{"id":54467,"date":"2025-01-28T18:16:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T18:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/love-island-contestants-and-crew-struck-down-by-mystery-illness-dexerto\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T18:16:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T18:16:07","slug":"love-island-contestants-and-crew-struck-down-by-mystery-illness-dexerto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/love-island-contestants-and-crew-struck-down-by-mystery-illness-dexerto\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Island contestants and crew struck down by mystery illness &#8211; Dexerto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Love Island contestants and crew struck down by mystery illness ITV \/ INSTAGRAM: loveislandLove Island contestants and ITV producers have reportedly been hit by a \u201cnasty\u201d illness, just weeks into the show. They have only been in the villa for two weeks, and the Love Island singletons and production team are now suffering from a stomach bug, which has \u201ctorn its way through the set.\u201d According to show insiders, islanders and crew members on the winter edition of the series have grown sick with diarrhoea as result of the illness. \u201cLove Island might look very sexy on the television but behind the scenes, there has been a bug going around,\u201d a source told The Sun. \u201cAs well as rushing to the Beach Hut for a chat, the islanders have also been dashing off to use the [toilet],\u201d they claimed. \u201cIt has been pretty rough for some of them. Some of the production team have also been affected by the sickness bug,\u201d the source added. \u201cIt has torn its way through the set and the aftermath has been less than appealing.\u201d Drama in the Love Island villa Despite the illness, drama has been brewing at the villa and islanders are still going \u201call out\u201d to attract a partner. Samie Elishi, the latest bombshell to enter the villa, is hoping to get to know Tom Clare. After telling him he\u2019s at the top of her list, Tom revealed: \u201cI can\u2019t lie, I do fancy you.\u201d The semi-pro footballer has been a couple with Zara Deniz Lackenby-Brown, but they decided to end their romance over the weekend. Tom was previously coupled up with Olivia Hawkins before Zara\u2019s arrival, and the two have battled for him ever since, with viewers accusing him of leading both of them on. However, during Sunday\u2019s episode, Tom was seen sharing a secret kiss with Ellie Spence, despite rekindling his romance with Olivia. On Monday\u2019s episode, Zara was left raging after Tanya Manhenga told her about the kiss. \u201cEllie confided in Will. He said, \u2018Ellie kissed Tom on the f**king terrace.\u2019 And no one knows,\u201d she told her. Now, Zara has threatened to unleash chaos by exposing his antics to Olivia. Stay tuned. If you want to keep up with the action as it unfolds, find out when the newest episode will be airing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Love Island contestants and crew struck down by mystery illness ITV \/ INSTAGRAM: loveislandLove Island contestants and ITV producers have reportedly been hit by a \u201cnasty\u201d illness, just weeks into the show. They have only been in the villa for two weeks, and the Love Island singletons and production team are now suffering from a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54467\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}