Love Island star addresses ‘missing’ islanders with no air time as fans complain

Love Island fans have been left wondering where some of the cast have been on this years All Stars season – and now a former Islander has addressed the ‘missing’ rumours.

The highly anticipated star studded series is back for the second year running and after the first full week for the returning Islanders back in the villa looking for love, it appears some couples aren’t getting much screen time as others in there.

Fans have noticed Catherine Agbaje and Nas Majeed as well as Olivia Hawkins and Marcel Sommerville aren’t being shown as much as others on the show. Former Love Island contestant Ella Barnes from season 10, who is pals with both Liv and Catherine, gave her verdict on their whereabouts while appearing on The Mirror’s brand new Bombshell Briefing video series.

Spilling the tea on her two friends currently in the famous villa, Ella agreed they aren’t getting much screen time and said she would love to see more of them, but thinks it’s because they are in the ‘wrong’ couples and their personalities are being held back. “Liv is my really good friend on the outside, and we’re not seeing a lot of her, and neither of Catherine, and they’re such big personalities. I think it’s a shame,” she said.

The brunette beauty said her friends shouldn’t settle too quickly after coupling up with Nas and Marcel after week one. She added: “I know Liv has obviously spoken to Luca, he’s not really interested, but I do think the girls should be exploring their options a little bit more,” and also hinted that she doesn’t think either Catherine or Liv are suited to their couples and said we’ve “not seen them be affectionate to each other”.

Ella explained: “I don’t think Nas and Marcel are bringing out the girls’ personalities. They’re both really bubbly, chatty people, and we’re just not seeing that on the screen because obviously they’re not getting screen time. So I think they’re not the right partners.” She added how she’d love to see new bombshells enter the villa to stir things up a little as everyone is “happy in their couples” this week.

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Fans have been questioning where the stars have been, especially Catherine and Nas as one person tweeted: “I feel like we haven’t seen Catherine and Nas,” while another asked: “What are Catherine and Nas doing, Where are they?”

In the second episode of The Mirror’s Bombshell Briefing, Live TV Editor Lauren Morris and Lifestyle Reporter Niamh Kirk unpack the first week of Love Island: All Stars 2025, from the two new bombshells arriving to stir things up to Luca’s tearful breakdown on screen. The duo chat to Ella Barnes about her thoughts on this year’s line-up – and how she was meant to enter the All Star villa last year.

Love Island: All Stars returns tonight at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX. Follow Mirror Celebs on TikTok , Snapchat , Instagram , Twitter , Facebook , YouTube and Threads .

Source: Mirror