Laura Whitmore has been pictured in rehearsal for her West End debut after announcing her departure from Love Island.
Laura Whitmore claims she ‘couldn’t ask’ Love Island contestants if they were OK: ‘It is hard!’
04.09.2022 - 22:19 / ok.co.uk
Laura Whitmore claimed she was unable to check up on Love Island contestants during the series. The presenter, 37, made the claims when speaking to The Sunday Times, just a few weeks after she announced she’s stepping down as the host of the next series of Love Island. Laura told the publication: “I hate having anything I'm not allowed to say.
I couldn't ask Love Islanders if they were OK”. She added: “It is hard. Your face is the front of the show but I am one tiny person and have no producing role so I couldn't say if I didn't think something was OK.
“If your child is watching, maybe you should watch it with them and have a conversation. A friend watched with her daughter and told her that it is not OK to say certain things.” Laura also said: “I question things a lot, even if I don't do it publicly, people would rather I didn't. It's difficult doing that when you work on the show.” OK! has reached out to representatives at ITV for comment.
Laura surprised viewers when she announced that she was stepping down after taking on the role when then-host Caroline Flack stepped down in late 2019. Following Caroline's shock death, Laura remained host of the programme and its spin-off show After Sun until standing down last month. And it seems she recently revealed her true reasons for leaving her presenting role on the dating series.
She said: "Love Island is a show that I love to watch, and I always want to work on shows that I enjoy. But there’s nothing more that I can do with it.There are parameters." Speaking to the Evening Standard , Laura continued: "When you work on the show, you can’t really talk about certain things. But I’m really proud of what I did and proud to leave on what I think has been a brilliant series, with
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