In the case of Love Island, producers and editors have a growing reputation as the hidden villains of reality TV.
Winter Love Island contestant Biggs Chris escaped the ire of the general public, but his now-girlfriend Rebecca Gormley, who received a similar villain edit on the show, wasn’t so lucky.
Six years on from its 2015 reboot, the cultural and social landscape in which Love Island exists has altered dramatically.
I had bought into the villain edit, whether I was aware of it or not.