Bitter Love Island feud reignited as finalists slam rival as ‘strange, disrespectful, weird’ liar
A BITTER Love Island feud has been reignited after a show finalist slammed a rival as a “strange, disrespectful and weird” liar.
The couple – who came in fourth place on the latest series of the ITV2 dating show – hit out at bombshell Martin Akinola.
Love Island stars Tanya Manhenga and Shaq Muhammad sat down to look back on their show journey days after their exit.
And while they looked positively into the future, the pair looked to have reignited a feud with one of their former co-stars.
The pair had already clashed with Martin, 27 – who had made comments about Tanya, 23, and their time in Casa Amor.
He branded his former love interest a “liar” after he was dumped from the villa, when Tanya decided to stick with her beau Shaq, despite them sharing a Casa kiss.
Martin went on to hit out that he had made Shaq “cry” in scenes during the show, as he ignited a war of words.
Shaq, 24, had hit out at the “disgusting” comments, and addressed the drama at the Love Island reunion last week.
Once again addressing the awkward clash, he told On Demand Entertainment he needed to “address” Martin’s comments.
He hit out: “It was definitely something that needed to be addressed.
“It was something that was on my mind – I needed an explanation as I found it very disrespectful, talking about a female in general about that, but especially as she’s my girlfriend.”
“The fact he was coming out and saying stuff like that, it was just very weird – so I wanted to address it and get an explanation.
“You could hear that he was um-ing and ah-ing, which kind of explained what it was.”
Tanya chimed in to agree: “It didn’t make sense. Some people come out, especially Martin, he’s come out and people have liked him a lot.
“He’s taken that and made up stories like, ‘I made Shaq cry’. Even if it was true, which it isn’t, why would he sit there and say it? Why are you boasting?
“And to talk about me like that, it’s so disgusting. Why are you even saying that? It’s just so weird.”
Shaq concluded that he listened to Martin’s podcast episodes, saying: “The reason why I was crying was, I was missing home.
“He has taken it and said, ‘This is the reason’ to try to get attention.”
Shaq and Tanya confirmed that they would not be “speaking to Martin” as he was “strange” and they have “nothing to speak about”.
It comes after Martin slammed Tanya as a “liar” after his dumping.
Martin told Closer Magazine he had no plans to be “friends” with his former love interest as he hit out about her.
He told the publication: “I definitely won’t be friends with Tanya though … she just lies a lot.
“Everyone uses the excuse that she’s young, and she is, but I feel like she just wants to have fun.”