LOVE Island producers have been accused of giving one of the girls in the villa a ‘mean girl’ edit.
Viewers tuned into the ITV2 show for the infamous ‘movie night’ twist with lots of drama.
Fans are not happy with the way Shakira Khan has come across on screen[/caption]
Helena Ford spoke to the other girls about her behaviour[/caption]
Viewers of the long-running ITV2 show think that producers have given her a ‘mean girl edit’[/caption]
On Love Island, the contestants were shown controversial scenes of all their antics that they might not have wanted to be shown.
This may have included private conversations about other people in the villa, flirty interactions or kisses from Casa Amor.
However, some viewers have hit out at not showing certain clips to the contestants, as they say it makes others look worse.
One fan started a thread on Reddit, titled ‘Why didn’t the producers add this clip?’ alongside a video.
In the clip, some of the girls – which did not include either Shakira Khan or Toni Laites – were sat in the garden as they dissected Shakira’s behaviour.
Megan Moore stated to the group: “Shakira’s cool and that’s why she’s been grafting her f****** ass off today.”
However, Helena Ford interjected as she stated: “Oh no. She’s gonna choose Connor, I know it.”
The rest of the girls, which included Alima tried to suggest otherwise, before Helena added: “I think she fancies everyone doesn’t she?
“She probably fancies the plants.”
Underneath the clip, the viewer commented: “I think the producers want to give Shakira the mean girl edit.”
Fans flooded the comments section of the post in agreement as they claimed that producers deliberately set up Shakira to look a certain way.
One loyal Love Island viewer fumed: “Defs mean girl edit, along with a couple others.”
A second noted: “It seemed like they wanted to use the clips with ppl that are still in the villa.”
“Yep this is what started everything and there’s so much more they could’ve included. Idk why they gave Shakira the bad guy edit knowing she’s so loved in the outside,” stated a third fan.
Love Island 2025 full lineup
- Harry Cooksley: A 30-year-old footballer with charm to spare.
- Shakira Khan: A 22-year-old Manchester-based model, ready to turn heads.
- Megan Moore: A payroll specialist from Southampton, looking for someone tall and stylish.
- Alima Gagigo: International business graduate with brains and ambition.
- Tommy Bradley: A gym enthusiast with a big heart.
- Helena Ford: A Londoner with celebrity connections, aiming to find someone funny or Northern.
- Ben Holbrough: A model ready to make waves.
- Dejon Noel-Williams: A personal trainer and semi-pro footballer, following in his footballer father’s footsteps.
- Aaron Buckett: A towering 6’5” personal trainer.
- Conor Phillips: A 25-year-old Irish rugby pro.
- Antonia Laites: Love Island’s first bombshell revealed as sexy Las Vegas pool party waitress.
- Yasmin Pettet: The 24-year-old bombshell hails from London and works as a commercial banking executive.
- Emily Moran: Bombshell Welsh brunette from the same town as Love Island 2024 alumni Nicole Samuel.
- Harrison Solomon: Pro footballer and model entering Love Island 2025 as a bombshell.
- Giorgio Russo: The 30-year-old will be spending his summer in the sun, potentially his sister Alessia’s successful tournament at the Euros in Switzerland.
- Yaz Broom: Professional DJ from Manchester who appeared on X Factor 2016 in girl group Four of Diamonds.
- Andrada Pop: Miss Bikini Ireland 2019 winner who hails from Dublin and works as a nail technician and personal trainer.
- Emma Munro: Harry Cooksley’s ex who entered as a bombshell and works as a hydrogeologist.
Departures:
- Kyle Ashman: Axed after an arrest over a machete attack emerged. He was released with no further action taken and denies any wrongdoing.
- Sophie Lee: A model and motivational speaker who has overcome adversity after suffering life-changing burns in an accident.
- Blu Chegini: A boxer with striking model looks, seeking love in the villa.
- Malisha Jordan: A teaching assistant from Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, who entered Love Island 2025 as a bombshell.
- Shea Mannings: Works as a scaffolder day-to-day and plays semi-pro football on the side.
- Caprice Alexandra: The 26-year-old bombshell owns a nursery in Romford.
- Poppy Harrison: The bombshell broke up with her boyfriend after finding out she would be in the villa
- Will Means: The fourth fittest farmer in the UK according to Farmers’ Weekly in 2023 entered the villa as a bombshell
- Megan Clarke: An Irish actress part of the OG line-up.
- Remell Mullins: Boasts over 18million likes and 500k followers on TikTok thanks to his sizzling body transformation videos.
- Alima Gagigo: 23-year-old personal banker from Glasgow who fancies herself as a ‘good flirt’.
- Ryan Bannister: 27-year-old gym hunk who entered the show as a bombshell.
While someone else wrote: “I do think they gave Shakira and Toni the mean girl edit and Helena the victim edit.
“They included her comment about the bikini but didn’t include Helena and Meg wearing Shakira’s bikini? Makes zero sense.”
However, other viewers came to the defense of the editors behind the scenes as they accused other fans of having a potential memory lapse.
A fifth commented: “At this point shakira was literally grafting every boy, pulling them all for chats and flirting wildly with them. she was even taking another girls man to the hideaway to kiss them.
I think she [Shakira] fancies everyone doesn’t she? She probably fancies the plants.
Helena Ford
“This is such a mild clip. I don’t think u guys actually enjoy drama or love island as a show,” said someone else.
And a sixth user added: “Oh pls, Meg has been given a ‘mean girl’ edit too. Shakira, Toni, Meg and Helena have all said b***** things hence why I don’t understand why people act like one group is better than the other. They’re just as bad as each other imo.”
Viewers wanted a clip of Helena to be shown on the dreaded ‘Movie Night’ twist[/caption]
Helena worried that Shakira was going to pick Connor at a recoupling[/caption]
Viewers defended Shakira as they claim she was ‘loved’ by the ITV2 fan base[/caption]
Love Island continues on ITV2 and is available to stream on ITVX.
