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  • Nope… There won’t be any gays on Love Island

    “The format doesn’t allow it”

    So there you go… hopes, dreams dashed in a heartbeat – after ITV has “categorically ruled out” that there could be LGBT contestants on the hit show.

    A producer who was that the annual Edinburgh TV festival, Elliot Gonalez tweeted the disappointing news, saying,

    https://twitter.com/elliot_gonzalez/status/900766737049800704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gaytimes.co.uk%2Fculture%2F84703%2Fitv-point-blank-ruled-lgbt-contestants-love-island%2F

    However, there’s no word on whether they would make a specific gay version of the show… for which there has been a lot of support for.

    Love Island creator Richard Cowles said, earlier this year, that it would be “difficult” to add LGBT people to the current casting mix saying,

    “You are trying to create couples,

    “It’s not impossible and it is not something that we shy away from… but there is a logistical element which makes it difficult.”

  • People really want a gay version of Love Island – with one condition

    It seems that a gay version of ITV 2’s runaway hit, Love Island would go down a storm – but people are asking for it on one condition…

    People really want a gay version of Love Island - with one condition

    People have asked for “ordinary guys”

    Apparently, TV execs are eyeing up a gay version of ITV 2’s runaway hit series Love Island after the creator, Richard Cowes said he’d love to see a man on man version of the show but said that trying to mix the two versions would be difficult. The show although praised for its entertainment value has failed in representing LGBT+ relationships.

    However, on the back of that news, THEGAYUK’s readers seem well up for a gay version as long as the guy they chose reflect the real bodies of people.

    The men on this season of Love Island have certainly got pulses racing, but how representative are they to the average population? Numerous commentators on our original story praised the idea of a gay version of the show but begged for “less sculpted”  and a “cross section of guys” to be represented. People loved the idea that “someone like me” should be represented by the contestants.

    People loved the idea that “someone like me” should be represented by the contestants.

    So would you tune into an “ordinary” gay version of Love Island?

  • There could be a gay Love Island

    And we’re totally open for that.

    There could be a gay Love Island

    Apparently TV execs are eyeing up a gay version of ITV 2’s runaway hit series Love Island after the creator, Richard Cowes said he’d love to see a man on man version of the show but said that trying to mix the two versions would be difficult. The show although praised for its entertainment value has failed in representing LGBT+ relationships.

    Love Island has been an absolute ratings winner for ITV 2 with many calling it a “guilty pleasure” despite the hundreds of complaints the show has attracted since its launch.

    A spokesperson for the show told Digital Spy,

    “The main stipulation for Love Island applicants is that they are single and looking for love, and we are open to all possibilities.”

    Bromance wins out again

    This year viewers have been obsessed by the relationship that grew between two male contestants, Chris and Kem with many fans calling the bromance between the pair the real winner of the series.

    The pair were so enamoured with each other that they decided to shave each other’s initials into their pubic hair.

     

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  • When two guys shave their initials into their privates

    What a world we live in…

    Love Island‘s Kem and Chris have taken their bromance to new levels after deciding to shave each other’s initials into each other’s pubic hair. As you do.

    Is it us, or is that just weird? I mean, no judgement, obvs. If you want to get into each other’s pants just say it.

    If this is what the kids are into these days, sign us up…