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Katie Fitzpatrick

Dumped Love Island star Haris Namani says he's "devastated" after street brawl video emerged

Haris Namani and Anna-May Robey left the Love Island villa on Wednesday night (January 25) after being dumped by their fellow Islanders. Australian bombshells Jessie Wynter and Aaron Waters made the final decision after the public had been voting for their favourite boys and girls on the ITV dating contest.

Haris' dumping came after came after video footage emerged appearing to show the Islander in a brawl before he entered the ITV dating show, which was shared on the messaging app Snapchat. The clip shows Haris squaring up and landing a punch on another man in the street.

The 21-year-old TV salesman from Doncaster was booted off the show in a savage double dumping along with Anna-May, 20, from Swansea. He said, following his depature from the villa in South Africa, that he and the other man in the video had since shaken hands.

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He said: "I’m devastated that this video has been seen, it’s not a reflection of my character. I’m not someone that goes looking for fights and I didn’t want to be in that situation.

"This was a heat of the moment thing. The video doesn’t show everything that happened. Afterwards we met up and we cleared the air; we’ve shaken hands and we get along now. It’s not something that would happen again."

Haris got hugs from his fellow Islanders after being dumped from the villa (ITV)

Haris was shown the door just as he was getting to know Olivia Hawkins. "It was only just getting good!" he said. "From the get-go me and her had mutual attraction to each other. When we coupled up I felt we were getting closer than we were at the start.

"She’s a very good looking girl, her energy, the way she presented herself, the flirting, the funny side to her, she was a nice girl as well."

He said about where he stood with Olivia on his departure: "We had a conversation just after the decision was made. I hope she does well and I hope she finds the right boy for herself.

Harris in the villa (ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

"You never know what could happen. Never say never. I would expect Olivia to get to know people that are coming through. If there’s new people coming through, just to be true to herself."

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