Tamer Hassan has praised the 'Love Island' producers for looking after the contestants' wellbeing, including his daughter Belle Hassan.
Tamer Hassan
The make-up artist's actor father admits he has been worried about what effect the ITV2 reality dating show could have on make-up artist Belle when she leaves the programme but insists the support on offer for the Islanders this year is first rate.
Speaking on Channel 5 current affairs TV show 'Jeremy Vine', he said: "I do worry about it. My daughter's very lucky because she's grown up in the industry and around it. She was actually terrified of fame, she didn't like it.
"The producers I will stand for, they are now checking on them, looking after them and making sure that they know where they're going after this and are aware of what's going on. They're protecting them."
Concerns for the stars' wellbeing comes after the suicides of former 'Love Island' contestants Sophie Gradon and Mike Thalassitis.
The 'Game of Thrones' actor thinks it is absolutely essential that the young contestants are given the appropriate support as they are thrust into a world of fame after the programme that they may not be prepared for.
He added: "It's the same as footballers, you go and give them 50 grand a week and not helping them or guiding them or have something in place to take care of them, they're gonna go off the rails."
Tamer - who is friends with his 'Football Factor' co-star Danny Dyer, whose own daughter Dani Dyer was crowned the winner of the 2018 series with her now ex-boyfriend Jack Fincham - has been watching Belle on the show every night.
The 51-year-old big screen tough guy isn't worried about the rows that Belle has been having with her boyfriend Anton Danyluk because she's been standing up for herself as a strong young woman.
Tamer said: "It's a game show, its reality TV. My daughter, being my daughter, I know she wouldn't tolerate this behaviour on the outside so she's not going to tolerate it on the inside.
"I'm sure everyone who has a daughter from 17 to 21 with boyfriends knows. The rows they have indoors is so much bigger than what's going on in there. It was a little tiff, it was a lovers' tiff. They quickly moved on from it and got over it."
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