Love Islanders defend ‘genuine’ Molly-Mae Hague over ‘fake’ criticism

Despite only knowing each other for two weeks, Amber and Greg were crowned the winners of Love Island 2019, ahead of Molly-Mae and Tommy, Maura and Curtis, and India and Ovie.

After surfer girl Lucie coupled up with Joe on the first episode of the series, things seemed to get off to a good start... before Tommy entered hours later.


Tommy chose to couple up with Lucie, stealing her from poor Joe. He said in the Beach Hut, "At the moment the girl I want to pursue is going to be Lucie. She's a surfer, she goes to the gym. Her body is banging. She has beautiful eyes, a beautiful face, beautiful everything."

At the start of the series, poor old Anton just couldn't get a break! The Scottish hunk was put in the friend-zone by a number of girls, including Lucie, Amy and Elma.

In one of the biggest shocks of the series, Sherif was removed from the Love Island villa for 'breaking the rules'.
After days of rumours as to why he was removed, Sherif revealed he'd kicked Molly-Mae in the groin during a play fight, before using inappropriate language in a joke.

20-year-old Molly-Mae was the first bombshell to enter the villa, and she quickly made an impression with the boys.

Despite coupling up with Joe instead of Tommy, surfer chick Lucie remained friends with the boxer and struggled to create any relationships with the other girls.
After giving Lucie some advice, Joe was accused by both viewers and domestic abuse charity Women's Aid of 'controlling' her.

Despite admitting she was really into Joe, Lucie shocked fans when she chose to remain in the villa when Joe was brutally dumped.


Joe did tell her to stay, admitting she should enjoy her Love Island experience.

Stunning model Arabella Chi certainly turned some heads when she made her entrance into the Love Island villa in a bikini.


Entering the garden whilst the rest of the villa were sleeping, Arabella was chilling in the sun when the Islanders discovered they had a new arrival.

Despite telling Yewande his head would never be turned, Danny chose to couple up with Arabella, in turn sending the Irish scientist packing.

Just hours after he dumped Yewande, much to the annoyance of the rest of the villa, Danny kissed Arabella on the garden swing.


Yewande's close friends Amber, Anna and Molly-Mae weren't happy with Danny's' actions, laying into him in a heated argument.

After going in for a kiss and showing Maura his confidence, things seemed to be going VERY well for Tom. Things then got even better when Maura won the task, meaning she was able to take one boy of her choice into The Hideaway, obviously choosing Tom.


However, the Leeds lad quickly put his foot in it, which resulted in Maura telling him to "go f--k yourself."
Whilst Maura was getting ready with the girls, speaking to Danny Williams, Tommy Fury and the rest of the lads, Tom said, "It will be interesting to see if she's all mouth or not."


Little did he know, Maura had come downstairs to speak with him, and heard the whole thing! AWKWARD! 🙈

This year's Casa Amor was probably the most dramatic in Love Island history! As the girls headed off to the second villa for the first time in the show's history, a number of heads turned, including Anna, Curtis and Michael!

Whilst Amy was over at Casa Amor sleeping on the outdoor bed, Curtis' head turned for new girl Jourdan Riane.


After making the model aware of his feelings, Jourdan turned the dancer down, admitting she didn't want to come between him and Amy.

After staying LOYAL to Michael whilst she was at Casa Amor, poor Amber returned to the main villa to discover he'd coupled up with new girl Joanna.


When Michael told Amber he felt like he hadn't been 'himself', the villa erupted!

Molly-Mae (and the rest of the Islanders) were left in floods of tears during the dramatic Casa Amor recoupling, when she was reunited with Tommy and Ellie-Belly.

Anna forgot all about Jordan when she headed over to Casa Amor and met 6ft 7in basketball player Ovie! However, when she returned to the main villa to find Jordan had remained loyal, her feelings started to come back for the model.


Jordan continued to pursue Anna, and his charm worked, with the pharmacist choosing to couple up with him at the next recoupling.

After Michael chose to couple up with Joanna and dump Geordie girl Amber, the girls were sent on a lunch date to get to know each other.


Things got off to a VERY awkward start though, when both of them sat in silence.

When Curtis revealed to Amy his doubts about their relationship, Amy spoke to Jourdan and created a list of things to ask the dancer.


Going through them during their serious chat, viewers were left in hysterics.

Pop star Craig David entered the Love Island villa as part of the Islanders' Ministry Of Sound party, performing his new single 'You Know What Love Is'.

Despite Amy telling Curtis she 'loved him' and would consider giving him a second chance, the dancer was honest and revealed he couldn't promise his head wouldn't get turned again, leaving poor Amy heartbroken.

Anton previously admitted he gets his mum to shave his bum, so whilst he's been away from home in the villa, love interest Belle was more than happy to take over!

Despite Maura coupling up with Marvin, and Lucie coupling up with George over at Casa Amor, the girls realised they just weren't into their boys.


Instead of taking Marvin and George to one side and letting them down nicely, the girls chose to dump the boys TOGETHER!

Following his split with Amy, Irish beauty left the nation in shock when she expressed she was into Curtis.


