It may have been a week since the Love Island reunion when all the 2021 Islanders (except Jake Cornish, who was ill) came together one last time for a special episode of Aftersun, but the fallout from the show still rumbles on.
Viewers were less than impressed with the reunion and labelled it “awkward” and “boring” on social media, with some also questioning why Kaz Kamwi and Tyler Cruickshank were the only finalists not to be interviewed on the sofa. This led to host Laura Whitmore speaking out on Instagram to defend the show.
However, Laura has found herself under fire once again as OG Islander Brad McClelland has hit out at the presenter for asking “stupid” questions.
Brad spoke out after shocking fans with a rather unexpected reply when asked how he felt about his former flame Lucinda Strafford cracking on with Aaron Francis just 24 hours after he left the villa.
“Yeah I loved it, it turned me on,” Brad quipped during the reunion, leaving viewers stunned.
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1 of 12Kaz Kamwi - fashion influencer
Before heading into the villa, Kaz was already an influencer (with 71k followers) and could have been earning up to £1,000 per post. So annually she could have been making £57,200.
2 of 12Teddy Soares - senior financial consultant
Teddy already had a pretty stable career before his time in the villa. He was a senior financial consultant in Manchester means he could have been earning around £42k a year.
3 of 12Jake Cornish - water engineer
OG Islander Jake was a water engineer in Weston-super-Mare before going into the villa which means he could have been making £38k a year.
4 of 12Chloe Burrows - marketing executive in financial services
Chloe, the most iconic bombshell from Love Island 2021, was a marketing executive in financial services before going into the villa. She could have been earning £36,700 a year.
5 of 12Abigail Rawlings - tattoo artist
Abigail was a tattoo artist in Bournemouth before her stint on Love Island and she could have been earning £35k a year.
6 of 12Tyler Cruickshank - estate agent
Bombshell Tyler was an estate agent in Croydon before going on the ITV show. Who knows whether he'll return to his job but he could have been earning around £29k a year.
7 of 12Millie Court - fashion buyer assistant
Millie is arguably the best dressed in the Love Island 2021 villa and that may be because of her job as a fashion buyer assistant for ASOS. At her old job in London, Millie could have been earning £26k a year.
8 of 12Hugo Hammond - trainee PE teacher
Because Hugo only completed part of his teacher training, he wasn't actually a full-time PE teacher but nevertheless he could have still be earning £25,750 a year.
9 of 12Faye Winter - lettings manager
Faye was a lettings manager in Devon and she could have been earning around £25k a year.
10 of 12Liam Reardon - bricklayer
As a bricklayer in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, Liam may have been earning £22,800 a year.
11 of 12Toby Aromolaran - semi professional footballer
Toby is a semi professional footballer, who plays for Hashtag United, and he could have been earning £18k.
12 of 12Liberty Poole - Nando's waitress and marketing student
As a waitress at Nando's Liberty could be earning around £18k a year.
Explaining his response, Brad said, “The reason I answered the way I did, is because every single interview I did upon leaving asked me 'how did seeing Lucinda with Aaron make you feel?'
“I'm sick of answering that question, I'm sure the public are sick of hearing us answer that question, so I thought 'd'ya know what? Screw this, I'll come up with a daft question!'”
He added to OK!, “Ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer!”
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Brad isn’t the only Islander to hit out at the reunion, after Shannon Singh savagely branded it a “f--king waste of time”. The Scottish model and influencer, who was dumped from the villa after just 48 hours, told fans she was swerving the after party in favour of “bed and Dominos”.
But although she initially made light of the situation, Shannon later opened up about feeling “mugged off” and “bullied” after the reunion in an emotional video posted on her Twitch channel.
She said, “I’m in a really weird headspace, guys. I’m really sad to be honest. I just feel like the show has completely mugged me off, if I’m completely honest. Last night I was really angry as I sat about for nine hours all day. They mic’ed me up, briefed me on questions and then completely disregarded me, which was fine.
“I just thought, after how they dumped me, I thought I’d get some better treatment. I’ve been crying and stuff all day, as I just feel like I’ve been completely humiliated in front of everyone. I just thought it was really unnecessary to be honest. It was kind of bullying, a little bit.”