Is ‘A Bit Posh’ The Worst Thing You Can Be On Love Island?

A lot of normal world things are turned upside down when it comes to Love Island... bikini tops shop the BOTTOM of your boobs, not the top... 'it is what it is', never means 'it is what it is'... and high heels are not just acceptable, but expected, sunbathing attire.

But while in the 'real world' posh usually frustratingly opens doorways, avenues and actual doors marked 'No 10', in Love Island, it feels like the worst thing you can be is perceived as posh.

I say perceived, because when it comes to posh, appearances can be deceiving - any of these Love Island cast could be heirs to fortunes unknown to us. What I guess I really mean is, 'has a posh accent'. And I say, 'In Love Island' - what I probably mean is 'on Love Island Twitter and in memes'.

This year, both Sharron Gaffka and Chloe Burrows seem to have received the worst stick when it comes to social media so far. And though there could be lots of reasons (though not justifications) for that, it does seem a bit of a coincidence that both of them have 'posher' accents than the rest of the cast - and when you look at Twitter, it's obvious people have noticed that. And felt free to go at them for it.

On Day One of Love Island, the twitter and memes chat were out of control when it came to Sharon Gaffka - 'Be Kind' was ditched at the villa gates.

A lot of the chat around Sharon was around her being 'A Tory' - which as anyone on social media knows is the biggest insult you seem to be able to thrown at people, being shorthand for a million things... not just a nickname for the legitimate political party that runs the country...

To be fair, this could be a conflation around the fact that she is a civil servant and, the fact there was a LOT of Matt Hancock X Love Island memes around. She also did says some questionable things and came off (some felt) a bit above the whole thing.

But it did seem that there was suddenly a lot of focus on her specifically as an early 'baddie' and the fact she was from Oxford and her accent was a bit standout in the group.

Then came Chloe. The anti-posh memes came out very quickly - she was Lucy Punch, she was Amanda in Motherland, she was the 'posh girl villain'. It seemed very obvious, very quickly Love Island Twitter wasn't liking Chloe - and they definitely weren't liking her accent.

Again, there could've been a lot of reasons people weren't keen on Chloe - she already received a lot of attention before entering the villa after saying she had dated a married man with a family.

There's also the fact that she's the newcomer, about to 'steal' one of the boys away after they've built up solid relationships of... ooooh... seven hours?

It does seem that something in Chloe and Sharon has seemed to make them 'fair game' as far as Love Island Twitter is concerned... we could probably even throw Hugo in there too... And with many literally citing their accents and 'poshness' (again, who are we to know anything outside of the villa walls relating to their family, privilege or finances) it seems fair to draw a link.

Maybe, some will say, it's a welcome relief to spend 60 minutes an evening in a world where a posh accent or perceived privileges don't get you far, they actually get you the opposite.

Really though, it's probably more about asking whether it's 'ok' or 'free reign' to have a go at someone, if you're doing it because of what you perceive as a privilege.

When it comes to bullying, there's not really supposed to be any justification is there? And especially when it's based on facts unknown and only believed...

We've learned too many times now that #BeKind needs to count at all times, because you don't know about anyone's circumstances.

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