{"id":532070,"date":"2026-07-08T23:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T23:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/532070\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T23:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T23:54:11","slug":"love-island-hit-with-hundreds-of-ofcom-complaints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/532070\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Island hit with hundreds of Ofcom complaints"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"3\" class=\"css-1ncddsh emevuu60\">Love Island has been hit with the highest number of Ofcom complaints in this new season as Movie Night sparked backlash over alleged &#8220;editorial bias&#8221; and &#8220;bullying&#8221; of some Islanders. Following the Casa Amor drama, viewers launched hundreds of complaints over the most recent episodes of season 13.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"9\" class=\"css-1ncddsh emevuu60\">According to broadcasting regulator Ofcom, ITV2&#8217;s reality TV series received 533 complaints between 2 and 6 July, making it the highest number since the new series began.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"13\" class=\"css-1ncddsh emevuu60\">The episode aired last Sunday (5 July) attracted the most reports over the &#8220;alleged editorial bias towards Jasmine [M\u00fcller]&#8221; and bullying of Priya Jaswal, with Jasmine being at the centre of the Movie Night segment.<\/p>\n<p><img draggable=\"true\" alt=\"priya, love island 2026\" title=\"Priya, Love Island 2026\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"3000\" height=\"1688\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent;width:100%;height:auto;\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/21e6bbbd-b166-4c9d-9964-4ef7cc3ec741.jpg\" class=\"css-0 e1g79fud0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>ITV<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"18\" class=\"css-1ncddsh emevuu60\">Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tech\/best-tech-deals\/g35899960\/best-streaming-services\/\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tech\/best-tech-deals\/g35899960\/best-streaming-services\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Best streaming services UK 2026 \u2013 including Disney Plus, Netflix, iPlayer and Apple TV\" data-node-id=\"18.0.1\" class=\"body-link css-1gyyefe emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Best streaming services UK 2026 \u2013 including Disney Plus, Netflix, iPlayer and Apple TV<\/a><br data-node-id=\"18.0.2\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"22\" class=\"css-1ncddsh emevuu60\">Fans sympathised with Jasmine as they felt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/reality-tv\/a71826860\/love-island-viewers-fume-villain-edit-movie-night-jasmine\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/reality-tv\/a71826860\/love-island-viewers-fume-villain-edit-movie-night-jasmine\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Movie Night placed her under more significant scrutiny\" data-node-id=\"22.1\" class=\"body-link css-1gyyefe emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Movie Night placed her under more significant scrutiny<\/a> than her fellow Islanders. Her behaviour was dissected in films &#8216;The Affair&#8217;, about her connection with Lorenzo Alessi while she&#8217;s coupled up with Kavan Murphy, and &#8216;The Princess Jasmine Diaries&#8217;, in which her plan to convince Priya to couple up with Casa Amor boy Jordon Wilson so he could join the main villa was exposed.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"26\" class=\"css-1ncddsh emevuu60\">Priya also received the support of viewers in the complains, as some felt she was treated unfairly during Movie Night.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"31\" class=\"css-1ncddsh emevuu60\">The contestant was made to watch footage of her friend Mica Harris as she plotted to steal her then-partner, Samraj Toor. Priya was also unaware that Samraj had &#8220;got the ick&#8221; and discovered her villa bestie Mica had kept this information for herself.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"35\" class=\"css-1ncddsh emevuu60\">167 complaints were issued over the alleged bullying of Priya and Kavan by Mica and Jasmine during the Casa Amor recoupling episode aired on 2 July, as well as Julia Majchrzak&#8217;s use of offensive language.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"39\" class=\"css-1ncddsh emevuu60\">During the episode, Priya chose to couple up with Jordon, unaware that he intended to pursue Jasmine in the villa. <\/p>\n<p><img draggable=\"true\" alt=\"jasmine, love island season 13 episode 32\" title=\"Jasmine, Love Island Season 13 Episode 32\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"3000\" height=\"1688\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent;width:100%;height:auto;\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/f6ff6367-b4ec-4dcb-846b-4a4f3075be27.jpg\" class=\"css-0 e1g79fud0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>ITV<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"44\" class=\"css-1ncddsh emevuu60\">Viewers were also taken aback when Julia was heard calling Jasmine a &#8220;b***h&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"48\" class=\"css-1ncddsh emevuu60\">Meanwhile, a further 94 viewers complained about &#8220;alleged controlling and abusive behaviour by Jasmine towards Kavan&#8221; during the episode aired on 6 July, and 75 complaints related to the alleged &#8220;bullying by Lola [Deal] towards Julia, as well as alleged controlling and abusive behaviour by Jasmine&#8221; in scenes aired on 3 July.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"52\" class=\"css-1ncddsh emevuu60\">Digital Spy has reached out to ITV for comment.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"56\" class=\"css-1ncddsh emevuu60\">This is not the first occasion in which Love Island has come under fire. Earlier this year, the All Stars version of the show <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/reality-tv\/a70257829\/ofcom-complaints-love-island-bullying-row\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/reality-tv\/a70257829\/ofcom-complaints-love-island-bullying-row\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"received over 1,000 Ofcom complaints\" data-node-id=\"56.5\" class=\"body-link css-1gyyefe emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">received over 1,000 Ofcom complaints<\/a> over Scott van-der-Sluis&#8217; alleged bullying of Sean Stone.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"60\" class=\"css-1ncddsh emevuu60\">Love Island airs from 9pm on ITV2 and streams on ITVX.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"65\" class=\"css-1ncddsh emevuu60\">Visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/a70049607\/streaming-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/a70049607\/streaming-guide\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Streaming Guide\" data-node-id=\"65.1\" class=\"body-link css-1gyyefe emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Streaming Guide<\/a> now to see at a glance where you can view ALL your favourite shows and movies.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"69\" class=\"css-1ncddsh emevuu60\">The new edition of Living Legends, celebrating the global phenomenon of BTS, is here! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearstmagazines.co.uk\/livinglegendsbts?hearst_refdomain=www.google.com&amp;hearst_utm=none\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.hearstmagazines.co.uk\/livinglegendsbts\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Buy this ultimate fan guide in newsagents or online\" data-node-id=\"69.3\" class=\"body-link css-1gyyefe emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Buy this ultimate fan guide in newsagents or online<\/a>.<br data-node-id=\"69.5\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783554851_962_a5577bef-f874-41e6-b03b-0f8d9f1e5f46_1686136547.file.png\" alt=\"Headshot of Stefania Sarrubba\" title=\"Headshot of Stefania Sarrubba\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"css-o0wq4v ev8dhu53\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Reporter, Digital Spy<\/p>\n<p>Stefania is a freelance writer specialising in TV and movies. After graduating from City University, London, she covered LGBTQ+ news and pursued a career in entertainment journalism, with her work appearing in outlets including Little White Lies, The Skinny, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/author\/stefaniasarrubba\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Radio Times<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Digital Spy<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Her beats are horror films and period dramas, especially if fronted by queer women. She can argue why Scream is the best slasher in four languages (and a half).\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Love Island has been hit with the highest number of Ofcom complaints in this new season as Movie&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":532071,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[138785,635,242895,637,146,85,46,195853,636,242894,237453,138784,411],"class_list":["post-532070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-collection-love-island","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-68319165-2642-4d20-98dd-6a034456964d","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-issyndicated-false","tag-locale-gb","tag-shorttitle-love-island-hit-with-hundreds-of-ofcom-complaints","tag-sponsored-false","tag-subsection-reality-tv","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}