an hour-long, Faye was shouting at Teddy, Matthew MacNabb and even Dale Mehmet. As a result of the showdown, Ofcom received a record number of 24,763 complaints from viewers.
2 of 11Love Island 2021 postcard
Love Island bosses brought the postcard challenge back during the 2021 series and it caused quite the stir in the villa. It left Millie Court in the dark about Liam Reardon's antics and Faye Winter thought Teddy Soares had kissed another girl however it was part of a game.Teddy returned (with Faye's teddy bear in hand) and was left single in the villa and Casa Amor bombshell Lillie Haynes returned and exposed Liam, which left Millie devastated.
3 of 11Love Island's lie detector test
In 2019 it also came to light that the infamous lie detector test had been axed. Ofcom investigated reality TV rules following the tragic death of Steve Dymond following his appearance on The Jeremy Kyle Show.
4 of 11Laura Anderson and Paul Knops in the final
Love Island 2018 already had a few controversial moments but it was the final episode that drew in some complaints. After Laura Anderson and Paul Knops came runners up on the show, viewers took to Ofcom and complained because they were not in an official relationship. In third place was Megan Barton Hanson and Wes Nelson and in fourth place was Josh Denzel and Kaz Crossley - both couples were in an exclusive relationship.
5 of 11Paige Turley and Finn Tapp's headline challenge
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6 of 11Love Island axe smoking area
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7 of 11Casa Amor in 2019
They say Casa Amor is one of the hardest tests and the 2019 series proved it because it received over 300 complaints. Poor Amy Hart was left devastated when Curtis Pritchard admitted his head turned towards Jourdan Riane. Meanwhile, Amber Gill was left single when Michael Griffiths savagely dumped her for Joanna Chimonides.
8 of 11Georgia Steel and Jack Fowler's kiss
During the 2018 series, Love Island received 655 complaints following Georgia Steel and Jack Fowler's kiss. While Georgia insisted that they both intentionally kissed on their date, Jack was sure that he went to kiss her cheek but she moved in for the lips. Luckily the truth came out during the reunion and Georgia FINALLY apologised.
9 of 11Tommy Fury and Maura Higgins
A lot of viewers felt uncomfortable when Maura Higgins tried to kiss Tommy Fury, despite his protests and Love Island received 709 complaints.
10 of 11Dani Dyer crying
Jack Fincham was floored when he saw his ex-girlfriend walk into Casa Amor but no one was more devastated than Dani Dyer who was left in a flood of tears. After the episode aired, Ofcom received 2,644 complaints about the show.
11 of 11Joe Garratt and Lucie Donlan's relationship
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Many of Kady’s TikTok followers were loving the trip down memory lane, including one who wrote, “One of the funniest things to happen on that TV show.”
Another added, “I legit felt your anger. We were all Team Kady,” while a third commented, “It was iconic though.”
However, not every was impressed, as one TikTok user branded Kady’s meltdown “very embarrassing”. Of course, she didn’t take this laying down and quickly hit back, “Maybe so but six years on that little 20-year-old fruit loop I once was has made my future life 10/10.”
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Kady’s comments come after fans were left convinced she and Scott had reunited after they both shared social media posts from their recent beach holidays. The 2016 Islander’s TikTok of her enjoying a romantic candlelit dinner on the beach with a mystery man led her followers to speculate that she was dating Scott once again.
However, one eagle-eyed fan pointed out that Kady was in the Maldives while Scott was in Mexico, thus shattering all our hopes and dreams.