Love Island Child Bond

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Love Island Child Bond refers to a series of image macros featuring Chris Hughes, a contestant on the British reality show Love Island. The photograph shows Hughes laying in bed with his arms at his stomach with captions referencing a moment when he burst into tears during a challenge where he cares for a baby doll.

Origin

On July 19th, 2017, an episode of the British reality show Love Island premiered on ITV2. In the episode, the contestants pair off and must take care of a crying baby doll. At one point, contestant Chris Hughes discusses how much he cares for his "child" and burst into tears. When the shows official Twitter account shared the moment, the post (shown below) received 6,300 retweets and 24,000 likes in less than 24 hours.^[1]

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Shortly after the episode aired, Twitter user @j_s_hutch^[2] posted a photograph of Hughes lying in bed looking pensive. They captioned the post "When you're trying to sleep but all you can do is think about if Cash Hughes caught too much sunlight." Within 24 hours, the post (shown below) received more than 3,000 retweets and 11,000 likes.

Within minutes, more fans of the show posted the same image with more jokes regarding Hughes' attachment to the baby doll. The format became a popular image macro for jokes not just about the relationship between Hughes and the baby but also the whole show (examples below).

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