On the fourth collection of Love Island UK in 2018, Megan Barton-Hanson pulled fellow Islander, Wes Nelson, for a chat.
Simply moments earlier, she had ended her relationship with Eyal Booker after admitting the pair had little greater than bodily chemistry. Now, sitting reverse Wes, who had been coupled up with Laura Anderson for the reason that begin of the competitors, she determined to not look forward to him to make the primary transfer.
“I believe it is fairly apparent that I do actually fancy you,” she instructed him. “And I simply felt like, if I did not say one thing, I would remorse it massively.”
By the top of the episode, viewers had a brand new nickname for her: “Muggy Megan”. Critics accused her of transferring too rapidly between relationships and breaking “woman code”. Others admired her honesty.
On the time, Barton-Hanson argued that she had been handled otherwise to her male counterparts. “Individuals undoubtedly do give women a tougher time than males… It is sexist.”
However eight years later, scenes like Barton-Hanson’s now not really feel fairly so out of the odd. Till this collection, the opening coupling had at all times seen the boys select first. This 12 months, the reveals guidelines had been modified, with the ladies making the primary alternative.
