cleo. #254

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[cleo. #254 @KenglishOrigin]

another day, another groove fit 🇿🇦

[star @este11exo]

angelista has the best installs i’ve ever seen on love island uk #loveislanduk

[Black @LilithBlack25]

Yeah because Germans killed them in massive numbers

[katey so pinkꕤ @loverlezza]

gestures that make you more feminine

[N’wa Mucanyi 🫶🏾 @KhananiShingan1]

Girl to girl: study the patterns in your family. Look at what distracted, delayed, or derailed the women before you, then make intentional decisions to break those cycles.
refuse to be a victim of generational curses ❤️

[caoimhe @lovinqmount]

you raped a woman so violently that her tampon was lodged inside of her uterus & it had to be removed with forceps. shut the fuck up

[Zara Quinn @_Zaraquin]

Don't host a World Cup if you don't want people to come to your country.

[Leyla Hamed @leylahamed]

Did any white teams get treated like this, or is this treatment reserved for Senegal? Bizarre

[Leyla Hamed @leylahamed]

This is clear discrimination and political interference in sport. No team should be made to compete under conditions no other country would ever accept.

FIFA has a lot to answer for.

[nine⁷ @tensosea]

Can I say something? But I actually don’t find it funny that no one is taking this serious. Heat strokes are dangerous. Footballers are already prone to random heart attacks due to the intensity of the game. This is DANGEROUS!!

[AJ @willjames93]

If you want to see the UK production’s blatant racism, it’s her. Sanam & Kai literally won their season, got engaged, married, and bought a house. I haven’t seen them mentioned on this show after their season at all. Not even a congrats during commercial break. #LoveIsland

[cleo. #254 @KenglishOrigin]

This month I will be catching 6 flights. We are so back!

[flower beard guy aka the professional shagger @StevyTweets]

You know what makes this interesting on the Uk one remember when Ovie came in and bruddas were hating so hard they pulled up his basketball league stats, saying he can’t play ball.

[jonzing. @ehisssss]

i texted her, "how was your day today?" and she sent me a 7 minute voice note telling me everything..

and that basically sums up the kind of person i want by my side. stop normalizing disinterest.

[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.

[naya⁷ @njoonified]

-30kgs 🥹 BESTIES, I DID IT

[natalee🍒🌸 ✪ @Justwandyy]

Acts of service men are dangerously attractive.
Fixing problems, making sure you’ve eaten, charging your phone, carrying your things… that’s romance to me.

[Hadid 🇳🇬 @ASAPYems]

Dating ppl with kids has too many moving variables I wouldn’t advise it. Plus there are soooooooooooooooooo many ppl in their 30s without kids.

[Mia♡ @luxemiaa]

So I got my period at work today with absolutely no warning and went around asking all the women in the office if anyone had anything and nobody had a single thing.

One of the guys overheard me and said he had pads in his car because he keeps them there for his girlfriend for emergencies.

And then he went out to his car and came back and handed me a pastry bag.

This man had put the pads inside a pastry bag so nobody would know what was in it. To save me the awkwardness of walking through the office visibly carrying pads. He thought about that. On his own.

And it wasn't just one, he gave me two because I had an eight hour shift and he did that math himself apparently.

I was not prepared for......

[ChiefHerbalist @HerbalistChief]

The writer of this book died in a car bomb. Think about that !!

[𝓟𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓬𝓮𝓼𝓪 🐸 @princesalamwane]

Expecting sex because you paid for dinner is coercion. It’s part of rape culture. Hope that helps.