LOVE Island’s Eyal Booker has revealed that his brother stole money from him during his “f***ing awful” addiction battle.
Eyal, who rose to fame in 2018, failed to find love on the show and was spurned by and .
a TikTok video , as they opened up about his sibling’s battle with drugs.
r said: “When you were an addict it was f***ing awful.”
“In what way?” asked his brother Tal.
“Stealing money from me and then gaslighting me and making me think I’m losing my mind and miscounting was just criminal.
“Because I may not be very good at counting but I’m good at counting my own money. That’s one thing I am good at.”
He then asked Tal if his addiction came as a result of his sexuality to which he replied: “I think the addiction was a symptom of the pain I was in.
“It was the antidote. That’s what the addiction was supposed to be. That’s what the drugs were supposed to be.
“The gambling. It was supposed to make me feel better.”
Fans showed their support in the comments section and one wrote: “Tal is so right, nobody develops addiction without trauma.
“Each day is all we can do, one day at a time.”
Another added: “Love this video, so real.”
While a third said: “True words.”
during his time in the villa.
After being coupled with Hayley Hughes on the first day, things quickly turned sour and they de-coupled after an almighty row.
He then cracked on with Megan Barton-Hanson and they became the .
and dumped the curly-haired hunk.
in one of the show’s most brutal evictions.
