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Olivia Buckland and Alex Bowen open up about the trolling they faced after Love Island

Olivia Buckland and Alex Bowen have opened up about the trolling they faced after Love Island.

The couple found love on the ITV2 series back in 2016, and went on to tie the knot in September 2018.

Fours years after they shot to fame on Love Island, Olivia and Alex shared their experience with online trolls as part of a new challenge with social media app Compete and charity Boo2Bullying.

In a video shared on Instagram, Olivia said: “When we both came out of Love Island we receive quite a lot of trolling.”

 

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“I remember there were comments where I was called fat and there were comments about my teeth.”

Alex also said: “A comment that really bothered me was when I was called skinny as I used to get called skinny all the time as a kid…”

Olivia added: “Some people even said that we wouldn’t last, but it’s been three years so all you trolls were completely wrong!”

In a statement, the couple said: “We’re really proud to be involved with Compete and Boo2Bullying’s global campaign.”

 

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“We both know first hand how it feels to be trolled online; it can be really upsetting to read nasty comments about your appearance, or your relationship and sometimes it can stick with you.”

“Sadly we know of too many who are impacted deeply by trolling and bullying, and some with tragic consequences.

“That’s why we feel so strongly that more needs to be done to protect people from online abuse and we’re thrilled to be involved with Compete which is a positive, safe and troll free social media space,” they added.

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