Megan Barton-Hanson has called for an LGBT+ line-up for Love Island, as she says it will be “much juicier” to watch.
The 27-year-old former member of the show, who competed in the 2018 series, shared her thoughts on this year’s cast ahead of the June 28 starting date.
She says the show is “predictable” and wants producers to include an “all gay line-up”.
Megan went on to slam a claim made by show bosses that there would be “logistical difficulty” if there was an all LGBT+ cast.
However the OnlyFans star insisted “chucking in one bisexual person” does not work.
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Glamour model Megan told Metro : “I get why they are hesitant to do it, but I don’t think it’s working when they [producers] chuck in one bisexual person.
“I think with the whole tokenism thing, the girls just end up with the guy, maybe to stay on the show longer, I don’t know. If they had an all gay line-up, it would just be so much more interesting to watch.”
Sharing her theory, she added: “How it is right now, you can kind of predict what’s going to happen: If there’s a straight couple who are happy, the producers will just send in a person for whoever they think is likely to stray and send in a person who’s their type. If there was an LGBT+ cast you could be tempted by anyone. I think it would be much juicier.”
Megan has even shared her thoughts on when a queer version of the show should air – suggesting it should replace the winter series.
It comes after ITV commissioner Amanda Stavri said: “In terms of gay Islanders, I think the main challenge is regarding the format of Love Island. There’s a sort of logistical difficulty, because although Islanders don’t have to be 100 per cent straight, the format must sort of give [the] Islanders an equal choice when coupling up.”
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Meanwhile, Megan said it would be “great” to mix it up and have one “straight” series and also one “queer” instead of the current format, which usually airs twice a year.
It’s not the first time Love Island has been called out for lack of diversity on the highly-watched dating series.
In the past, fans of the show, and even previous contestants, have called out the lack of different ethnic backgrounds, body types and also members of the LGBT community represented on the series.
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Originally from https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/megan-barton-hanson-says-lgbt-24357121