Overview

• Alex Bowen has urged Love Island producers to film mealtimes to capture genuine contestant interactions and personality moments.
• He warns that intensified social media scrutiny and cancel culture have raised the stakes for Islanders compared with his 2016 experience.
• Following the loss of one twin earlier in their pregnancy, Bowen and wife Olivia are preparing to welcome their baby girl later this year.
• Bowen reflects that producers approached him three times before he reluctantly joined Love Island in 2016 and that he still finds it hard to rewatch his own episodes.
• Since leaving the villa, Alex and Olivia have built a property empire called The Bowen Homes Ltd and previously launched the Exempt Society clothing brand.