05 January 2023 , 20:58
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Faye Winter said she 'absolutely' agrees with Love Island's new rule of contestants' social media accounts remaining dormant during their time on the show.
The ITV2 show recently released its updated policy ahead of the premiere of the winter season – which will be hosted by Maya Jama.
In it, they announced that the new stars must agree to pause their handles for the duration of their time on the show and no one can publish content on their behalf.
Faye, who appeared on the show in 2021, said the decision is 'necessary to protect' the people running the new stars' accounts.
She took part in an Instagram Q&A and admitted it is a 'shame' there had to be such drastic changes in the policy due to online trolling.
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New contestants' social media accounts will remain dormant throughout their stay in the villa (instagram.com/faye__winter)"For the welfare of my family and friends ABSOLUTELY but I do think what a b****y shame," she said.
"All because narrow-minded people genuinely believe they can judge, torment and bully others based on a 45-minute show which is highly edited and each person probably gets 8 minutes of airtime"
She added: "Sad when you think about it but absolutely necessary to protect their innocent darling heads – people will moan and it will be those that caused it. [sic].
"In the famous words of all parents, you only have yourselves to blame you big knuckleheads."
Sadly, Faye had a lot of experience with online bullying after her infamous spat with Teddy Soares during her time in the villa in 2021.
In the scene from her season, Faye started yelling at him after seeing a clip (with no context) of him saying he was sexually attracted to a Casa Amor bombshell.
The star has experience with trolling after her spat with Teddy received endless complaints (ITV)The spat resulted in 25,000 Ofcom complaints and a lot of hate when she exited the villa.
Last summer, she admitted she didn't realise she 'needed therapy' until she joined the show, which saw her coming in third place.
"I did feel like I lost myself when I came out of the show," Faye revealed.
And now, theduty of care protocols have gotten stricterfollowing backlash over the show's aftercare in the last few years.
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New Islanders will be receiving training and guidance 'around mutually respectful behaviour in relationships.'
Love Island confirmed the contestants will be offered resource links to read up on in advance of meeting their fellow Islanders, to help them identify negative behaviours in relationships and understand the behaviour patterns associated with controlling and coercive behaviour.
There will also be video training and guidance covering inclusive language around disability, sexuality, race and ethnicity, and microaggressions.