Inside ‘Love Island,’ From the Tragic Suicide Deaths to New Mental Health Protocols

I. Caroline Flack was the only choice to host Love Island. The C-suite wanted the “Bridget Jones of TV”: “It has to be Caroline Flack,” ITV Studios Entertainment head Angela Jain told a colleague, according to someone with knowledge of the exchange. “Not only because she’s a great presenter, but her love life is always a fucking mess.” Jain disputes that characterization, but Flack, a former X-Factor host who’d dated the two most famous Harrys in England, Prince and Styles, embodied the reality show’s contradictions: dystopian and romantic, intimate and viewed by millions, highly produced in a way that fosters… Read Full Article