Love Island's Haris Namani has spoken about a video showing him in a fight which has surfaced in the media. His words came shortly after he became one of the first two stars to be axed from the current series of the show, alongside Anna-May Robey, during a brutal double dumping.
Haris' exit comes after a video of him appearing to punch another man surfaced online, with the star now speaking out on the incident. The video, which was published by The Sun, showed the man from South Yorkshire fighting in the street and trading blows with another man.
The cameraman can be heard shouting: "Go on Haris" before Haris can be heard saying: "I’m not a bully, I’m not a f***ing bully, on my mum’s life."
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In a post-dumping interview with broadcaster ITV, Haris was asked: "What is your response to the reports following a video that was shared of you?"
Haris responded: "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 also addressed an argument with Shaq, explained: "Yeah we’re friends. I knew 100 percent nothing would have come from that disagreement and we would hug it out.
"I said sorry for my part and he said the same and that’s it. We were the first two in and we got along after that."
He added they will "definitely" meet up when they are all back in the UK. Haris went on to explain he thinks Ron and Lana will make it to the end of the competition. "They were always together, they always clarified that they were into each other," he said.
"I feel like it is a true connection between the two of them. I think they are going to go all the way and do well."
ITV have yet to comment on the scenes, but a source close to the show says bosses were "relieved" Haris lost the public vote and has now exited the villa.
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