Love Island’s Paige slammed by fans as she promotes dangerous ‘punisher day’ in shock post
LOVE Island star Paige Thorne has come under fire by furious fans after boasting about her dangerous ‘punisher day’.
Paige, 26, declared she would be ‘punishing’ herself after failing to exercise or eat healthily for just “three or four days”.
The former paramedic proudly told her army of social media followers she would be doing a two-hour cardio session, including a 5K run.
But Paige has been hit with a huge backlash on TikTok for her irresponsible message, with some people even branding her “toxic”.
Writing in the comments, one fumed: “Punisher day? Let’s stop with that toxic behaviour please! You don’t need to punish yourself for living your life.”
Another added: “‘Punisher day’? Girl…do better. As someone who’s recovered from binge disorder seeing s*** like this is exhausting. It’s so damaging!!!”
A third blasted: “This is enough to get you cancelled. You really should’ve thought about ‘punisher day’. Do better.”
And a fourth even warned: “Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness and you’re broadcasting your ‘punisher day’. Remove this video and put more thought into what you are influencing here.”
Paige, from Swansea in Wales, found fame in the 2022 series of Love Island.
She now works as an influencer and has amassed almost 550,000 followers on TikTok and 1.3million on Instagram.
Paige recorded her video about her ‘punishers day’ while wearing tight black gym gear and while sipping on water.
She then down what appeared to be an energy or protein shot while chatting to her followers.
Paige said: “I’ve been away for three or four days and haven’t worked out.
“I’ve probably done about a thousand steps in the last four days. I feel horrific.
“And because I didn’t work out and I ate really badly, I’m about to do a punisher day of two hours worth of cardio.
“Do I want to? No. Am I in the mood? No. Can I be bothered? No.
“Anyway, I’m going to run. I haven’t run in about six months.
“Im going to do a 5K. No, actually I’m going to go hard. I’m going to do six. I’m lying…I’m not. I’m not.
“And then I’m just going to go to the gym and do what I would usually do in the gym.”
Paige has received almost 1,000 comments on her video.
Love Island winners - where they are now
Every year Love Island opens its doors to more sexy Islanders who are hoping for a holiday romance that could turn into more.
Here we take you though all of the Love Island winners so far and what their relationship statuses are now:
2024 – The first ever All stars spin off show was won by Molly Smith and Tom Clare. STATUS: Still together.
2023 – Jess Harding and Sammy Root took home the 50K, and won the summer 2023 Love Island. STATUS: Broken up.
2023 – The first series of 2023 saw Sanam Harrinanan and Kai Fagan crowned Love Island winners in South Africa. STATUS: Still together.
2022 – Davide Sanclimenti and Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu’s time in the villa was anything but a smooth ride, but they managed to win the public’s hearts – and the ITV2 reality show. STATUS: Broken up.
2021 – Liam Reardon and Millie Court were announced winners of Love Island 2021. STATUS: Still together.
2020 – The first ever winter Love Island saw Paige Turley and Finn Tapp crowned winners after falling in love on the show. STATUS: Broken up.
2019 – Series 5 saw Tommy Fury and Molly-Mae Hague runners up to winners Greg O’Shea and Amber Gill, who met in the last few days of the series. STATUS: Broken up.
2018 – It wasn’t surprising fan favourites Jack Fincham and Dani Dyer won the show, as they were strong throughout. But sadly things didn’t last. STATUS: Broken up.
2017 – Kem Cetinay and Amber Davies had lots of ups and downs in the villa but went on to win the show. STATUS: Broken up.
2016 – Nathan Massey and Cara De La Hoyde were together form the start of the series, and since they won show have two kids and are married. STATUS: Still together.
2015 – Despite poor Jess Hayes being Max Morley’s second choice on the show, they did win – but they didn’t last as a couple. STATUS: Broken up.
Meanwhile, earlier this year Paige was tipped to be entering the Love Island All Stars villa.
However, the star – who split with Love Island’s Adam Collard in October 2022 – didn’t appear on the ITV2 show.
Prior to falling for Adam in the 2022 villa, Paige had been coupled up with Jacques O’Neill.
But the romance ended when he decided to quit the villa following a tense week following Casa Amor.