SHAKIRA Khan has left Love Island fans gobsmacked after appearing to dismiss the revelation that Tommy Bradley had a girlfriend just two weeks before entering the villa.
The former Islander insisted: “He’s obviously not that bothered about her,” in reference to shortly before joining the .
Former Islander Shakira Khan sparked a backlash with her latest remarks Credit: ITV
Shakira reckons ‘Yas will be fine’ even though Tommy had a girlfriend so recently Credit: Shutterstock Editorial
The comments, made onhaven’t gone down well with viewers, who branded them insensitive.
During Thursday night’s episode, co-host said: “It sounds like he got the call for Love Island, sacked her off and flew out.”
Shakira replied: “Yeah, perfect. He’s obviously not that bothered about her then, is he?”
She then added: “I don’t think Yas should have a problem,” after Toni admitted she felt sorry for the woman Tommy had dumped.
Former Islander Shakira Khan sparked a backlash with her latest remarks. Credit: ITV
Shakira’s comments on The Debrief left some viewers stunned Credit: ITV
Fans were quick to slam Shakira’s comments on social media.
One viewer accused her of being “male-centred”, while another wrote: “I don’t think she knows how to be there for girls IRL.”
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A third added: “I’ve defended Shakira so much but this take is actually crazy.”
Another concluded: “She’s basically saying it’s okay if Tommy has treated another girl like s**** because he’s treating Yasmin well.”
Earlier this week, Tommy was .
He said: “I was previously in a relationship with someone but I told her I was doing this and yeah, we left it sweet.”
He added: “It was quite recent, but we’d split up maybe a few weeks before.”
When pressed him on how long the relationship had lasted, Tommy replied: “I would say it was about nine or 10 months, just under a year.”
Tommy later toldhe had broken up with his girlfriend two weeks before flying out to Majorca.
As Tommy entered as a , the timeline left some viewers questioning whether he was still in the relationship when the first episode aired.
Love Island continues tonight at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX.
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