Victoria White: ‘Love Island’ is about exposing the nakedly vulnerable to mass ridicule

Contestants crave the attention they haven’t gotten in life, and they don’t understand the value of privacy.

Victoria White: ‘Love Island’ is about exposing the nakedly vulnerable to mass ridicule

“THE problem wasn’t the show,” said Caroline Flack’s replacement as host of Love Island, Irishwoman Laura Whitmore. “The show, to work on, is loving, caring, safe, and protected. The problem is the outside world is not.” That’s been the mantra since Flack tragically died by suicide last Saturday.

This condemnation of the so-called lynch mob on social media, which had targeted Flack as she faced trial on the charge of assaulting her partner, has been all over the mainstream media this week.

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