Love Island has topped Ofcom’s annual list of the most complained about moments on TV in 2025.
The broadcasting regulator received 14,121 complaints in 2025 relating to the ITV dating show, totaling 30 per cent of the total 49,580 complaints it handled in the last 12 months. This was a drop on the level of complaints it received in 2024.
The most complained about moment of 2025 related to the alleged bullying of contestant Shakira Khan in an episode on July 24, which raised 3,547 complaints in total. The same issue prompted complaints over the episode of July 22, some of which were also about Megan Forte Clarke returning to the villa. Those issues also led to a large number of complaints over the episodes that aired on July 23 and 25.
Also featuring in the top 10 most complained about moments were Vanessa, amassing 1,866 complaints over a discussion of breastfeeding and its benefits which some found misleading. There were 1,391 complaints on the GB News show Headliners over a comment complainants believed linked the LGBTQ+ community to paedophiles, which was later found to have broken Ofcom’s broadcasting rules.
Celebrity Big Brother received 1,008 complaints over homophobic comments made by Mickey Rourke towards JoJo Siwa on the April 9 episode, for which he was given a formal warning and later ejected. Meanwhile, there were 938 complaints made over the BRIT Awards for Sabrina Carpenter‘s opening routine, which took place before the 9pm watershed, and Charli XCX‘s outfit.
