Laura Whitmore responds to headline calling for her to be ‘sacked’ from Love Island

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Laura Whitmore isn't happy with the headlines today.

The Love Island presenter has clapped back at claims that she doesn't care about what her "excessive flying" is doing to the planet. In an article published by the Mirror, the news piece stated that fans weren't happy for her "complete disregard" of how far she's been travelling and called for the presenter to be "sacked" from the show. Since the show began, the publication states that Laura has racked up 6 round trips to Cape Town, with each of them being 12,000 miles. Fans wondered why the star was needed to travel back to the UK to do her Sunday show from BBC London, with one asking: "Surely there are studios she could broadcast from in SA?" However, Laura isn't one to leave fake news spread and wanted to remind fans and the Mirror that she is in fact, very aware of her travelling and making sure to offset her carbon footprint.

In a cutting reply to the news organisation, Laura suggested they too try it with all of their travelling journalists.

?? @mirrortv a tweet from a few days ago... you should try this too for all your journalists travelling. Lots of love ❤️ https://t.co/5SJGvR2ELd

— Laura Whitmore (@thewhitmore) January 26, 2020

The star also reacted to fan queries about her busy travel schedule explaining that she's not in South Africa as much as one would think and also explained the need to travel to the UK for Aftersun.

Aftersun is filmed in London as it’s not practical to fly 3 guests out and a different crew! I can do 5 live anywhere, hence why I did the supergrass interview from South Africa. Let’s all get facts straight before any negativity online. You should listen to the show, it’s good x

— Laura Whitmore (@thewhitmore) January 26, 2020

Laura also addressed her BBC 5 Live show, explaining that when possible, she works from South Africa. Last weekend she shared the below image working from Cape Town. Love Island returns tonight at 9pm on Virgin Media One.