Love Island fans accuse ‘panicking producers' of ‘protecting' girl after explosive row – and giving her ‘winners' edit'
While there's no evidence of any ITV2 producers meddling in the process, fans have come to their own conclusions concerning Movie Night.
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Viewers are questioning editing decisions when it comes to Helena and how she is being portrayed against Shakira.
Fans have flooded the comments section of the site and claimed that producers have deliberately set up the brunette to look a certain way.
In particular, why Helena's negative comments about Shakira were not aired during the infamous Love Island movie spectacular.
Sofa detectives are claiming bosses are 'protecting' blonde air hostess Helena.
During Movie Night, contestants were shown controversial scenes of all their antics that they might not have wanted to be shown.
This included private conversations about other people in the villa, flirty interactions and kisses from Casa Amor.
One user on Reddit wrote: "There's no good couples this year and we're already in the run up to the end of the season, so the producers are probably trying to push the couples that have been together longer, like Helena/Harry and Meg/Dejon.
"They both got much lighter edits than they could have gotten on movie night!"
A second assumed: "Producers are weird AF for putting in every clip of Shakira talking about Helena but left out half the clips of the sh*t Helena did that made Shakira feel that way."
A third fan mused: "I just don't understand why the compilation of Shakira was shown without showing all the cr*p Helena has pulled that caused Shakira to act that way. Come on! Helena has been so nasty and Shakira was just reacting to it."
"How they didn't show the 'shall I wear Shakira's bikini' clip is beyond me. Lmao," wrote another baffled fan.
Love Island erupts in vicous row as FOUR girls confront 'mean girl' on Movie Night - and boy is forced to step in
"They are basically protecting Helena," remarked another.
"Makes me think the producers are protecting her because the couples are being torn apart and they need to give SOMEONE the winners' edit.
"For the first time there's no front-running couple (or even anything remotely close to it) so near to the end and I imagine they've decided they need to push for one," penned another.
During one clip, Shakira's comments on Helena were shown to the rest of the group.
The moment showed a series of clips where Shakira slammed Helena for her behaviour.
One clip showed her telling Toni that Helena needs to take off her bikini because it doesn't fit properly, another showed Shakira agreeing with Harrison after he called Helena Harry's "bit on the side".
It came after Helena repeatedly tried to interfere with Shakira's relationship, from whispering sexual comments in his ear during the Heart Rate challenge, to taking swipes at Shakira and even asking Harry to the Hideaway while he was in a couple with Shakira.
Love Island continues on ITV2 and is available to stream on ITVX.
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