Laura Whitmore slammed by ex Love Islander saying presenter should be AXED with ‘dead and boring reunion show’

FORMER Love Island contestant Amy Day has admitted she’s disappointed Laura Whitmore has returned to host the dating show.

The Islander – who rose to fame on the ITV2 programme last summer – admitted she wasn’t a big fan of Laura, 37.

Last week, her co-star Rachel Finni hit out that she was “gutted” to see Laura returning as the show’s host for another year.

The star took over the hosting role in January 2020 for the first winter edition, ahead of former host Caroline Flack’s tragic death.

Many former contestants have hit out that they would’ve preferred to see a new face hosting, including Maya Jama and AJ Odudu.

Rachel, 29, spoke on the subject in a recent podcast, saying: “I’m kind of gutted Laura Whitmore is hosting… She’s not a great host.”

Now, Amy, 25, has opened up about how she agrees – saying that Laura’s hosting was “a bit dead” during last year’s reunion.

She told the Daily Star: “I think it would be nice to have a presenter who throws herself into it and that whole interview that came out of Rachel hit loads of the press and it is true we are all a bit gutted.

“The reunion was a bit dead and boring. It’s not necessarily on Laura’s presenting skills, but more on the topics and subjects that she touched on.

“We wanted more spice and for her to get to the interesting stuff.”

It comes as Laura blasted fans and former Islanders who call her ‘boring and overpaid’ ahead of the new series.

The ITV2 reality show returns tonight with Laura, 37, once again introducing the new batch of Islanders to viewers.

However, before the first Islander even steps foot into the new Love Island villa, Laura has addressed previous comments about her part in the show via TikTok.

At the start of the minute-long clip, she said: “Shall we get this out of the way, then we can enjoy the juicy bits! See ya Monday.”

She started with the online comment: “I think its ridiculous that Laura flies back and forth – send the guests there!”

She wrote as her response: “The villa is Mallorca and Aftersun is London. This is the situation for any host, always has been.

“I have it in my contract to offset carbon emissions.”

Laura then moved on to what she is paid for hosting Love Island, posting the critique: “Laura has the easiest job on the telly! She gets paid £50k a minute. It’s an outrage!”

She replied by stating how her husband – Iain Stirling – doesn’t receive the same comments for his role as voiceover on the show.