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Love Island star Adam Collard slams ‘double standards’ over age-gap romances on show
ADAM Collard has slammed Love Island viewers of having "double standards" over age-gap romances on the show.
The 27-year-old insists he was given a harder time for chatting up Gemma Owen, 19, in the villa than the older women in this series.
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Olivia Hawkins, 27, was in a couple with 21-year-old Haris Namani before his dramatic exit last night.
Despite the six-year age-gap, Olivia set her sights on Haris.
She became distracted, however by Tom Clare who's slightly older at 23.
"It's different when the boys are younger and the girls are older," insisted Adam in an exclusive interview with The Sun.
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"I think it's a little bit of double standards.
"You're always going to have different varied ages slightly because it's going to bring more drama because some people are going to make more rash decisions, some people are not.
"And and I don't necessarily think age represents maturity as well. Gemma, the youngest one in the villa, had a head screwed on more than anyone else.
"Gemma was 19, I was 27. I've obviously looked back on Twitter since I've left the villa and people have been like, 'oh my god, if Adam goes with Gemma, that's like an eight-year age-gap'.
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"Let's rewind to when I was 21 and Laura Anderson was
29 and everyone wanted me to go with her.
"There was no backlash. There wasn't any when Megan Barton-Hanson got with Wes Nelson who was younger in series four.
"Olivia is the oldest this series and so anyone she goes with is going to be younger.
"No matter the ages, I think the producers do a really good job at what they do in terms of casting people and finding good personalities."
Adam