'Love Island' Fans Disappointed Samira And Frankie's Night In The Hideaway Wasn't Aired

Viewers are now questioning what other Samira action was left on the cutting room floor.
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‘Love Island’ fans have expressed their disappointment that a scene involving Samira Mighty and Frankie Foster was left on the cutting room floor, sparking questions about how much of the West End star was edited out of the show.

On Thursday, it was revealed that Samira had chosen to leave the villa to pursue a relationship with Frankie on the outside, which may have come as a surprise to some viewers, who felt that the pair’s romance was not a dominating storyline on the show.

But following his exit earlier this week, Frankie let slip that he and Samira spent a secret night together in the hideaway, telling Metro: “We got a text and then the other islanders picked us two [to share a night in the Hideaway]... everyone was cheering us on as we walked in.”

Samira and Frankie earlier in the run
Samira and Frankie earlier in the run
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His revelation has led to some viewers have suggesting it was unfair that Samira and Frankie’s night was left out of the final cut, while other contestants have continued to dominate the nightly highlights shows:

Megan has been in the hideaway TWICE and we’ve seen it both times yet Samira and Frankie went in and I’m only just finding out about it ???? Love island u done fucked up

— Han (@hannahgilberto) July 12, 2018

Samira has been hard done by, by ITV2. The hideaway and the other cut scenes would’ve helped voters when deciding who to evict! #loveisland

— Sophie (@SophieAmeli) July 12, 2018

It's qwhite unfair how everyone else's getaways were shown yet Samira's wasn't ... i wonder what else the producers hid...

— Namwila (@nxmwila) July 12, 2018

The itv producers are out of order for what they have done to Samira. They basically edited out her whole relationship. I’m glad she left the villa and I hope she speaks her truth about her experience #LoveIsIand

— House Stark 🇬🇭🙄 (@Taniaaa___X) July 12, 2018

How pressed everyone is getting about Samira and Frankie’s night in the hideaway has highlighted to me how in the dark viewers actually are about how much gets cut out of a show! Literal huge chunks of stuff goes no matter how relevant, depending on who they want the fave to be.

— Sezzle (@sarlougoodhart) July 12, 2018

Which is all good and well (well I mean not really but you get me) but in a process of elimination via the public such as Love Island, it’s undeniably unfair. #LoveIsland

— Sezzle (@sarlougoodhart) July 12, 2018

Samira was always one of my favourites. She’s so so naturally beautiful and one of the realest girls on the show & deserved a lot more recognition than she got. Her and Frankie got an unfair amount of air time so no one saw how good they were together. #loveisland

— Luce (@lucystne) July 12, 2018

The #lovelsland producers misogynoir can be the only reason they edited out Samira- a black woman being shown love and affection. They had an agenda and it’s sickening. https://t.co/wzyAq2oj3z

— Tobi Oredein (@IamTobiOredein) July 12, 2018

Samira’s left the #loveisland villa 😢, her and Frankie’s relationship got no air time, they didn’t even show her and Frankie in the hideaway!, so unfair to influence voting by just showing couples you want to stay in, absolute piss take!, seeing her cry like that had me like pic.twitter.com/izdq7MmF1c

— Danielle (@imDanielleDayna) July 12, 2018

Thats just so unfair .... I honestly thought Samira was desperate and Frankie wasn't into her but I think I was wrong #LoveIsIand https://t.co/BEGPzQ5pWo

— Zoha Khan (@ZohaKha75651487) July 12, 2018

Completely unfair cutting out of Samira & Frankie’s relationship throughout the show but GO GET YOUR MAN SAM 💞 #LoveIsIand

— Chloe Eckersley 🍑 (@ChloeEWrites) July 12, 2018

Nah I really do feel for Samira now. What the show and ITV have done to her is absolutely ridiculous and unfair

— bbygirl. (@SherifaRenee) July 12, 2018

So upset about this. The @LoveIsland producers have really bigged up Wes and Megan and Josh and Kas going into the hideaway the last couple of days, but why did they edit out Samira and Frankie? 😒🤔😡 #unfair #LoveIsland https://t.co/u6FujVG0xc

— Claire-Louise (@woodlyandwigs) July 12, 2018

Look at how they edited out Samira and Frankie's ENTIRE relationship and people will still say producers had nothing against her! Her treatment on this show was absolutely disgusting and I'm glad she's left because she honestly deserves better #loveisland https://t.co/UfbR4NTvNq

— hayley (@hayleyskordei) July 12, 2018

Producers decided from day ONE that they were never going to give her the same opportunity to connect with audiedences and essentially edited Samira out of the show, the way WOC are treated on reality tv is a fucking shame #LoveIsland

— hayley (@hayleyskordei) July 12, 2018

Love Island has probably edited so much footage of Samira out the show, they hate that she’s such a big personality

— i dont like any of yall im just here to laugh (@toospicyforyall) July 12, 2018

But Samira and Frankie aren’t the only pair to have spent a night in the Hideaway without it being shown on TV, with a ‘Love Island’ spokesperson telling Metro: “We don’t necessarily show every moment in the hideaway owing to the constraints of it only being a one hour show.”

A representative for the show had no further comment when contacted by HuffPost UK.

When she left ‘Love Island’ earlier this week, Samira said: “Frankie is gone and I had a little bit of what I could have and I really liked it.

“But I don’t feel like I’m going to meet anyone else and have a connection with anyone else.”

She added: “[I’m going to] just follow my heart because I’ve never done that before I’ve always taken the back seat and now I need to go for it head on and leave and just go for Frankie… I’ve got to go with my gut feeling.

“And I’m not saying I’m in love with Frankie or we’re going to get married tomorrow but I don’t want to waste any time, I just want to see him and I know this is the right thing to do.”

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