LOVE Island’s Shakira Khan has taken a savage swipe at her villa rivals following Wednesday night’s NTAs.
The reality star, 22, was visibly at odds with some of the other female Islanders, including and while forming a close friendship Toni Laites and Yasmin Pettet – who all made it to the final.
Shakia Khan appeared on Capital XTRA where she was asked what set her trio apart from other Love Island rivals
Runner-up Shakira Khan stunned in a vibrant red dress as she hit the NTAs 2025 red carpet with partner Harry Cooksley
Love Island 2025 winners Toni Laites and Cach Mercer attended the flashy ceremony together in matching black outfits
Asked what set aside the fan-favourite trio from her rivals while appearing on Capital XTRA, threw a brutal dig at her other castmates – telling the station: “We’re real”.
Shakira, who appeared on the red carpet with at the NTAs on Wednesday night, stopped by at the Global studios in London on Thursday.
She said: “We’re real – I think people will have their opinions, but I feel like we’ve always said it how it is.
“And we always found, like, a sense of sisterhood with each other – we always think the same things, we always have the same opinion.
“I just think we keep it real – I don’t think we’re the sort of people you would stereotypically put on either, like we’re all outspoken, strong females”.
Her comments follow a long-running divide between the trio and other Islanders including Helena Ford, 30, and Megan Moore, 25 – with the latter noticeably absent from the slew of castmates who attended NTAs.
Shakira and Megan butted heads multiple times in the villa.
In one heated exchange, as Islanders played the game ‘couple goals’, Shakira told Megan: “You throwing around the fake word is rich to be honest. I don’t know why you keep acting like we’re the best of mates in here.
“From day one, you were very standoffish with any girl that was posed as a threat.”
Meg hit back at her and said: “I think you’ve called every single person in this Villa fake,” as Shakira fired back: “No, I will never pretend to be your mate.”
Meanwhile, Shakira’s feud with Helena came amid a love triangle that saw the pair regularly pitted against each other.
Harry went between the two, before gravitating back to Shakira as the series drew to a close.
Third placed Yasmin Pettet also went for an all-black gothic inspired dress as she posed for photographers
The popular trio famously butted heads with other girls in the villa – namely Megan Moore and Helena Ford 
