ITV Good Morning Britain's Ed Balls wades in to Love Island's Gemma and Luca situation as he's 'set up' with islander
18.07.2022 - 16:21
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Ed Balls has proven himself to be quite the Love Island fan during his recent stint on Good Morning Britain. The former Labour politician has been co-hosting the ITV news programme for a number of weeks alongside Susanna Reid.
But with the show's usual presenter now on her summer break, Ed has been back at the helm alongside Ranvir Singh who has stepped into Susanna's shoes for the foreseeable. And Monday's show (July 18) was a scorcher as much of the news centred on the heatwave much of the country is currently experiencing.
There was, however, still time for the usual entertainment news and Richard Arnold was back to bring news on whether things are hotting up in the Love Island villa. Sunday night's episode of the ITV2 dating show saw the rest of Movie Night play out
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During Friday's episode, Luca watched a clip of Gemma Owen insinuating her head could be turned by another boy and flirting with new boy Billy Brown in the kitchen. The latest trip to the villa then saw her feature in a separate “flirty” conversation with Billy in the clip titled Good Bill Hunting.
After watching the clip, Luca said: “I’m telling you now, I don’t even want to speak to her. "I’m f***ing fuming. I am not going f***ing near that bird mate. Bring me a f***ing bird in, watch me then flirt. Trust me when I say, if she wants to play it down to me I will f***ing explode. I can’t be with someone like that, sorry."
Pointing to his snake tattoo, Luca added: "See this tattoo on my chest, that’s what she is." After sharing a frosty silence in the corridor after movie night, Luca told Gemma: "I’m