Cast your mind back to the summer of 2018. The weather was glorious, England had made it to the semi-finals of the World Cup against all odds and Dani Dyer and Jack Fincham were capturing each other’s hearts (and the hearts of the nation) in the Love Island villa. Life was GOOD.
The fourth series of the ITV2 dating show was a true classic and brought us hella iconic moments from Hayley Hughes’ Brexit chat to Wes Nelson telling Laura Anderson he was “happy but could be happier” with Megan Barton-Hanson.
And of course, we can’t forget the legendarily loyal Georgia Steel’s huge meltdown when her man Josh Denzel returned from Casa Amor with new flame Kaz Crossley. Kaz’s relationship with Josh sparked a major feud between her and Georgia but, three years on, it looks like they’ve finally managed to smooth things over.
Viewers will remember that Georgia held a grudge against Kaz for coupling up with her man and repeatedly called her by the wrong name in the villa. Kaz later opened up about how difficult it had been living with Georgia and admitted her love rival had been “horrible”.
Kaz told Closer magazine, “It was savage that Josh coupled up with me over Georgia, so I expected her to be horrible.
“If I was in her position, I don’t think I would’ve called her by the wrong name on purpose. At first it was funny, but then she did it a couple more times and it was on purpose.”
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1 of 11Faye Winter and Teddy Soares feud
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
After the Mean Tweet challenge appeared to be scrapped during the 2020 series, the News Splash didn't go down well with viewers.Paige Turley was left furious when one of the headlines said, 'Casa Amor causes Callum, Finn and Nas' head to turn on tonight's Love Island'.Finn protested his innocence but Paige was annoyed and so were fans who branded the headline as "fake news".
6 of 11Love Island axe smoking area
Remember the early days of Love Island where the majority of the Islanders would gossip over the smoking area? Well following a lot of complaints, in 2018 the producers took action and removed the smoking area from inside the villa.
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
During the early stages of Love Island 2019, Ofcom received 600 complaints over Joe Garratt and Lucie Donlan's relationship. Viewers accused him of having a "controlling nature" when Lucie was left in tears and Women's Aid issued a statement about the show.
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Thankfully the pair have managed to move past their feud and were spotted partying together on a night out in Manchester last night. Georgia and Kaz were out celebrating hair brand LullaBelz’s latest launch with a whole heap of famous faces including Demi Sims, Chloe Ferry, Bethan Kershaw and Yazmin Oukhellou.
It was Demi who captured Georgia and Kaz cosying up together at the event on her Instagram story as they caught up in the smoking area.. The Islanders were even sporting matching ponytails and Kaz well and truly proved their was no bad blood between her and Georgia when she reshared Demi's video on her on page.
We love to see it, tbh.
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Elsewhere at the event, Demi was seen cosying up to Geordie Shore star Bethan once again after sparking romance rumours earlier this year. Despite necking on at the launch of Bethan’s clothing collection back in June, both reality stars insisted they were nothing more than very close pals.
“So, basically the situationship with Demi… me and Demi, we’re really good friends. We’re friends that have a little bit of a flirt, a little bit of a neck on but we’re not in a serious, committed relationship,” Bethan told fans at the time.
In an Instagram post of her own, Demi added, “We’re both single. We’re both on our own journeys of finding ourselves at the moment. Don’t get me wrong, me and Bethan have spoken in the past and when we are with each other, we are all over each other. We just have a really flirty relationship and that’s what it was the other night.
“That doesn’t mean we’re in a relationship, no. I do love her, I’ve got a lot of time for Bethan but we’re both on the same page with this. It’s not like that. I just thought I’d come on and clear a few things up in case you think we’re cheating on each other if you see us with anyone else. We’re both very much single.”