During an Instagram Live with Simon Goss, Powell – who appeared on the second season of the dating series – said his late ex Sophie Gradon was “massively” pressured into kissing Katie Salmon, as producers thought it would be “great” for the LGBTQ+ community. “When I left, Katie Salmon got voted in, who is bisexual.
They knew Sophie was bisexual,” he said. “So they went out on a date, and the two producers that were the ‘date producers’ were there, they convinced Sophie that it would be great for the gay community, for the LGBT community, if they kissed.” Powell continued: “The first ‘gay couple’, first ‘bisexual couple’ on TV, and it would be this massive thing for the community. “Sophie didn’t want to kiss Katie, Katie even told me this