Love Island came under fire recently after Dani Dyer burst into tears when she learned boyfriend Jack Fincham was in another villa with an ex-partner.
Ofcom had originally received 650 complaints over Sunday night’s episode, which saw Dani break down after being sent a video clip of Jack’s reaction to seeing his former girlfriend.
However, it’s now been revealed that the number of complaints to the broadcasting watchdog has increased to 2,525.
Read more: Ofcom receives 650 complaints over distressing Love Island episode
The complaints related to “distress” caused to Dani because of the video clip, Ofcom said.
Since the 650 complaints were revealed, there has been an additional 1,875 complaints, bringing the total to 2,525.
Jack and Dani had been in separate villas after the boys and girls were split up and new contestants entered.
In Sunday’s episode, Dani, who has been coupled up with Jack since the start of the series, was shown a clip of the pen salesman reacting with shock as he realised one of the new girls was someone he has previously dated.
She said: “It always happens to me. As soon as I’m happy with someone, something happens to me. It’s like I’m not allowed to be happy.
“Imagine it’s some girl that he’s been recently seeing, he clearly has feelings if he was seeing her and now she’s in here.”
Speaking through floods of tears in the Beach Hut, she said: “I knew it was too good to be true.”
What Dani didn’t realise, however, was Jack had made it clear he wasn’t interested in his ex and just wanted Dani; he even slept on the day bed outside as he didn’t want to share a bed with anybody but her.
She wasn’t shown any clips of Jack talking about how much he missed her and only wanted her.
The couple were happily reunited in Monday’s episode of the reality dating show, which gives singletons the chance to find love and win a £50,000 cash prize.
Ofcom has also received six complaints from viewers over Monday night’s episode.
OH. MY. GOD! #LoveIsland pic.twitter.com/7Xq2uWJkj8
— Love Island (@LoveIsland) 1 July 2018
The programme saw the boys return to the villa and they were tasked with recoupling with a new girl or sticking with their previous partner.
One of the most dramatic moments was when Georgia Steel was left single after a recoupling when her man Josh Denzel chose to move on with new girl Kazimir Crossley.
Georgia was visibly shocked and upset when Josh came back to the villa with Kaz, after she had told her co-stars her true feelings for him, and her hopes for a reunion.
Poor Georgia, Josh has completely broken her heart! 💔😭 #LoveIsland pic.twitter.com/Zw1t9G4XDi
— Love Island (@LoveIsland) 2 July 2018
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An Ofcom spokeswoman said: “We are assessing these complaints against our broadcasting rules, before deciding whether or not to investigate.”
ED! has contacted ITV2 for comment.
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