Love Island Australias Phoebe Thompson says pursuing a same-sex relationship with Cassie Lansdell on the reality series was challenging. Not only was it the first time it was done on the Australian version of the show, but it was the first her parents heard of her attraction towards women.

I was petrified of the response that I was going to get over making that decision, the 28-year-old credit analyst HuffPost Australia after being eliminated on Thursday night.

I think I made it clear that I hadnt really spoken to my family about this, and then I was pretty much just making this big announcement and statement on national television.

Phoebe said she was still trying to figure out everything in her mind. Nothing is 100% clear. It did give me a lot of anxiety and it did stress me out a lot, she said.