Cop quiz on Chloe hate trolls
POLICE are probing death threats sent to Love Island hopeful Chloe Burrows, her distraught family revealed last night.
The 25-year-old has been viciously trolled since Wednesday night’s show when she chose to couple up with Aaron Francis, leaving Shannon Singh single.
The family said they understood the “frustration” around Shannon’s eviction, but Chloe, from Bicester, Oxon, “does not deserve to die” as a result.
The vile posts come a year after the suicide of host Caroline Flack – herself an outspoken critic of online abuse.
Referring to Caroline, as well as former contestants Sophie Gradon and Mike Thalassitis, Chloe’s family said: “Have the deaths of Sophie, Mike and Caroline taught us nothing?”
All three died by suicide, although their deaths were not linked to the show.
Chloe’s family added: “We are extremely disappointed and saddened by the threats. We appear to have normalised this type of behaviour. This cannot continue. We must stand tall and demand change from online platforms.”
Meanwhile, tragic Sophie’s mother Deborah, 62, said hearing about the trolling of Chloe has brought back the heartbreak of her daughter’s suicide. Former beauty queen Sophie was just 32 when she took her own life after struggling to cope with vicious online abuse in 2019 – almost three years after appearing on Love Island.
Deborah said: “After Sophie, how can these idiots in their multitudes tell Chloe to ‘kill herself?’”
Thames Valley Police have been contacted for comment.