Laura Whitmore

Love Island host Laura Whitmore said Rachel Finni's claims she got the job because her husband Iain Stirling works on the show was "horrible"

I won a competition to be the face of MTV and I just have stayed working from job to job. Laura went on: "It's horrible when you see it coming from other women because for so many years women have been talked about, you know, by who they're going out with. And Rachel added: "When you think Love Island you don't think Laura Whitmore." She then praised late host Caroline Flack for her energy and love for the dating show. Murad agreed with her and said Laura hosting the show was "straight up nepotism". "I've worked in telly for 14 years. I've done incredible things all over the world, worked with the best teams but I've never got a job because of a guy that I've dated."

Love Island host Laura Whitmore has hit out at ex-Islander Rachel Finni who recently said she got the role due to her husband being narrator of the show, ...

"The benefits you get from being married to the narrator, 'cos let's be honest she's not a great host." I won a competition to be the face of MTV and have stayed working from job to job. The dating show host took to social media to defend herself against the spiteful claims that she didn't get the role on her own merit.

Laura has hosted Love Island since January 2020 taking the reins from the late Caroline Flack who tragically took her own life.

While fans of Love Island have been divided over Laura’s hosting skills since she took control of the show back in January 2020 – with some complaining she doesn’t feature on the show enough, while some critics branded her hosting skills as “rubbish”. Laura has hosted Love Island since January 2020 – when the first and as yet only winter edition of the show aired – taking the reins from the late Caroline Flack who tragically took her own life aged 40 one month later. The 36-year-old Irish TV presenter appeared to be left shocked and aghast when 29-year-old Rachel accused her of being a below-average host and suggested Laura only ever got her part on Love Island because she’s married to show narrator Iain Stirling, 34.

Laura Whitmore has clapped back at a former Love Island contestant Rachel Finni who slated the presenter and accused her of 'nepotism'.

Laura revealed that Iain had later slipped into her DMs, but she was the one who plucked up the courage and made the first move, as he was ‘too nervous’ to ask her out. She continued: ‘It’s horrible when you see it coming from other women because for so many years women have been talked about about who they’re going out with, they’re only going defined by who they’re going out with, despite all the work and all the build up they’ve done leading up to that and that they’re their own individual person with their own experience.’ Taking to her Instagram stories to slam back, Laura said: ‘I’m not going to give too much energy to it because there’s always stuff like this and you kind of brush it off, but I think we need to be careful when we discuss women and their work.

The TV star, whose comedian husband Iain Stirling provides the ITV2 dating show's voiceover, began hosting it for the 2020 winter edition and then took over on ...

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The 36-year-old Irish TV presenter appeared dumbfounded over the accusation and highlighted a toxic culture of women slamming other women. Laura, who is married ...

Her presenting skills have divided Love Island fans in the past. "I won a competition to be the face of MTV and have stayed working from job to job. She continued: “And it's horrible when you see it coming from other women because for so many years women have talked about who they are going out with.

Laura Whitmore responded via her Instagram page to claims she was only made host on Love Island because of who her husband is.

I won a competition to be the face of MTV and have stayed working from job to job. She continued: “And it's horrible when you see if coming from other women because for so many years women have talked about who they are going out with. The Mirror reports that Rachel’s comments must have struck a nerve with Laura Whitmore who issued a rambling statement via Instagram Stories as she fielded questions from fans and the topic of Love Island was inevitably raised.