Love Island host Laura Whitmore has hit back at criticism that she's contributing to climate change by travelling back and forth to Cape Town in South Africa for the show's current winter series.
During Sunday's episode (January 26), Laura made an appearance in the Love Island villa for the second time since the start of the ITV2 dating show, but the move sparked complaints against the presenter, who is also working in the UK while hosting Love Island's spin-off Aftersun and her BBC Radio 5 live show on Sunday mornings.
"Why is Laura Whitmore flying from South Africa every weekend to do her Sunday morning radio show then back to SA to present Love Island?
"Surely there are studios she could broadcast from in SA #ClimateCrisis," one fan tweeted over the weekend (via OK! Magazine).
Addressing the criticism, Laura took to her Twitter page to share her response.
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"Love Island Aftersun is filmed in London – as all the guests are based in the UK," Laura explained to a fan on Twitter.
"I'm only in Cape Town for the finale, public voting etc. And I'm an advocate of offsetting carbon footprint you'll notice on my Twitter. Thanks x."
Laura's tweet comes after she has previously highlighted the different projects that are available to offset your carbon footprint, including a post raising awareness for one such site just last week.
"There's some amazing projects out there that you can use to offset your carbon footprint," Laura wrote.
"I use co2nsensus as you can choose a wide range of projects to support. This time I chose Forest Plantations in Uruguay and they give you a certificate! Check them out!"
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Meanwhile, Laura's shock appearance in the villa on Sunday left Sophie Piper and Connor Durman's future in the villa uncertain as it was revealed that one of them would be leaving the villa this week.
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Sophie and Connor received the least votes from the public, and fellow Islanders will have to choose which one of them to send back home.
Love Island airs on ITV2, and you can catch up on the show via ITV Hub.
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