Less than 24 hours since Maya Jama was named Love Island presenter, the trolling has started...
from the show in August, Laura - who stepped in following the death of her friend Caroline Flack in 2020 - referred to ‘very difficult’ elements of the role. She added, ‘I was only planning to fill in for Caroline for a series and it turned into 3 series. I hope I did you proud Caroline.’During an interview last month Laura expanded on the social media narrative around her presenting role.
Thanks to tabloid reports, Laura found herself having to defend her salary and the amount of air time she received on the show. She also responded to a social media user who suggested she’d only got the job because of her marriage to Love Island presenter Iain Stirling.
Of course whilst Caroline Flack was truly beloved as the host of Love Island, her fame as the show’s presenter also brought her private life further into the spotlight, something which she is said to have found increasingly difficult in the time before she took her own life in February 2020, two months after she was arrested on suspicion of assault of her boyfriend Lewis Burton.
The #BeKind social media movement was on the rise following Caroline’s death, prompted by one of the 40-year-old’s final Instagram posts which read: ‘In a world where you can be anything, be kind’. Posts with the hashtag flooded social media. Yet the sentiment regularly seemed to be forgotten when it came to the treatment of Laura Whitmore during her run on the show, despite her proximity, both personally and professionally, to Caroline., we can only hope she is allowed to make the role her own.
Wouldn’t it be refreshing if Maya were not pitted against other female presenters who could have taken the job instead of her, or scrutinised for her salary or her looks, or her outfit choices? Wouldn’t it be refreshing if we simply let her get on with her job? Be kind to Maya, let’s not forget.
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