I was on Love Island – producers told us who to kiss and encouraged us to start rows
LOVE Island star Martin Akinola has revealed producers tell the contestants when to kiss and have arguments.
The dumped bombshell spilled the tea on the villa antics on the hit podcast Reality with Will Njobvu.
He told how he was encouraged to “lips” Tanya in the kitchen – which seems to be a favourite setting for show kisses, with Liv and Maxwell also smooching there.
Martin then reflected on the explosive recoupling after Casa Amor, that saw Tanya ditch him for original partner Shaq.
Having been pied in front of the whole villa, Martin said he gave himself a pep talk, saying: “You just got taken for an idiot on live TV twice by the same girl.”
He said on the podcast: “Then production came down and were like ‘are you gonna have that?’
“That’s when I go ‘I want to cause some drama tonight’.”
And cause drama he did.
Martin had a sweary row with Tanya after she stood up to deliver her romantic tribute to Shaq following Jax Jones’ VIP concert.
Shaq held Tanya back as she went for Martin, drink in hand.
Martin raged: “Tanya, I mean, what the f***.”
“You’re a liar, you’re not sincere, you made me look like I was dumb.”
Tanya hit back: “One thing you’re not gonna do, is call me a liar”.
In his podcast appearance, Martin claimed Shaq’s best pal in the villa, Liv, said he was a better fit for Tanya than Shaq, leaving the hosts open-mouthed.