Shakira Faces Backlash from Fans Over Controversial Remarks About Tommy and Yas on The Debrief

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 .

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.

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.