{"id":32087,"date":"2025-12-11T11:04:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T11:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/?p=32087"},"modified":"2025-12-11T11:04:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T11:04:30","slug":"love-islands-shakira-reveals-the-villas-secret-vape-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/en\/post\/love-islands-shakira-reveals-the-villas-secret-vape-box\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Island\u2019s Shakira reveals the villa\u2019s secret \u2018vape box\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Love Island star Shakira Khan has revealed a long-kept production detail from inside the villa: a designated \u201cvape box\u201d where Islanders\u2019 devices are stored out of sight from cameras.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 22-year-old finalist shared the information during an Instagram Q&A, when a fan asked about her favourite moment from the show. Shakira launched into an anecdote about breaking the villa\u2019s original vape box with fellow contestant Toni Laites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRight this is really stupid,\u201d she said, explaining that the incident happened after the now-infamous superman challenge. \u201cEveryone was mad, we were all fuming after this challenge. So they keep boys and girls separate and we\u2019re outside and there\u2019s a vape box. Like a polystyrene box everyone\u2019s vape\u2019s in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shakira said Toni sat on the box while pulling a face, prompting Shakira to try cheering her up. What followed was accidental slapstick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI pretended to climb onto Toni\u2019s back before she pulled me onto her lap. No one else was laughing.. The crew were like taking photos of the smashed box and had to get a more secure box after.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shakira and partner Harry Cooksley finished second on the 2025 series, narrowly missing out to Toni and her partner Cach Mercer. The couple have stayed together since leaving the show and recently confirmed they are moving in together. Asked on Instagram whether cohabitation was on the cards, Shakira simply shared a smiling photo and the word \u201cyez.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A rare glimpse into Love Island\u2019s vaping rules<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Shakira\u2019s \u201cvape box\u201d revelation sheds light on a system that viewers never see. Since 2018, smoking and vaping have been banned on-screen following years of complaints about tobacco imagery and concerns that the show risked glamorising smoking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Islanders must now leave the villa individually if they want to vape, and production ensures the moments are not captured on camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this year, former All Stars contestants Olivia Hawkins and Marcel Sommerville described how widespread vaping is among Islanders<\/a> – but emphasised that there are strict controls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an interview with Kiss Fresh, Olivia said: \u201cI think everyone vapes, pretty much everyone. Apart from Ekin-Su.\u201d Marcel added: \u201cEveryone apart from Olivia had a vape.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both said the rules prohibit contestants from starting smoking or vaping in the villa. If it\u2019s not declared before filming, production will not supply a device – even in stressful moments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Olivia explained: \u201cIf you don\u2019t declare it beforehand, you will not be allowed a vape.. because it will seem like you\u2019ve taken up vaping from the show.\u201d Marcel suggested many contestants pre-declare simply to secure brief moments of quiet outside the villa: \u201cI feel like everyone said that they vaped just so they could have five minutes out.. to detox and head back into the madness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Far from Love Island\u2019s early smoking era<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The strict approach contrasts sharply with the early years after the show\u2019s 2015 relaunch, when cigarettes frequently appeared on screen and major plotlines unfolded in the smoking area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Researchers later found that tobacco imagery occurred in 20 per cent of broadcast minutes during one season – prompting concerns that the programme may have encouraged young viewers to start smoking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than half of all Ofcom complaints about Love Island that summer were about smoking. Assistant Commissioner Paul Mortimer later said the smoking scenes made cigarettes appear glamorous in a \u201cvery sexy environment,\u201d and producers subsequently moved to restrict on-screen tobacco exposure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By 2018, smoking and vaping were banned from broadcast entirely, and contestants could only leave the villa one at a time to prevent social smoking or key conversations happening off-camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A modern villa with modern rules<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Shakira\u2019s story offers a rare look at how those policies now work in practice. While viewers no longer see any vaping on screen, the devices remain a part of villa life but are stored, monitored and managed by production to comply with broadcast guidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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