George leaves Love Island viewers cringing as he savagely insults co-star – did you spot it?
LOVE Island viewers were left cringing after George paid Molly a “backhanded compliment” on last night’s episode.
The 24-year-old business development executive pulled Molly, 21, for a chat to get to know her better on last night’s episode.
During the chat, George told her: “Typically on the outside I would levitate to a girl like yourself, like quite homely, do you know what I mean.”
He then went on to compliment her eyes and added: “You have nice eyes by the way, are they brown or green,” to which Molly replied: “I don’t know.”
But viewers quickly poked fun at George after he brutally “insulted” by calling her “homely”, with some saying it’s a word used to describe a person as “plain”.
One person wrote: “Dying at how they use ‘homely’, because that just means plain ugly over here lmao.”
Another said: “I think I’m going to my grave thinking constantly about George calling Molly ‘homely’ as a compliment in an attempt to flirt with her on Love Island what did this man mean? why did she nod and smile? why can no one flirt?”
A third tweeted: “No way did George just called Molly homely?”
Another added: “Well that sounded like a backhanded compliment to me.”
While some fans mocked George for accidentally using the word “levitating” instead of “gravitating” during their chat.
Viewers posted Harry Potter memes on Twitter, as one typed: “Levitating towards a homely girl….George has no chat!”
A second echoed: “Levitate?? George floating across the club to girls he fancies.”
Another said: “Booking George’s EasyJet flight rn!”
On Monday’s episode, host Maya Jama, 28, entered the Majorcan villa on day one to deliver some news that shook the ITV2 stars to the core.
Maya asked them to step forward if they did not feel entirely happy in their newly formed couples.
In a shock move, Ruchee and Jess decided to walk away from their pairs – leaving George on the brink of tears.
It also meant that Mehdi and George were at risk of being dumped from the villa.
Realising he had work to do, George got his grafting back on track, and made a play for Molly.
Meanwhile, it remains to be seen how Molly reacts but the Islander appears to be smitten with Mitchel – who she was seen snogging in bed on their first night together.
Love Island airs at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX.