Love Island fans reacted to tension on tonight’s episode as they claimed Ben displayed signs of huge ‘red flags’ during a very awkward interaction
Viewers issued a warning over one Love Island star tonight after an awkward scene aired on the show. It came after the first dumping of the new series earlier this week.
Tonight’s episode saw the islanders in the aftermath of Sophie Lee having left the villa on the ITV2 show earlier this week. She was dumped in last night’s instalment after Harry Cooksley and co-star Shakira Khan decided to recouple.
Shakira had been tasked with getting a boy to couple up with her after being left single in a twist that aired in the launch episode on Monday. She was told by host Maya Jama that either she would be the first star dumped or the partner of anyone she recoupled with would be instead.
Following the dumping, at the start of tonight’s episode, there was tension between Toni Laites and Ben Holbrough. The pair have been coupled up since Toni ‘stole’ him from Shakira, which was the act that had left her single.
Toni and Ben were speaking as part of a group when she joked that the boys could be at risk next after all of the girls, except Toni, had been at risk of being dumped first in the twist that revolved around Shakira. Ben thought she was talking about him specifically and Toni teased that it isn’t all about him. Moments later he was seen walking off from the group.
Toni said: “Boys, it’s your turn.” Asked what she meant, she clarified: “I think you’re not gonna be safe.” Ben appeared to say: “Why are you saying that about me in particular?” Toni reacted: “I said boys!” Alima confirmed: “She didn’t mean it about you. She meant all the boys.” Toni added: “Everything’s about him.”
Ben reacted: “But no one said that.” Toni said: “You just said …” There was then mostly silence among the group as some of them appeared awkward in the aftermath. Ben ended up walking off and later said about the situation: “Is it the time and place to be joking about things like that? I’ve just got the ick.”
Fans weren’t impressed with Ben whilst watching the episode though. “BEN IS SUCH BAD VIBES,” one person wrote on X. Another said: “The red flags are really flagging with this Ben.” Someone else said: “Ben is soooooo sensitive omg.” One fan teased: “Ben is giving everyone the ick, not just Toni.”
One person wrote on Instagram: “He cannot take a joke to save his life.” Someone else said: “Bro needs humbling.” Another agreed, commenting: “Ben actually needs some humbling.”
Ben and Toni later spoke about their relationship, with the pair seemingly deciding to call time on a romance. During their conversation, after hearing that he had said she gave him “the ick” behind her back, Toni told him: “Say it to me.” Ben then said it and she replied: “You’re giving me the ick.”
Love Island continues tomorrow at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX.
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