Love Island’s narrator Iain Stirling has revealed the one thing he misses about the early seasons of the show.
Ian, who also narrates Love Island USA, told Daily Star about his nostalgia for one particular area of the Love Island villa – but admitted he wouldn’t bring it back today.
He said: “As much as I have a nostalgic pang for the smoking area, ultimately it’s for [the best]…wasn’t great [for] a show aimed at 16 to 24-year-olds – even if you didn’t smoke, by the end people were smokers!”
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The iconic Love Island smoking area was the location of many memorable moments – islanders often found themselves in shouting matches while trying to get a quiet moment away from the hustle and bustle of the villa.
Back in 2017, Love Island received a series of Ofcom complaints about the smoking area.
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Producers decided to scrap the dedicated location for future series, instead opting for a more secluded area for contestants to congregate away from the cameras.
The villa still has a designated area but bosses have chosen to keep those moments off camera since season three, which was recorded in 2017.
Iain also wondered whether the viewers of today would even relate to the activity if it was shown in future series.
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He contemplated: “I don’t know if a 19-year-old today would associate with going to the smoking area to chat to someone, I don’t know…”
Stirling also laughed about the fact that “the smoking area does not exist in Love Island USA” and the contestants “aren’t all outside screaming at each other”.
Iain also spoke about his wife Laura Whitmore, former Love Island host, and shared what the pair get up to in their spare time.
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He confessed that Laura “has done a few YouTube videos making FIFA teams” with him, but it’s “not really her bag”.
Iain, who is an avid gamer himself, has recently teamed up with Virgin Media O2 to launch the Virgin Media Gamepad – a brand new, free to use space for gamers to play without limits – at The O2 in London.
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