Is there anything more painful or cringey than that final meet up with the person you’ve just broken up with? In the real world, it involves a few tears, an awkward hug and handing back the T-shirt of theirs you sleep in, hoping they realise the right thing to say is: ‘it’s ok - you keep it.’
In Love Island world it involves continuing to live in the same house for at least a few more days and a final date on a luxurious boat - for Jake Cornish and Liberty Poole anyway.
The pair, who split up last night ‘mutually’ – although it very much sounded to us like Liberty initiated it – see if there’s any spark left on tonight’s episode. We watch them drift out to sea – an apt metaphor, perhaps, for the state of their relationship by the end.
When they get the text in the villa telling them about the date, they ponder whether to go, with Jake saying, "I think it would be silly not to go on a date. It’s entirely up to you."
They realise they’ve got nothing to lose (well, except £50k) and head out.
Jake says, "Here we are then. Our perfect date we’ve always spoken about. You look beautiful today," to which Liberty says, "Thank you," and asks how Jake feels.
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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.
Jake says it’s a tricky one, adding, "I didn’t think I’d be coming on a date with the one I thought was the one." A sentence as baffling written down as it must have been for Liberty to hear.
"On my behalf I felt the affection died out. That’s a big thing for me and that’s nothing against you as a person," he goes on.
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Liberty says, "I don’t know what happened along the way but the spark just faded," later telling him, "I’m not going to lie - I did fall in love with you. And at one point I thought I had found the one but once the honeymoon passes you start seeing the cracks."
Thank God we only have a few more hours to wait to find out if they did or didn’t get back together. And, if the internet rumours are right and the couple quit the show tonight... This is as tense as 10 series of Ross and Rachel!
Love Island continues tonight at 9pm on ITV2 and ITV Hub. Episodes are available the following morning on BritBox