Shock moment Love Islander admits he doesn't know his girlfriend's middle name amid fakery row
On the long-running ITV2 show, fans have been watching as
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Fans have called into question Megan and Dejon
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In a recent conversation, he did not even know her middle name
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In the villa, the pair were having a humorous discussion with each other when a concerning point of conversation came up.
Megan asked her Love Island boyfriend what her last name was, to which he answered correctly straight away.
However, she then asked him to identify her middle name, and there was great hesitation.
He replied: "I honestly don't know."
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This was before she interjected: "It used to be a kids [TV] program."
As he continued to hesitate, she decided to simply put him out of his misery as Meg stated the word, 'Beaker' in reference to the iconic kids drama,
"Oh, yeah!," he exclaimed. "Megan Beaker Moore."
But she was still left unimpressed as he didn't actually say her real name, Tracy.
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She laughed off the quip as she said: "Not Beaker!"
However, viewers simply did not buy into the conversation as they questioned whether their connection is actually genuine.
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Many users took to X - formerly known as Twitter - as they accused the couple of being 'fake'.
One user commented: "Meg doesn't want her 'enemies' to feel like they have a one up on her and Dejon doesn't want to look like 'the bad guy' when he's on TV.
"Both of them trying to prove something to someone else. Fake couple."
A second claimed: "Dejon is more bothered about how he looks and is the biggest fake on the show."
Love Island: Who is Left?
These are the couples who are still in the Majorcan villa as the show reaches its final days
Meg and Dejon
Helena and Blu
Shakira and Harry
Toni and Cach
Yasmin and Jamie
Angel and Ty
Megan and Connor
"
Megan came back on some fake a** b* after seeing how the public perceived her
," noted a third user.
While a fourth stated: "Dejon has always been fake. How are people only seeing it now?"
In the last few weeks,
In the moment that set off alarm bells among fans, his co-star asked: 'I have a question for you, it's a bit rogue, would you have a threesome with me and Toni?'
We'll continue that question.
Dejon to Yasmin
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Dejon laughed - but was soon saved from answering as Meg called out, 'Come here please!"
He joked: "You called me at a good time! Oh my god! We'll continue that question."
Later, Harry's actions in the Grafties led to his close pal and confidant
As the shamed star headed outside to
sleep
on the day beds, fans accused Dejon of backstabbing his best pal in the villa.
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Despite being in a full relationship, he didn't seem to know a basic fact about her
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Dejon needed to be reminded that her middle name was Tracy
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Droves of viewers have branded the couple as being quite 'fake'
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