I read the claim that no one cared about the people on Love Island because it’s so popular and I wasn’t surprised. (it wasn’t that Hopkins women that said it).
My Wife LOVES Love Island, she stores them up (when it’s on) to watch when I’m out so I don’t spoil it by talking.
When I read that two contestant had died, it was sad, but I didn’t think that surprising. I’ve seen enough of Love Island to convince myself that a lot of the people who go on it, and shows like it are really desperately unhappy and frankly mentally ill. It’s easy to write them off as vain, even narcissistic a lot of them are, but a lot seem to have completely empty lives outside of superficial looks and attention (usually via the parallel universe of those corners of Social Media).
I suppose the weirdest thing is that there aren’t really any heroes in Love Island, just people to amaze in disbelieve of, it straight up hate because the producers have framed them as the baddie.
It’s not healthy for them.