Sidemen Inside star Whitney Adebayo's life from Love Island romance to recent TikTok backlash
YouTube heavyweights The Sidemen have finally launched season two of their high-stakes reality show, Inside.
Streaming on Netflix from today (March 17), Inside sees a group of influencers living under one roof and competing for a shiny £1 million prize pot. Across seven days, the contestants take part in various challengers and try to dodge being evicted.
But there's a twist, every decision that the castmates make can deduct money from the final prize pot. This includes buying luxury products, such as coffee, from an on-site shop that sells items for hundreds of pounds.
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Among this season's competitors is Whitney Adebayo, who won over the nation during her time on Love Island.
Whitney,27, appeared on the Love Island 2023 summer series, where she was a runner-up alongside her boyfriend Lochan Nowacki.
The couple is still going strong and often share heartfelt posts together on Instagram.
Most recently, the former Love Islander posted a Valentine's Day picture of herself holding a bouquet of roses with the caption: "To my man my man, thank you for giving me my 2012 Tumblr vision board. I waited 27 years for this but ohhh God won't he do it!"
Whitney has kept herself busy since leaving the Love Island Villa.
She currently hosts a weekly podcast called What's It Giving? alongside her sister Lizzy. Their impressive guestlist has included former Love Islanders Scott van-der-Sluis, Tanya Manhenga and Kaz Kamwi.
The 27-year-old TV star also creates lifestyle content on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok. Across these platforms, she boasts over a million followers.
It was a clip from Whitney's podcast that caused the influencer to face backlash. In a video that she shared in early March, she voiced that she wants to embrace her 'feminine era' and ditch the 'Bad B aesthetic.'
While she explained a number of reasons behind her decision to become more 'feminine', her followers took issue with her claim that the 'Bad B aesthetic', which often consists of wearing form-fitting clothes and glamorous makeup, doesn't attract desirable partners.
Her followers did not hold back from sharing their disagreement, with many claiming that she was not staying true to her authentic self. One person commented under the video: "Just be yourself and stop following trends."
Fans felt that she was being inauthentic because Whitney famously sang the lyrics 'I can be a baddie and a lady' during her stint on Love Island. These lyrics are echoed in her TikTok bio.
Whitney has since defended herself, explaining that she is still figuring out her 'feminine' journey. She responded to a viewer's comment under the video, stating: "[...] I'm only human gyal going through life like everyone else." (sic)
The short 90-second clip garnered almost 500K views on TikTok and is still being circulated by various blogs on Twitter and Instagram.
Inside by Sidemen is streaming now on Netflix.
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