Love Island viewers have slammed producers for giving Helena Ford and Harry Cooksley a 'sad edit'.
During Sunday's episode, the pair ended their romance for the second time after Harry admitted to still having feelings for Shakira Khan.
The split came after a very explosive night at The Grafties where Harry came under fire for expressing interest in Shakira just days after going exclusive with Helena.
Following a row at the firepit where Helena said she was 'done', the pair later had an emotional chat where they confirmed their romance was over and hugged it out. Later in the day Harry was seen crying in the bedroom and Helena asked if he was okay before giving him another intense embrace.
But viewers were sceptical of the scenes and criticised producers for laying sad music over their conversations.
Viewers said they 'weren't buying it' when it came to the 'sad edit', as they felt it was an ill-judged attempt at a 'redemption arc' for Harry.
Love Island viewers have slammed producers for giving Helena Ford and Harry Cooksley a 'sad edit' during Sunday's episode
During Sunday's episode, the pair ended their romance for the second time after Harry admitted to still having feelings for Shakira Khan
Taking to X, formerly Twitter, they said: 'I wonder if the producers realise that we're not buying it? Why is Helena acting like this is Harry's last day on Earth?';
'I actually don’t care about the saga between Harry and Helena so please end it tonight!';
'I hope to god Helena’s friends and family have a long talk with her about her self worth and how she allows people to treat her when she gets home. It makes me sad to see how much she was willing to accept and even watching her hug Harry and say she’ll miss him!';
'WHAT WAS THAT SONG DURING THE HARRY AND HELENA MOMENT ("i know i don’t deserve you blah blah"),';
'Turn this emotional music off, the Helena sad girl edit is not going to work. She was soooo horrible to Shakira when she was with Harry I cba,';
'This whole episode is the sad Harry show & I’m done with it tbh. They’ve given Harry more support than either Shakira or Helena, I don’t understand,';
'"I'm going to miss you" Helena, Harry isn't dying, you'll see each other at events and be back mates in no time,';
'Why are they acting like Helena/Harry was a love for the ages? I cannot deal!'; 'Can we move on from this Helena and Harry sob story now,';
The split came after a very explosive night at The Grafties where Harry came under fire for expressing interest in Shakira just days after going exclusive with Helena
Following a row at the firepit where Helena said she was 'done', the pair later had an emotional chat where they confirmed their romance was over and hugged it out
Later in the day Harry was seen crying in the bedroom and Helena asked if he was okay before giving him another intense embrace
But viewers were sceptical of the scenes and criticised producers for laying sad music over their conversations
Viewers said they 'weren't buying it' when it came to the 'sad edit', as they felt it was an ill-judged attempt at a 'redemption arc' for Harry
'They really gave Harry the redemption arc edit...its sickening,'; 'Are we supposed to care about Harry and Helena splitting up';
'Is this episode meant to be music and Harry and Helena crying the whole episode in some attempt of a redemption arc,';
'Can they wrap up this Harry and Helena storyline?? We are halfway through this episode and nothing has happened by tears ???';
'No one else left in the villa. Why is it a harry and Helena episode. They broke up let’s move on.'
The aftermath of the Grafties continued for many of the Islanders during Sunday's episode, including Harry who came back into the Villa after sleeping outside.
Sitting together inside, Harry and Shakira debriefed about how they were feeling.
Harry said: 'I have really tried with her [Helena], but we [Shakira and Harry] had like a week and it was, for me, the feelings were obviously way stronger and still are. I'm sorry I never like tried again. I really thought the door was just, like, slammed.'
Shakira replied: 'Do you want some home truths… it’s obviously the way you go about it and the steps you take in between to come to these conclusions obviously hurt people along the way.
Taking to X, formerly Twitter, they said: 'I wonder if the producers realise that we're not buying it? Why is Helena acting like this is Harry's last day on Earth?'
The aftermath of the Grafties continued for many of the Islanders during Sunday's episode, including Harry who came back into the Villa after sleeping outside
Sitting together inside, Harry and Shakira debriefed about how they were feeling
'It's all well and good you saying "hold my hands up guys, sorry" but you still hurt people.'
'And it’s a pattern,' she added, before Harry confessed: 'Look, I’m either leaving here alone or with you.'
Still feeling confused by the situation, Helena pulled Shakira to try and make sense of it.
Shakira told Helena: 'Nothing's changed. There’s been no miracle… I was saying I've not let myself heal over the situation and then he was like, "Same". I was like, "What?" He said, "I've not processed how I felt towards you, I've hopped into something with Helena." I don’t understand it.'
'No, I don’t understand it,' Helena said, before pulling Harry and asking him: 'Have you felt this way about Shakira this whole time?'
Harry replied: 'I didn't, I just buried it all. I just didn’t address any of my feelings and we were flying…' Helena went on to admit: 'I thought I had something genuine in here.'
Later, Shakira too tried to make sense of how she was feeling, telling Harry: 'Like, how you're feeling now is not making sense from what I’ve seen for the past however many weeks.'
