Mum’s plea for Isle axe

THE mum of tragic Love Island star Sophie Gradon is calling on ITV to scrap the controversial show.

Grieving Deborah blames the “modern day bearbaiting” show for her daughter taking her own life, saying: “I want it taken off air. It’s a theatre of cruelty. How many more families must be destroyed?”

Former Love Island contestant Mike Thalassitis also took his life.