While Love Island is about to land in France, with Nabilla at the presentation, the British-born show is in mourning on the other side of the Channel. Its animator, Caroline Flack, committed suicide on February 14, after having lived a smear campaign on the part of certain tabloids. Since then, the scandal press has been accused of having pushed the 40-year-old presenter to death by constantly harassing her.
Caroline Flack was to be tried for domestic violence on March 4, a news story widely commented on, notably by the Sun , the Daily Mail and the Daily Express. These are the three main British tabloids, regularly questioned for their more than questionable practices and their dependent articles.
A long history
For several years, personalities have been targeted by this very popular press in the United Kingdom. Hugh Grant has long pointed the finger at tabloids, and especially The Sun.
#dontbuythesun
- Hugh Grant (@HackedOffHugh) February 15, 2020The actor is one of the personalities to have been tapped by the News of the World, a British tabloid owned by Rupert Murdoch and which definitively stopped its publication in 2011 following the lawsuit instituted (and won) by the star of Coup de foudre in Notting Hill and the other victims of the illegal wiretapping. The Australian businessman - and husband of Jerry Hall - heads, among other things, News Corp, which publishes the Sun.
Caroline Flack's suicide also echoes with the British public the recent departure of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, who also brought several lawsuits against the British tabloids and clearly denounced their actions. Prince Harry, whether in the interview given to ITV or in his press releases and interventions relating to the couple's choice to retire from royal office, has emphatically recalled the death of his mother, Lady Diana, in an accident driving while being chased by paparazzi.
Several voices were also raised this weekend to denounce the relentlessness of certain media. Political figures of all stripes expressed themselves, including Keir Starmer who is running for the succession of Jeremy Corbyn at the head of the Labor Party, but also the Conservative and secretary of transport Grant Shapps and Daisy Cooper of Lib Dem. A petition has also been launched to ask for "laws" that better protect the privacy of "celebrities and individuals". More than 226,000 people signed it and the number is only increasing.
In addition, Caroline Flack is the third personality linked to Love Island to commit suicide. Two other candidates have ended their lives since the start of the program: Sophie Gradon in 2017 and Mike Thalassitis last year. Since the death of Caroline Flack and the accusations brought against the tabloids, the Sun , in particular, has erased from its site some unwelcome articles on the presenter of the show.
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