Who is hosting Love Island 2021?
Laura Whitmore is back presiding over Love Island (Picture: ITV)  The long hot summer is about to make a comeback with the return of Love Island in just a matter of days. The show has been absent from screens since early 2020  with last summers series falling victim to the Covid pandemic  making its arrival on our screens all the more anticipated. The new season of Love Island, which is set to kick-off on ITV2 on 12 January, will be hosted by Laura Whitmore. Laura  whos married to and has a baby daughter with the shows narrator Iain Stirling  previously hosted the one and only winter series of Love Island, which aired in early 2020. Her other screen credits include Im A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here! NOW! from 2011 until 2014, The BRITS Red Carpet and The BRITS Backstage in 2012, 2013 and 2014 and the MTV Europe Music Awards in 2014. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video  Ahead of the series Laura said she hopes to do former presenter Caroline Flack  who died by suicide in 2020  proud. Sharing a promo shot of herself with the new Love Island backdrop on Instagram, Laura wrote I think were all ready for some love! Ahhhhhh! So excited to watch the new islanders. Love Islands new cast are about to be beamed on to your tellies (Picture: ITV)  Hope you enjoy talking about them and following their journey and just a reminder to treat them with love, compassion and respect when they leave the show and go back to real life.  She added: Caroline I hope we do you proud. One week to go.  Love Island 2021 begins on Monday June 28 at 9pm on ITV2. MORE : Too Hot To Handle season 2: Cam Holmes has most expensive self-love moment ever as he breaks rules to relieve himself  MORE : Blue Therapy star Paul Bridges campaigns to get on Love Island and theyd be crazy not to