When Caroline Flack learned that her beloved Love Island job had been handed to her younger, blonder, rival Laura Whitmore, she was distraught.
Caroline Flack was deeply distraught when she learned her Love Island hosting role had been given to Laura Whitmore, following her arrest for assaulting her boyfriend, Lewis Burton. Flack, who had hosted the show for five seasons, expressed her devastation in WhatsApp voice notes to friends, calling the situation "awful." Whitmore, who had known Flack casually, shared private messages from their exchange on Instagram, sparking criticism from Flack's friends, who deemed the move "poor taste." Flack's mother, Christine, has been vocal about the pain caused by the continued attention on her daughter's life and death. Flack took her own life in February 2020, five weeks after losing her job and facing the prospect of a public trial.
