Women’s Aid issues gaslighting warning over Love Island

National charity calls out contestant Adam
Collard over behaviour on hit reality show

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“I don’t think you have any idea how much you’ve hurt me and how
much you’ve really upset me. And the worst thing is, I don’t think
you care,” Williams told him.

Adam appeared to smirk while she poured out her
feelings, and questioned her interpretation of the events,
says the BBC. He even claimed she had “pushed him away” with
her jealousy.

That interaction has prompted Katie Ghose, chief executive of
Women’s Aid, to issue a statement warning about
emotional abuse.

“On the latest series of Love Island, there are clear
warning signs in Adam’s behaviour. In a relationship, a partner
questioning your memory of events, trivialising your thoughts or
feelings, and turning things around to blame you can be part of
pattern of gaslighting and emotional abuse,” she said.

Ghose called on viewers to recognise unhealthy behaviour in
relationships and to speak out against all forms of domestic abuse,
emotional as well as physical.

“It is only when we make a stand together against abuse in
relationships that we will see attitudes change and an end to
domestic abuse,” she added.

This year’s Love Island continues to post record
ratings of up to 3.4 million viewers.