Seething Love Island fans slam ‘vile' Ben and demand he's axed in public vote after explosive row with Yasmin
LOVE Island fans were left seething as they slammed Ben as being 'vile' and demanded he's axed in public vote.
Viewers of the long-running ITV2 dating show were given the choice to vote to save their favourite girl and boy.
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Fans of Love Island have slammed Ben Holbrough
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Yasmin Pettet confronted her couple partner over what he said behind her back
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She was left fuming when he seemed to insult her
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The contestants that
In tonight's episode of Love Island,
Although she went in with the intention of squashing any underlying tension, things soon got heated.
She accused him of saying negative things about her to the boys behind her back, as she hinted that he didn't appreciate her enough.
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He seemed to blame her for
The private taxi driver responded: "I haven't really been feeling you to be fair."
She was completely taken aback by his comments as she sarcastically snapped back: "Okay, I'm glad you're honest about that now."
Flicking her
hair
in disgust, she added: "That's like really helpful."
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He then dug himself deeper as he explained: "I gave it a go because I felt like I had to."
When she said that she felt like he did not really give their partnership a proper chance, he then said: "I didn't really want to, to be fair."
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The argument seemed to escalate as she was not happy with how Ben seemed to hide his true feelings, saying: "Don't f****** waste my time."
He then insulted her further with his responses
"You're lucky Shea even picked you. To be fair, I think you're lucky you're even in here now to be fair.
"No one rated you when you were in here let's say. You've only come out your
shell
because you're in a couple with me."
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A teaching assistant from Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, who entered
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as a bombshell
.
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She then accused him of being dramatic and thinking everything is 'The Ben Show'.
Before storming off, she snapped back: "The world doesn't f******* revolve around you.
"I'm trying so f******** hard to be
nice
to you and it's taking everything in me not to
snap
and say something sarcastic and really b*****."
Yaz said: "You're so immature," as he remarked that, "no man wants you in here."
No-one rated you when you were in here lets say. You've only come out your shell because you're in a couple with me.
Ben Holbrough
Love Island
As she walked away, Ben shouted to the rest of the villa: "Eh, she's made content for the
next
three weeks lads."
After watching what could be one of the most hard-to-watch arguments in Love Island
history
, fans took to social media to slam Ben in droves.
Writing on X - formerly known as Twitter - one fan wrote: "Ben resorting to insults. Immature. Bye Felicia."
A second claimed: "Ben is the type to only respect women he finds attractive. Nasty piece of work," along with a puke emoji.
"I don't think Ben did himself any favours in the chat," noted a third viewer.
As a fourth fumed: "Watching Ben speaking to Yas was one of the most uncomfortable things I've seen in a long time. It wasn't good content or drama, it was genuinely just vile."
And a fifth added: "Yasmin did not deserve that from Ben. Vile!"
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Yasmin accused her co-star of wasting her time
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He declared that he only wanted to get to know her because he felt like he 'had to'
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Love Island continues on ITV2 and is available to stream on
ITVX
.
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