The stars of Geordie Shore have compared this year’s series of Love Island to watching CBeebies when compared to Netflix's saucy rival Too Hot To Handle.
The Daily Star reports in an interview with show stars Holly Hagan, Marnie Simpson and Sophie Kasaei that they said the current series of Love Island, broadcast on ITV2, is "like watching CBeebies with a bunch of kids talking about nothing".
The stars were talking ahead of the launch of the new series Geordie OGs, which premieres on July 13 on MTV.
Holly said, “Have you watched Too Hot to Handle? Going from Too Hot to Handle to watching Love Island, you feel like you’re watching Cbeebies, it is crazy.
"With Too Hot to Handle, I sit and I watch it I'm like 'YES!'
"Like this is finally a show that can rival the type of things that we did like, it's really good."
Netflix ’s Too Hot to Handle features young singletons who are flown out to a lavish retreat to form “stronger connections” and are not allowed to touch each other. If the rules are broken, the prize’s winners fund is deducted from.
Marnie said: "The casting of Too Hot to Handle is amazing. I feel Love Island has slacked a little bit this year. Like I hate to say it but it's kind of let us down at the minute – I'm hoping it picks up."
Holly added: "I feel like they're too middle class or too like prim and proper.
"And I think a lot of people go on there knowing what they can get after it with the deals - like no 21-year-old wants to fall in love they want a Pretty Little Thing deal.
"They need to put people who actually want to fall in love, who are actually adults who are confident and comfortable in themselves, rather than putting kids."
With the three stunning ladies all in agreement Marnie shared some tips for the show's producers.
She said: "Honestly I think that the age limit for Love Island should be 25+.
"It shouldn't be open to under 25, it feels like I'm watching a bunch of kids have a conversation about absolutely nothing.
"When that Brad talks he just can't get to the point for so long, it's like what is he talking about?!"
Holly then chimed in to say: "That's what happens when you get by on your looks for so long."
When asked whether Brad McClelland would fit into the Geordie Shore family, Holly rolled her eyes and said "Well, it's not our choice - we're not there."
Marnie added: "He definitely would fit into the Geordie Shore boy criteria, but he's like a generation younger than us. So, you need to ask the current Geordie Shore cast now."
Asked in the interview whether producers need to throw some more Geordies in the mix to spice things up, the stars replied:
"Geordies win everything,” says Sophie. “You put a geordie on a reality tv show, they will win it. People just love people from the northeast."
Fitness fanatic Holly, 29, agreed and said: "One hundred per cent!"
