After the tragic deaths of Love Island contestants Sophie Gradon and Mike Thalassitis in the space of just a year, bosses of the popular reality show have come under a great deal of backlash, with former Islander Jonny Mitchell even setting up a petition against them.
Whilst the likes of Dom Lever and Malin Andersson also slammed the show for its after care procedures, 2017 runner-up Olivia Attwood has given her support to the show, admitting Love Island 'saved her life'.
After the recent backlash, Olivia spoke to The Sun, saying, "People are angry and they want someone to blame. Mike was in turmoil and a lot of his problems weren’t to do with Love Island at all.
"It isn’t an aftercare situation but a before care. You need to be obligated to do a certain amount of therapy before going on Love Island to prepare you."
Olivia, who is now dating Blackburn Rovers footballer Bradley Dack, then added, "Love Island saved me. I got a lot of heat in the villa for the way I was but after I came out so many girls said how they related to me. I finally found this sense of self-acceptance that I never had before."
Love Island couples still together (slider)
1 of 18Hannah Elizabeth and Jonathan Clark (2015): SPLIT
Remember when they, like, got engaged on the show? That one didn't quite last...
2 of 18Katie Salmon and Adam Maxwell (2016): SPLIT
Adam claimed he was '100 percent single' shortly after leaving the villa and, um, that was that. #Kadam; gone but never forgotten.
3 of 18Gabby Allen and Marcel Somerville (2017): STILL TOGETHER
After making the final last year, Gabby and Marcel are still very much a thing and we're here for it.
4 of 18Scott Thomas and Kady McDermott (2016): SPLIT
Scott and Kady managed a year before splitting in 2017.
5 of 18Nathan Massey and Cara de da Hoyde (2016): STILL TOGETHER
They've got their little Love Island baby and everything.
6 of 18Jamie Jewitt and Camilla Thurlow (2017): STILL TOGETHER
An absolute success story of Love Island 2017, Jamie and Camilla and Jamie are still the CUTEST of couples.
7 of 18Sam Gowland and Georgia Harrison (2017): SPLIT
Sam seems to be doing alright for himself on Geordie Shore, so we don't think he's too gutted.
8 of 18Olivia Attwood and Chris Hughes (2017): SPLIT
The couple were plagued with cheating rumours throughout their relationship (who can forget that whole Chris Hughes and Katie Price debacle?). Since their ITVBe show Crackin' On ended, Olivia's confirmed she's back with ex-boyfriend Bradley Dack.
9 of 18Emma-Jane Woodhams and Terry Walsh (2016): SPLIT
The pair dated for eight months in actual real life before calling it a day. AH WELL.
10 of 18Rykard Jenkins and Rachel Fenton (2016): SPLIT
At least they lasted 18 months. Not bad going...
11 of 18Jessica Hayes and Max Morley (2015): SPLIT
Still fancy Max in a huge way, not gonna lie.
12 of 18Alex Bowen and Olivia Buckland (2016): STILL TOGETHER
Alex and Olivia are engaged and literally as strong as ever. We like to live vicariously through them, to be honest.
13 of 18Jordan Ring and Zoe Brown (2015): SPLIT
Absolutely DID NOT work IRL. Neeext.
14 of 18Luis Morrison and Cally Jane Beech (2015): SPLIT
They had the first ever Love Island baby and are happy as Larry. Ah, always good to end on some good news.
15 of 18Tyla Carr and Jonny Mitchell (2017): SPLIT
Oh it was never gonna last, was it?
16 of 18Kem Cetinay and Amber Davies (2017): SPLIT
The Love Island 2017 winners split in December 2017; five months after the finale.
17 of 18Montana Brown and Alex Beattie (2017): SPLIT
These two split just weeks after returning to the UK. Sad times.
18 of 18Dom Lever and Jess Shears (2017): STILL TOGETHER
Jess and Dom are so together, in fact, they got 'married' on Good Morning Britain on Valentine's Day 2017. The, um, actual wedding's scheduled for later this year.
Her comments come after the tragic news of Mike's death broke over the weekend. The reality star, who was due to appear on Ex On The Beach later this year, was found dead in woodland near his Essex home on Saturday 16th March.
A Met Police spokesperson said, "Police were called to a park near Latymer Way, N9 at 0928hrs on Saturday, 16 March to reports of a man found hanged.
"Officers and the London Ambulance Service attended and found a man, aged in his 20s deceased. "At this early stage, the death is not being treated as suspicious. Police are in the process of informing the man's next of kin. A file will be prepared for the coroner."
Meanwhile, following the tragic news, as well as Mike's Love Island co-stars paying tribute to him online, his friend and Islander Montana Brown appeared on This Morning on Monday 18th March, where she spoke about her last communication with Mike.
When she was asked how she found out the devastating news of Mike's death, Montana explained, "One of my friends texted me 'I don't know whether this is true, but Mike has taken his life.' I tried to call him and his phone went straight to answer phone."
Montana then revealed she had received a text message from Mike two days before his death, crying as she said, "I'm really kicking myself but he texted me and I didn't reply. When he was going through a really rough time I was checking up on him every day."
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