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Sophie McCoid

Love Island fans slam Mike Thalassitis tribute in opening episode

Love Island paid tribute to Mike Thalassitis on tonight's opening episode, but fans weren't happy.

Mike tragically passed away earlier this year, after he was found dead in a park near his home.

Mike starred on the 2017 version of the show, where he caused a stir among the islanders.

Tonight as the 2019 series started, producers paid tribute to Mike at the end of the credits.

They posted a picture of the star and captioned it "In loving memory of Mike Thalassitis 1993-2019"

And fans were quick to pay tribute, but some said it wasn't good enough

Love Island Mike Thalassitis tribute (ITV)

One said: "Mike deserves more than a 2 second pic at the end of the 1st episode."

Another said: "RIP Mike. I don’t think that 2 second tribute was good enough though @itv2 . Mike was a huge part of the show. He should of had a montage of best bits at least."

And a third said: "Good of them to respect Mike like that but is it just me or did I blink and it was gone in a second."

*Love Island continues tomorrow at 9pm on ITV2

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