Both the U.K. and U.S. Love Island shows have had their fair share of controversies over the years.

On Love Island U.K. season 2 in 2016, Malia Arkian became the first contestant to ever be thrown out of the villa for getting in a physical altercation with castmate Kady McDermott.

“Security removed me after an altercation with Kady. I met with the producers, where we watched the footage back and there was a report conducted,” Arkian told Closer in a June 2024 interview. “I then went to a hotel with my chaperone, where I stayed for 24 hours, with no contact with anyone. I was distraught and devastated. I was terrified about what people would be thinking.”

Eventually, ITV told her she “wouldn’t be let back” and Arkian was sent back to the U.K.

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