Love Island

But at what cost is something that's been highly debated.

ITV's Love Island offers singles the chance to find instant fame, acquire brand deals, become household names, and even if you're lucky, to find love.

But behind the glitz and glam, the sunshine, the will-they-won't-they showmances is something much darker.

An uncomfortable truth that reality TV fame can be anything but a fairy tale.

Negatives that many believe has led to devastating real life consequences.

consequences that have made viewers ask the uncomfortable question is this really fair because although technically adults in the eyes of the law is it really fair to expect people as young as 18 years old to be able to handle the pressure that comes with the mass exposure of reality tv and our contestants of this show being looked after in the way that they should be Today, we're going to talk about the tragic deaths that have rocked this show, the aftercare that's been called into question by not only viewers at home, but also contestants themselves.

And we'll be asking the question, is the fame that some experience really worth the rejection, the heartache, and the real-life consequences that have seen us lose former show members on three separate occasions? In today's episode, we're going to be talking about the dark side of Love Island.

Right, before we get into the episode, we just want to take a moment to remember Sophie Graydon, Mike Salicitis and Caroline Flack.

I may not be able to, to name them all, but I'm...

A couple that I'm sure would be delighted for me to, to name them on the podcast are Asha, who is set up by Tasha Ghouri, who was a contestant on Celebrity Love Island, who is deaf from birth, so she's very excited by the tool when she launched her, uh, resort wear brand.

Dewey Clothing, which is jeans for very petite women.

Unhidden, Victoria Jenkins, who is founder of adaptive clothing brand.