Love Island stars to get therapy after filming ends

LOVE Island contestants will be given therapy after they return home following the high-profile deaths of two previous participants.

ITV said they will get a minimum of eight sessions along with ‘proactive contact’ for 14 months after the series ends.

Mike Thalassitis, 26, who was on the show in 2017, took his own life in March. Series two contestant Sophie Gradon, 32, was found dead in June last year. ITV outlined its enhanced duty of care process ahead of series five of the reality show starting on June 3.

Contestants will have access to a psychological consultant throughout the series and will be assessed by an independent doctor and psychologist. Their medical history will be checked by their GP.

Richard Cowles, ITV Studios Entertainment’s creative director, said: ‘We really want to make sure they have given real consideration to this and what appearing on TV entails.’

ITV bosses cancelled The Jeremy Kyle Show after participant Steve Dymond was found dead a week after appearing on the programme.