LOVE Island’s Helena Ford may have sent a subtle dig at her fellow reality TV stars just weeks after leaving the Spanish villa.
Helena was in a relationship with Harry Cooksley for much of this year’s Love Island series, until he decided to recouple with Shakira Khan and would go on to be runners-up.
The blonde bombshell posted a video to TikTok showing her sitting in a hairdressers’ chair, with her hair full of foils and it eventually cut to the final result.
But it was in the voiceover to which Helena mimed to, that she may have taken a swipe at her fellow contestants, Shakira, Toni Laites and Yasmin Pettet .
The audio was a clip from an interview with actress Ariana Greenblatt, who played the ‘mean girl’ daughter in the Barbie movie.
Ariana says: “Whatever, we all know blondes have more fun, because their bleach is in their hair, let’s talk about it.”
Helena’s use of the audio could be seen as a dig to Shakira, Toni and Yasmin, who were often billed as the being given the ‘mean girls’ edit during this series of Love Island.
Her TikTok also coincided with the release of an i-D Magazine feature interview with the three Islanders where they talked about feeling grateful they could represent brunettes and in Shakira’s case, the South Asian community.
“What have I signed up for?” Shakira said in the i-D interview.
“Everyone’s gonna love the blonde hair, blue-eyed girls, we see year in year out on Love Island. I thought, based on initial attraction, it wasn’t going to go well for me, but I was pleasantly surprised.”
Shakira, Toni and Yasmin also addressed the ongoing feuds and rivalries in the villa describing at “classic High School behaviour”.
“We felt that massively in the changing room, the snickers, the whispers, the dirty look,” Shakira said.
“When you come around the corner and they stop talking, you feel isolated, it feels frosty, really tense, and it’s not nice.
“It wasn’t a bad edit; we tried to fix it, but that was our experience, we lived it.”
Despite having a rocky relationship with some of their co-stars, the trio stuck together and gracefully took on every obstacle thrown at them.
Love Island winners - where they are now
EVERY year Love Island opens its doors to more sexy Islanders who are hoping for a holiday romance that could turn into more.
Here we take you through all of the Love Island winners so far and what their relationship statuses are now:
2025 – The summer series of Love Island saw Toni Laites and Cach Mercer win the ITV2 reality show . STATUS: Still together.
2025 – The second series of All Stars saw Gabby Allen and Case O’Gorman scoop the crown . STATUS: Broken up.
2024 – The summer Love Island saw Mimii Ngulube and Josh Oyinsan were crowned the winners . STATUS: Broken up.
2024 – The first ever All stars spin off show was won by Molly Smith and Tom Clare . STATUS: Still together.
2023 – Jess Harding and Sammy Root took home the 50k, and won the summer 2023 Love Island . STATUS: Broken up.
2023 – The first series of 2023 saw Sanam Harrinanan and Kai Fagan crowned Love Island winners in South Africa . STATUS: Still together.
2022 – Davide Sanclimenti and Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu’s time in the villa was anything but a smooth ride, but they managed to win the public’s hearts – and the ITV2 reality show. STATUS: Broken up.
2021 – Liam Reardon and Millie Court were announced winners of Love Island 2021. STATUS: Still together.
2020 – The first ever winter Love Island saw Paige Turley and Finn Tapp crowned winners after falling in love on the show. STATUS: Broken up.
2019 – Series 5 saw Tommy Fury and Molly-Mae Hague runners up to winners Greg O’Shea and Amber Gill, who met in the last few days of the series. STATUS: Broken up.
2018 – It wasn’t surprising fan favourites Jack Fincham and Dani Dyer won the show , as they were strong throughout. But sadly things didn’t last. STATUS: Broken up.
2017 – Kem Cetinay and Amber Davies had lots of ups and downs in the villa but went on to win . STATUS: Broken up.
2016 – Nathan Massey and Cara De La Hoyde were together from the start of the series, and since they won the show they’ve had two kids and are married. STATUS: Still together.
2015 – Despite poor Jess Hayes being Max Morley’s second choice on the show, they did win – but they didn’t last as a couple. STATUS: Broken up.
Toni won the series alongside Cach and scooped a prize of £50k, while Shakira and Harry and Yas and Jamie are also going strong.
Despite each bagging themselves a new fella, they have proudly said that the real prize is the friendships they made.
