Love Island Boys Accused Of 'Fetishising' Bisexual Women During Last Night's Episode

Some of the contestants on Love Island have been called out by bisexual viewers. 

During last night's episode it was revealed that Paige Thorne had kissed 10 women in one night. 

The revelation was part of the ‘Anything to Declare’ challenge which aired the islanders' secrets, and Paige’s secret prompted Luca Bish to say: "She should send me the pictures".

Of course, it didn’t go unnoticed on Twitter.

Former Love Island winner Amber Gill wrote: “The boys being shocked bisexual women exist. 

“Just wait till they find out girls do more than just kiss!” 

A viewer replied to Amber with a skull emoji and wrote: “wait til they find out it’s not for their entertainment [sic].”

A second added: “wait till they find out some girls don’t even like men at all…. [sic]”

A third viewer, meanwhile, pointed out the lack of LGBTQ+ representation on the show.

They wrote: “For a show that refuses to include lgbtq+ they always (& only) seem to find bisexual women that the guys get excited over [sic].”

Ness Cooper, a clinical sexologist at The Sex Consultant, said: "Bisexual individuals and other LGBTQ+ individuals shouldn’t feel the need to have to prove their private sexual acts to others, and images shouldn’t be needed."

She elaborated: "There’s a common misconception that bisexual individuals will sleep with anyone freely when in fact many have rules and boundaries they stick to when dating and hooking up with others.

"People [like Luca] shouldn’t presume that just because someone is bisexual that that individual also has to satisfy their own personal sexual desires and or fantasies."

Sadly, Luca did more than just jokingly ask for pictures of Paige’s kisses, he also said ‘you can’t do that’ when Amber Beckford was asked to write a chat-up line for a woman in the first episode. 

She replied: "Why can't I?" and proceeded to kiss Tasha Ghouri.

Another viewer wrote: “Hahahahaha do the lads know that bisexuals exist? Saying you can’t kiss another girl? Ermmmm I think you can [sic].”

A second replied with the now-iconic pictures of Prince Louis screaming at the Jubliee Trooping the Colour, writing: “Love island boys when they realise bisexual women exist outside of p*rn.”

One bisexual female viewer, who has asked to remain anonymous, told Tyla: “I was outed for being bisexual not that long ago, and the episode just reflected the horrible misconception that it’s either sexy or greedy - and not a sexuality that exists in its own right.

“It’s not just a thing on TV. There are so many men on dating apps looking for girls to hook up with their girlfriends because the idea gets them off so much.” 

Another bisexual woman said: "It’s a fight every day with men seeing us and our relationships like it’s for them."