Love Island fans convinced Luca Bish and Dami Hope were asked to apologise to Tasha Ghouri by producers-Sabrina Barr-Entertainment – Metro

Tasha was left tears yet again during ‘Snog, Marry, Pie’ (Picture: ITV)

During the latest episode of Love Island, Tasha Ghouri was subjected – once again – to hurtful comments made by Luca Bish and Dami Hope, prompting viewers to call out the pair’s ongoing ‘bullying’ of the dancer.

They later apologised to Tasha during one-on-one conversations, leading fans to suspect that ITV producers might have stepped in to inform the boys that they’d crossed the line.

Last night saw the islanders play a game of ‘Snog, Marry, Pie’, which at times was just light-hearted fun… but at other points, became brutal and uncomfortable to watch.

It came as no surprise to anyone when Luca and Dami both chose to pie Tasha, but the reasons they gave afterwards rubbed more salt into the wounds already created from their previous digging remarks.

‘The reason why I decided to pie you, I feel like you usually get away with a lot of stuff, but this pie, you weren’t going to get away with,’ Dami said, while Luca stated: ‘I could give you a list as long as Adam, but we’ll let it go for today, and it is just a game, so…’

While neither Luca nor Dami seemed remorseful, laughing afterwards and stressing it was ‘just a game’, their similar apologies to Tasha led many viewers to the conclusion that ITV might have stepped in.

Tasha was pied several times during the game (Picture: ITV)

Sitting outside with Tasha, Luca said: ‘I wanted to speak to you, ‘cause obviously I’ve seen you’re upset. It’s inevitable. I don’t want to be the guy who’s made another girl cry because I took a challenge too far or what I said too far, and I think this time maybe I have.’

The fishmonger added: ‘I do apologise for how I’ve come across. I do not want to see you upset,’ telling Tasha that his digs were never meant to be ‘personal’.

Meanwhile, microbiologist Dami said to the dancer: ‘I don’t want you to think I don’t care about you. I don’t want it to come off like I’m against you,’ emphasising that he supports Tasha’s relationship with Andrew.

Luca took Tasha aside to chat after she cried to her boyfriend Andrew (Picture: ITV)

Tasha and Dami shared a hug after his apology (Picture: ITV)

One viewer tweeted in response to the interactions: ‘Not to be cynical. But I feel like the producers made Dami and Luca apologise. None of their past behaviour suggests they would take it on themselves to say sorry to Tasha.’

‘The producers have 100% told Luca and Dami to speak to Tasha we aren’t stupid,’ someone else commented, while another added: ‘Anyone else get the feeling producers have made Dami and Luca apologise to Tasha after the social media backlash?’

At the end of last night’s episode, host Laura Whitmore revealed the results of a public vote, as fans voted for their favourite boys and girls.

Four islanders are now at risk of elimination: Danica Taylor, Summer Botwe, Billy Brown and Dami, with the decision for which two will stay lying with the rest of the contestants.

Viewers were cheering for Danica through their screens when she confronted Billy during the VIP pool party, having had to deal with yet another rejection after he told the boys about their intimate moment in bed.

‘You’ve come across as a pig,’ Danica told him, as he guffawed and told her to calm down in an exceedingly frustrating manner.

Metro.co.uk has contacted ITV for comment.

Love Island returns tonight at 9pm on ITV2 and ITV Hub.

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