LOVE Island has swerved an investigation by Ofcom despite over 7,000 complaints from furious fans this season.
The ITV2 dating show was continually hit by waves of angry viewers, who lashed out about misogyny, abusive and manipulative behaviour and bullying throughout the eighth series.
Despite 7,842 official complaints filed by fans, Ofcom has revealed that it will not be taking action over the series.
A spokesperson for the broadcasting watchdog confirmed they would not be looking into the complaints any further.
"We carefully assessed complaints about this series on a range of issues including alleged misogynistic and bullying behaviour," the statement read.
“We recognise that emotionally-charged or confrontational scenes can upset some viewers. But, in our view, negative behaviour in the villa was not shown in a positive light.
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"Viewers saw other islanders condemning the behaviour and offering advice and support, as well as scenes where apologies were made.
"We also took into account that the format of this reality show is well-established and viewers would expect to see the highs and lows as couples’ relationships are tested.”
This series, the show was hit with tirades of complaints over the Islanders' behaviour, citing bullying and concerns over mental health.
Just days into the show, Love Island was hit with over 100 complaints as fans "raised concerns over the welfare of contestants".
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Days later, there were hundreds more complaints about the treatment of Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu by her fellow Islanders.
While throughout July, more complaints were filed about "controlling and possessive behaviour" and "alleged bullying" among contestants.
Almost 1000 complaints were made in July over "abusive, misogynistic and manipulative" behaviour from the boys to the girls.
Almost a whopping 3000 further complaints were made in after the show came to an end in an explosive final week in August.
Over 1,500 viewers contacted Ofcom after the episode including the brutal Snog, Marry, Pie game – with upset sparked by the boys' misogynistic behaviour towards the girls in the aftermath.
The show had been hit with more than 5,000 Ofcom complaints over just five days thanks to the brutal scenes of the game.
During the controversial Snog, Marry, Pie episode, Billy Brown set the tone for the shocking behaviour when he completely bypassed Danica Taylor with whom he was partnered up with.
Things got really heated when Dami Hope chose to kiss his Casa Amor ex Summer to the shock of Indiyah Polack.
Then, Tasha Ghouri was pied three times in total – by Davide Sanclimenti, Dami and Luca – with each giving their reasons for doing so.
The complaints come just a week after the show was hit with over 3,000 complaints following the Movie Night episode.
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Fans felt that Ekin-Su had been unfairly targeted – as did her angry family – while Laura Whitmore received received 427 complaints about the same topic.
At the start of the show, Love Island was hit with hundreds of complaints over Gemma Owen’s age when she kissed Davide, 27.
Many felt she was too young to be in the show and were further outraged when they discovered she was just 16 when she dated ex boyfriend Jacques.
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