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Love Island's Montana Brown calls out the show over very important issue

She thinks producers should be more inclusive in their casting

Montana Brown
Author: Carl SmithPublished 7th Mar 2019
Last updated 9th Mar 2019

Love Island 2017 star Montana Brown has called out the show over its lack of 'body diversity'; suggesting producers have a duty to be more inclusive in their casting in a heated debate on Good Morning Britain earlier today (7th March).

With this summer's series already making headlines as Vicky Pattison's boyfriend Ercan Ramadan and Instagram star Braelin Kail Peery are rumoured to have been approached to join the cast, Montana joined an important debate around body image on Good Morning Britain.

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Discussing the argument that Barbie dolls are an 'unrealistic portrayal of women,' host Susanna Reid pointed out "a lot of people thought that about Love Island." She explained, "Actually, young girls watching Love Island realistically only saw one type of body looking fabulous in a bikini."

Montana responded, "I would completely agree with that. We should definitely be seeing more of a body diversity on Love Island."

When Ben Shepherd asked Montana if she was 'compounding the problem' by appearing on the show, the star was quick to defend herself. "Is that my fault they didn’t cast a broad range of women? Probably not," she said. "You don’t know who else is being cast or going on the programme."

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Love Island's Montana Brown calls out the show over very important issue
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Series Two: Nathan Massey and Cara de la Hoyde

The couple later welcomed a baby boy called Freddie in December 2016.


Sharing the happy news on social media, Nathan wrote, 'The day has finally come !!!! Myself and @cara_delahoyde have become parents to our beautiful baby boy !!! Massive hats off to Cara Who delivered our boy safely !!!!! #thenextchapter 💙👶🏼sic


In July 2018, Cara and Nathan announced they are now engaged with Nathan popping the question in the villa they first met.

This all comes after ITV2 controller Paul Mortimer defended the show over claims producers only cast 'sexy people.' Speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival last year, he explained, "We’re a sexy channel. We cast sexy people.

"I think on the body image thing, we cast very attractive people. It’s a sexy show, it is entertainment on ITV2 and in the same way Hollywood casts a certain type to get bums on seats in theatres or other shows, the Strictly dancers or whatever.

"Also, for us, it’s a very aspirational programme for our audience. It’s the perfect holiday they can only aspire towards, it comes along at a time when people are readying for holiday, a week in Magaluf or whatever, and we’re showing them the best example of what they could have."

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