Love Island Hunter Quits Programme
Shooting Times & Country|January 22, 2020
Shooter quits reality TV show as an online petition and celebrity tweets stoke up anti-hunting sentiment
Matt Cross
Love Island Hunter Quits Programme

Big-game hunter Ollie Williams has left the reality TV show Love Island after more than 40,000 people signed a protest petition.

The 23-year-old big-game hunter left the show after just three days, saying he was still in love with his girlfriend.

However, his inclusion in the line-up of glamorous Young love-seekers had fired up controversy, prompting 467 complaints to Ofcom.

A change.org petition launched to oppose his inclusion in the show claimed “victory” in an update.

この記事は Shooting Times & Country の January 22, 2020 版に掲載されています。

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7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。

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