WHILE CAPE TOWN BURNED, ITV’S EXECS HAD ONE PRIORITY: SAVING THEIR TAN LINES. In a SHAMELESS display of tone-deaf extravagance, the network evacuated its “Love Island: All Stars” villa from apocalyptic wildfires only to rush back the moment the flames died down—proving our obsession with manufactured romance TRUMPS planetary catastrophe. This isn’t entertainment; it’s a DEMENTED parable for the climate crisis era, where influencers’ pursuit of fame and £50,000 is deemed more urgent than a national emergency.
The show’s grotesque reboot this week, hosted by Maya Jama, features a dozen narcissistic alumni returning to “find love” while the world outside smolders. This is the DARKEST iteration yet: a stark metaphor for a society so addicted to distraction it will literally watch a dating game played on the edge of an environmental inferno. The “bombshells” aren’t just contestants—they’re the SPARK of our own complicity, as we choose to stream this circus of vanity instead of confronting the burning reality.



