Daisy Chainz

Medusa Apologist 🇮🇪🇵🇸

[Raf Thompson @RafThompson]

I’ve worked on #LoveIsland UK since Series 5, producing Series 5-10, before moving on to Love Island USA and Love Island Australia. I’m incredibly proud to have been part of a show that has become embedded in British culture. The twists, drama, and unforgettable cast members have created some of the best reality television of the last decade.

But if we’re being honest, one issue has persisted for years: casting.

Time and time again, Love Island UK has failed to truly reflect the diversity of modern Britain. Representation matters, and no group has been more consistently let down than Black women. Ironically, Black women have been some of the show’s most loyal supporters, driving conversations online, creating viral moments, and helping keep the show culturally relevant.

Yet year after year, we continue to cast Black women alongside men who openly or implicitly don’t date Black women. The result is a cycle that viewers have watched repeatedly: rejection, exclusion, and disappointment. For young Black girls watching at home, that’s a damaging message. For audiences generally, it’s become predictable and exhausting.

When I left after Series 10, things were improving. Contestants like Tyrique, Ella, Catherine, Whitney & previous series with Dami, Indiyah, Kai, Sanam, Kaz, Samira, Yewande and others helped create some of the show’s most memorable storylines.

However, working on Love Island USA showed me how powerful genuine representation can be. Seeing contestants from different racial, cultural and ethnic backgrounds authentically connect created richer stories, stronger characters, and ultimately a bigger audience.

My role on Love Island was in edit producing, not casting despite my vast experience in casting on other shows I raised concerns about casting throughout my time on the show.

If Love Island UK wants to reverse its ratings decline, it needs to listen to viewers. Audiences are asking for fresher casting, more authentic representation, and a creative reset. If those changes don’t happen, I genuinely worry about the long-term future of a show that so many of us care deeply about.

For the culture.

[Daisy Chainz @Dayzeechains]

@bribrisimps

[Furkan Gözükara @FurkanGozukara]

Sky News completely destroys the Zionist regime's primary excuse for bombing Lebanon. The reporter confirms there is absolutely zero evidence of military activity in the civilian homes Israel is obliterating.

Washington is funding pure state terrorism!

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

Horrific videos from Gaza have been circulating for hours after israel struck a residential building.

I don’t know what’s more disturbing, the image of children’s bodies torn apart (again) or the fact that it’s barely considered newsworthy because the children are Palestinian.

[Daisy Chainz @Dayzeechains]

Reposting this given that Israel are murdering medics, children, and civilians in Lebanon despite a “ceasefire” and the media is silent.

[Daisy Chainz @Dayzeechains]

With Western Media referring to Beirut, Lebanon as a "Hezbollah Stronghold" to manufacture consent for Israel's airstrikes targeting civilians, journalists, and hospitals, here's what Beirut actually looks like. 🧵

[Daisy Chainz @Dayzeechains]

@Ash_Lee_IRL Trans women are the only people that are allowed in this world and are still being forced into the same spaces they were born into

I almost slayed

[Daisy Chainz @Dayzeechains]

What more evidence do you need to realise you’re on the fence about a literal genocide.

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Amos Goldberg, Professor of Genocide Studies at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem "Yes, it is genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion. Jewish history will henceforth be stained"

Is there anyone more qualified and unbiased?

[Daisy Chainz @Dayzeechains]

Meanwhile, the Irish Government refuses to enact the Occupied territories bill!

[Spot World Affairs @SpotGlobals]

🇪🇸🇮🇱 BREAKING:

Spain announces the pursuit of every company financing the Israeli war on Palestine, along with freezing its assets and banning its activity in the Spanish market.

[Daisy Chainz @Dayzeechains]

@BioBite_ Bit heavy on the butter but aside from that I hate it

[Daisy Chainz @Dayzeechains]

@kataraluvr Cork had a ball today ☀️💅

[Daisy Chainz @Dayzeechains]

War crime after war crime and they continue with complete impunity. Can you imagine the media reaction if Iran did this to Israel?

[Sky News @SkyNews]

Why are medics being killed in Lebanon?

Since the ceasefire was agreed on April 17th nearly 700 people have been killed. And out of those, 20 have been medics.

Sky’s @AlexCrawfordSky reports

https://t.co/AgU4ZaUyxh

[Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده @RamAbdu]

Jewish-American orthopedic surgeon Mark Perlmutter, who worked in Gaza, said Israeli soldiers took two Palestinian children, tied their hands behind their backs, and buried them alive at Nasser Hospital — their cries muffled by the dirt poured over them.

[Lynn Boylan 🍷📖🐾 @LNBDublin]

One day, everyone will always have been against this.

[Daisy Chainz @Dayzeechains]

“The worst thing is not the violence of the bad, it is the silence of the good”

[The Resonance @Partisan_12]

Renowned Director Ken Loach Delivers Powerful Words at Cannes on Israel's Genocide in Gaza

"The worst thing is not the violence of the bad, it is the silence of the good.

[Sana Saeed @SanaSaeed]

absolutely losing my mind that you have hundreds of international citizens who were been abducted, abused, some raped and tortured by Israel and… crickets in our news media. We are beyond “complicity” and ‘giving Israel impunity’ - its complete acquiescence and surrender.

[Barry Malone @malonebarry]

These are international civilians, innocent of any crime, who have been illegally abducted in international waters by Israel. That’s what we’re looking at here.

[Barry Malone @malonebarry]

Israel has kidnapped the sister of the president of Ireland.

[Ciaran Tierney @ciarantierney]

This @fiannafailparty?

* Who dropped the Occupied Territories Bill in exchange for power?

* Whose leader did a 'hasbara' photo shoot in #Israel while children were being massacred minutes down the road?

* Which facilitates the slaughter through #US military use of Shannon?

[ً @wynrosei]

"violence isn't the answer" only gets said when oppressed people start fighting back, not when the oppression is happening