Love Island's Mimii Ngulube predicts her mental health training will make her the villa's 'designated therapist' and insists show's lack of diversity problem has 'very much improved'

Love Island star Mimii Ngulube has opened up on how beneficial she thinks her previous mental health training will be on the show and defended the ITV2 series from criticism over its lack of diversity. Love Island star Mimii Ngulube has opened up on how beneficial she thinks her previous mental health training will be on the show The mental health nurse, 24, was confirmed on Monday as one of the 12 singletons who will enter the villa next week in the search for love The show has become famous for being strenuous on contestants’ mental well-being, with contestants having to cope with rejection and heartbreak in the villa as well as adjusting to the onslaught of sudden fame when they return to their normal lives 'And I always get my friends to open up about situations, even if it's something minor like a man's done something wrong, we'll sit down and evaluate the situation and go from there. With Mimii's background, she said she thinks she will be a good shoulder to cry on for her fellow Islanders, and predicted she will be the 'designated therapist' Several former Islanders including Samira Mighty, Laura Anderson, Zachariah Noble, Siânnise Fudge, Alex Miller, Zara McDermott and Adam Collard, have spoken about the effect of the show on their mental health, such as struggles with self-esteem issues and depression Following the tragic suicides of former Islanders Sophie Gradon and Mike Thalassitis, and host Caroline Flack, ITV introduced further measures to ensure stars are fully supported before, during and after the filming period Producers also work with GPs and psychological consultants to ensure hopeful contestants' mental health are strong enough to take part Love Island's duty of care protocols in full - ahead of the summer series The full duty of care process is outlined below: Pre Filming and Filming - Registered mental health professional engaged throughout the whole series - from pre-filming to aftercare. Mimii admitted that despite her mental health nursing experience, she doesn't know how well she will cope with the show, as it is a completely new situation However, the Portsmouth-born beauty stressed the importance of the aftercare offered by ITV, and insisted that she would be using it because she has seen how valuable it is One of the newer welfare measures introduced is Islanders' loved ones are no longer allowed to post on their behalf on their social media accounts while they are in the villa, in a bid to reduce trolling The online abuse directed at contestant Georgia Steel on this year's All Stars series forced her family and friends to speak out as well as fellow stars admitting they feared the online trolling was becoming worse than ever Once Georgia returned home from South Africa, she had to take a break from social media to deal with the fallout. Meanwhile, Mimii also spoke about Love Island's diversity problem, which has been criticised from its inception Out of the 12 contestants, there are only three who are not white, seen as a backwards step after the 2023 series, where seven out came from non-white backgrounds and Kai and Sanam became the show's first winning couple of colour Former Love Islander Tasha Ghouri also joined in to slam the line-up as lacking inclusivity, and said it felt like is was 'going backwards' Commenting on the criticism, Mimii said that she thought the problem had 'improved' recently, though acknowledged she is still in the dark about how diverse this year will be After this series' line-up was revealed this week, fans took to social media to reveal their disappointment over the lack of diversity.