Love Island slammed for only casting ONE black contestant in All Stars

Love Island has been accused of failing to represent diversity on the All Star series after only one black contestant featured in the lineup. Love Island has been accused of failing to represent diversity on the All Star series after only one black contestant has featured in the lineup Former Islander Rachel Finni told MailOnline she felt 'outraged' over the way her close friend Kaz Kamwi was treated throughout her time on the ITV2 show The mother-to-be has hit out at bosses for giving viewers the 'platform to follow the belief' that only 'blonde hair' and 'blue eyes' are 'attractive' Kaz was dumped this week after she struggled to find a romantic connection, which Rachel says is because producers refused to cast any ex-stars of the show who would be open to pursuing her Speaking exclusively, Rachel said: 'I will always stand by what is right and in addition to that, Kaz is one of my closest friends. Kaz had a difficult time in the villa after her ex-boyfriend Tyler Cruickshank made a shock entrance and she was only ever friends with the men she coupled up with Rachel, who found fame on Love Island in 2021, has questioned why producers haven't signed the likes of Yewande Biala for the All Star series Priscilla Anyabu has also not made the cut after first starring on the winter series alongside current Islanders Molly Smith and Callum Jones in 2020 Rachel says it isn't just the lack of black Islanders that is problematic but also having no Asian representation such as influencers Sharon Gaffka Kaz found fame on Love Island in 2021 and was one of the original All Star signings when the series launched earlier this year. Rachel says most of the contestants this year have blonde hair and blue eyes and there is 'no representation whatsoever' on the All Stars series The 2021 star says producers should have done more to represent Asian communities as well as different body types on the All Stars series Former Islander Rachel is currently eight months pregnant with her first baby 'The false impression people get is when you talk on diversity that you're expecting a black man to go in there for a black girl. On Friday night's episode, a new male bombshell entered the villa, Adam Maxted, who first starred on the show back in 2016 Adam's appearance comes after former Islander Theo Campbell took to social media platform X to say he was axed from joining All Stars at the last minute Alongside a photo of Kaz, Theo said: 'Imagine wasting five days of your life after being persuaded to start Love Island filming and the rest, for them to say a day before you're supposed to fly out, nah come in two weeks… huh?