Love Island's Dejon puts on brave face as he reunites with co-stars after step-sister slams him as a ‘narcissist'
The ex Islander came under fire for his controversial behaviour on the show and was repeatedly called a "gaslighter" by fans.
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It has since been revealed that a family member has released a tell-all book exposing the TV star.
Niah, who is not biologically related to Dejon but shares a brother with him, took to TikTok to give fans an unfiltered glimpse into the 'real Dejon' and insisted he is "manipulative" and "narcissistic".
She has even gone as far as to write her own account in a tell-all book named 'Surviving Dejon', which is already available to buy.
Despite this, Dejon has failed to address the video and his stepsister's claims and instead has been hitting the party scene with his co-stars.
Yesterday, Dejon and girlfriend Meg joined Harrison, Lauren, Helena, Angel and Ty for dinner and drinks.
And today Dejon was pictured smiling alongside Meg with Lauren and Harrison.
The photo was captioned: "My people," with a red heart emoji.
HUGE FALLOUT
In the six minute video, Niah claimed that what viewers have seen on TV is an accurate reflection of how Dejon behaves in real life.
She began: " So I've decided to speak out because I've been silent for way too long and I know that I will be receiving probably a lot of backlash from my family for this.
"You guys are all clearly very traumatised from seeing Dejon on TV and seeing everything that he's doing and watching everything play out it seems as though no one is holding him accountable.
She went on to say: 'Dejon is a narcissist, he's manipulative. I've been telling everyone this for the past 10 years now but no one believed me. And it's just crazy now that the whole of the UK can see what I've been trying to explain to people for so long.
She continued: 'I didn't want to speak out on this. That's why I haven't made any videos directly explaining anything about him because I know that it can affect my family in a bad way.
"And I do completely understand if they are upset with me for this post.
She added: "One thing I will say is, I knew from the beginning, from the first episode I knew exactly what was going to go down.
"It's just a shame because I don't want him to be seen like this, but I genuinely don't think that he sees that he's a narcissist, you know? and I actually do feel bad for Meg in a sense."
Speaking about the book alongside a trailer for it, she penned: 'This book answers everything. reasons why I spoke out. Why fear kept me silent for so long. How I lost everyone and everything I ever cared about.
'It reveals the truth behind the rumours I never wanted to address. I need to tell my truth in the way that I feel in control. This is not for attention, creating this book was like therapy for me.
'I would never put my reputation on the line or lose the people I loved if I didn't have a powerful reason to finally speak.'
Niah even posted a trigger warning for the book as it contains: "emotionally intense and potentially distressing content".
Speaking to the Daily Mail, Dejon has hit back at claims of him being a 'narcissist', he said: "I do take full accountability for how I communicated at times in the villa.
"The girls who were on the show with me say I'm not a narcissist, I'm not a gaslighter, all of these things they have seen online, it means a lot to me because they spent 24 hours a day with me.
"I could have handled situations better but when it comes to being a 'narcissist' and these words, empathy is definitely something that I have, it's something I had for Meg, for Harry, and when Meg was upset, I was there for her, and when Harry was upset it would break my heart.
"Me and Harry had a thing, we called it fitness and feelings where we would go to the gym and I would say "don't worry H, we can be free here, our tears, people will think they're sweat."'
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