{"id":15252,"date":"2022-05-12T12:29:16","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T10:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1643790"},"modified":"2022-05-12T13:06:08","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T11:06:08","slug":"love-islands-chloe-burrows-explains-why-shes-missing-the-games","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/love-islands-chloe-burrows-explains-why-shes-missing-the-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Island\u2019s Chloe Burrows explains why she\u2019s \u2018missing\u2019 The Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 12 May 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Many viewers who have been watching reality sporting show <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/the-games-2022-start-date\/&quot;\">The Games<\/a> on ITV this week have had the same question \u2013 where is Chloe Burrows?<\/p>\n<p>The star, who was made famous appearing in last year\u2019s season of Love Island, has been conspicuously absent, despite going through the same tough training as the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/the-games-2022-contestants\/&quot;\">other celebrities<\/a> taking part.<\/p>\n<p>Now, in answer to fan questions on social media, Burrows has lifted the lid on why she hasn\u2019t appeared yet, simply saying \u201cI\u2019m not competing haha I\u2019m a reserve!! X\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When one Twitter user replied \u201cFuming! Why are you a reserve!!\u201d, Burrows responded by saying \u201cI\u2019d win if I was in it\u201d, with a wink emoji to follow.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">I\u2019m not competing haha I\u2019m a reserve!! X <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/oPwbp5rD4d&quot;\">https:\/\/t.co\/oPwbp5rD4d<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Chloe Burrows (@Chloe___Burrows) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chloe___Burrows\/status\/1523761214639071233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">May 9, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>An ITV spokesperson told\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tvandshowbiz\/18532932\/love-islands-chloe-burrows-why-missing-the-games\/&quot;\">The Sun<\/a> that \u201cChloe Burrows and Will Njobvu are reserve competitors on the show and are training hard with the rest of the team in preparation for the live shows. They will take part in the competition in the event of any injury or illness and we are very excited to have them on board.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Games is currently airing each night this week at 9pm on ITV \u2013 having started on Monday 9th May, it will end on Friday 13th May.<\/p>\n<p>The live coverage from Crystal Palace is presented by Holly Willoughby and Freddie Flintoff, while celebrities taking part include Olivia Attwood, Ryan Thomas and Christine McGuinness.<\/p> <p>One of the contestants, Kevin Clifton, previously told <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other press that he was worried about <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/kevin-clifton-the-games-strictly-newsupdate\/&quot;\">\u2018showing off\u2019<\/a> once the live shows started.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cIn training, we\u2019re all focused and the coaches are like, \u2018Do this, do that,\u2019 and you\u2019re very focused. My worry is that when all the audience get in here, I\u2019m gonna start wanting to show off because I\u2019m so used to being like, \u2018Let\u2019s entertain everyone! Let\u2019s get everyone going,\u2019 at Strictly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Games airs at 9pm on ITV tonight. 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For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/podcasts\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;1&quot;\">Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By James Hibbs Published: Thursday, 12 May 2022 at 12:00 am Many viewers who have been watching reality sporting show The Games on ITV this week have had the same question \u2013 where is Chloe Burrows? The star, who was made famous appearing in last year\u2019s season of Love Island, has been conspicuously absent, despite [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":15253,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/05\/love-islands-chloe-burrows-explains-why-shes-missing-the-games.png",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/05\/love-islands-chloe-burrows-explains-why-shes-missing-the-games-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/05\/love-islands-chloe-burrows-explains-why-shes-missing-the-games-300x200.png",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/05\/love-islands-chloe-burrows-explains-why-shes-missing-the-games.png",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/05\/love-islands-chloe-burrows-explains-why-shes-missing-the-games.png",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/05\/love-islands-chloe-burrows-explains-why-shes-missing-the-games.png",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/05\/love-islands-chloe-burrows-explains-why-shes-missing-the-games.png",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By James Hibbs Published: Thursday, 12 May 2022 at 12:00 am Many viewers who have been watching reality sporting show The Games on ITV this week have had the same question \u2013 where is Chloe Burrows? 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