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With the news that Samira Mighty has quit Love Island days after Frankie Foster was evicted, questions have been raised about why so little of their romance was aired.

And Mirror Online can exclusively reveal the besotted couple even shared a secret night of passion in the Hideaway that was never broadcast - although Love Island bosses won't say why.

West End star Samira and her rugby player beau were voted by the other Islanders to enjoy a night away from everyone and headed into the Hideaway for some private time.

But while their night of passion was caught on camera, none of the footage was aired.

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A source close to the show revealed: "I know producers don't always show what goes on in the Hideaway, but no-one's been told why Samira and Frankie's session wasn't broadcast."

It raises questions about why the show 'edited out' a lot of the interaction between Samira and Frankie.

Bosses seemed to favour other strong couples like Dani Dyer and Jack Fincham - or struggling couples like Laura Anderson and Jack Fowler - to focus on in nightly episodes, rather than show the blossoming love between Samira and Frankie.

And the lack of airtime may have led to viewers voting out Frankie prematurely, mistakenly believing their recoupling wasn't genuine enough to last the distance.

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Indeed, the only indication we got about the depth of Samira's feelings towards Frankie came as he was leaving the villa - when she was in floods of tears and drained of energy after he walked out.

She sobbed to the other girls about her devastation, saying she'd finally met a man who "got her" and insisting she wasn't interested in meeting anyone else.

And now she's decided to follow him out of the villa, fans of the show are furious with producers for 'masking' their romance.

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"Yep the producers of #LoveIsland deffo don't care about Samira, her whole storyline was based on her finding love in the villa after being rejected so many times! The public we're rooting for her! She finally finds love with Frankie and they decide not to show it," one angry viewer tweeted.

Another said: "I hope tht Samira is as annoyed as every1 else about her editing in that villa. Not only was she UNFAIRLY made out to be a villain, the producers didn't show ANY of her & Frankie's relationship so the public wouldn't get behind thm. I am glad she has left, go get him!"

And a third wrote: "Can everyone stop bashing samira please. Frankie told her to STAY in the villa because it’s a once in a lifetime opportunity! That clearly gave her a hard time with her decision. The producers probably didn’t show that on purpose to make it seem like she’s just in for the money."

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A fourth said: "We would've known that he really likes her if producers weren’t intentionally trying to make us dislike Samira. They didn’t wanna show her happiness cause that would mean they were admitting that she’s a lovable girl."

"It’s a shame that Samira left the villa because of her connection with Frankie and we can’t empathise with her because the producers barely showed them talking," tweeted another.

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Her final scenes will be aired in tonight's episode, after she tearfully decides she can no longer stay in the villa because she misses Frankie.

Confiding in Dani, she says: "We've been here from the start and I finally got what I wanted and now I feel like I'm back at square one but worse.

"It's unfinished business."

Samira decides to sleep on her decision, but wakes up the next day with her mind resolved.

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"So my lovely beautiful girls, you guys know that I've had a really tough couple of days here recently and I've been umming and ahhing about leaving," she tells Ellie, Dani, and Megan in the garden.

"I've not had any connection in here with anyone and I had a little taste of that with Frankie and it's gone abruptly and I think I'd always be thinking 'what if?'.

"I woke up this morning and I thought, it's my time to go… I have to do this for me, I've never felt so strong."

Mirror Online has contacted ITV for comment.

*Love Island continues tonight at 9pm on ITV2