ITV has divided viewers with its reasoning for excluding gay people from appearing on Love Island.
“In terms of gay Islanders, I think the main challenge is regarding the format of Love Island.
So we’re very sort of mindful of that across our programming on ITV and dating series. But that’s the difficulty with Love Island.”
Stavri’s comments have divided viewers, with one describing them as “a tired, uninspired and lazy take”, and others thinking ITV should simply create a gay version of the hit series.