Taking him for a chat, Maura looked nervous as she told the dancer what she thinks of him.

The cutest couple in the villa, Molly-Mae and Tommy, made their romance official when Tommy asked the model to be his girlfriend.


With the help of BFF Curtis, and Molly-Mae's teddy, Tommy created a cute little letter and told her, "On a serious note, you know how much you mean to me and you're the only girl for me. I only want to be with you. Therefore, I was wondering if you wanted to be my girlfriend?"

Following her heartbreak over Curtis, Amy made the tough decision to leave the Love Island villa, leaving the nation in tears.


She told Curtis, "I came in here and I thought I was going to meet some nice people and I'd probably date one of them and they'd be alright and then I met you and you completely turned my whole world around… We made each other happy… I want us to be best, best friends but we both need to move on and we both need to find someone that is going to make us as happy as we make them. Realistically for me, I'm not going to be ready in the next three weeks to meet someone else.
"Realistically for you, you will not be happy all the time here because you'll always put me first because you're such a good person. That's why I love you so much and that's why I want you to be happy. You are not going to be happy whilst I'm still here. So, I'm leaving today but it's a positive thing because I'm going to go and start the rest of my life today… I'm going to let you go and you pursue whoever it is you want to pursue and hope that you find whatever you are looking for.
"Once this is all done we will have the best friendship you have ever seen in your life."

Following Amy's departure, Maura made her move on Curtis in the dance challenge. Planting a kiss on him, Maura sent Curtis' heart rate soaring.


He later repaid the favour during his dance, picking the Irish girl up and giving her a kiss.

Despite getting pied by Michael, poor old Amber couldn't shake off her feelings for the fireman, breaking down to the girls.

After making things official, Tommy and Molly-Mae dropped the 'L' word whilst cuddling in bed! Aww!

During this year's dance challenge, viewers were left in hysterics when Curtis showed of his AMAZING dance skills.
A moment that will go down in Love Island history!

After Amy left the villa, single boy Curtis caught the eye of not only Maura, but new girl Francesca.


During the recoupling, Francesca was the first girl to chose, coupling up with Curtis, despite the fact Maura had made her feelings very clear.

Despite being coupled up with Belle, Anton couldn't resist a cheeky flirt with the shop keeper when the boys went out food shopping.

After Caroline Flack announced that the Islanders had to send either Joanna or Michael home, they collectively chose Joanna, meaning the coupled were split up.

Despite many viewers thinking Michael would quit the show following Joanna's dumping, the fireman shocked everybody by staying in the villa.
Clearly not impressed, Joanna fumed, "If you found what you want then you better leave mate. But you clearly aren't so you're a f---ing snake."

After admitting her feelings for him, Michael decided to end things with Amber completely, and left viewers fuming when he told the Geordie girl to "sit down", with many saying he spoke to her 'like a dog'.

Despite being coupled up with Francesca, Curtis made it clear he was open to getting to know both her and Maura. After making his mind up, the ballroom dancer chose Maura, putting Francesca in the friend-zone.

With just two weeks to go, Love Island bosses put three new bombshells into the villa to cause some drama, in the form of Harley Brash, Greg O'Shea and India Reynolds.

After Greg entered and cracked on with Amber, Michael decided to tell the Geordie girl that he did still have feelings for her, despite dumping her for Joanna earlier in the series.

Admitting it was the 'toughest decision' of her time in the villa, Amber chose to couple up with new boy Greg, instead of giving Michael another chance.

Anna and Jordan were the second couple of the series to make things official! Jordan asked Anna to be his girlfriend in a cute little scene, which resulted in all of the Islanders celebrating by jumping into the pool!

After being pied by Amber, Michael was put into a friendship couple with Francesca, with the pair finding themselves in the bottom three after a public vote.
Their fellow Islanders chose to save Anna and Jordan, and Harley and Chris, in turn sending home Michael and Francesca.

Despite asking Anna to be his girlfriend just days earlier, Jordan shocked the villa when he pulled India for a chat to express his feelings for her.
Of course, this didn't go down well with Anna, who vented her anger at the model and later split with him.

The iconic baby challenge returned, with this year's Islanders giving their little babies some very odd names. Whilst most of the Islanders loved their little ones, Anna refused to look after her baby, admitting Jordan is a 'single dad'.

After splitting in the villa, Jordan and Anna were dumped from the Island, with their exit interview incredibly awkward!

Just days before the final, the Islanders' parents arrived into the villa! Although Curtis' mum couldn't get Maura's name right, all of the parents seemed to get on well with the Islanders, with Greg's mum even giving Amber a lucky charm!

Anton and Belle were voted out just one day before the big final, after they received the lowest votes from the public.

The final four couples were given the chance to tell their partner exactly how they feel in the final, during the Love Island Summer Ball.
All of the speeches were amazing, but we have to say Irish hunk Greg O'Shea stole our hearts with THAT poem!

Despite only knowing each other for two weeks, Amber and Greg were crowned the winners of Love Island 2019, ahead of Molly-Mae and Tommy, Maura and Curtis, and India and Ovie.