Love Island’s Antigoni Buxton defends Tasha Ghouri after online trolling and social media abuse: ‘She’s not done anything reckless’-Meghna Amin-Entertainment – Metro

Antigoni Buxton (R) has defended Tasha Ghouri as a ‘really sweet girl’ (Picture: Rex / Getty)

Dumped islander Antigoni Buxton has defended her fellow Love Island contestant Tasha Ghouri, who has faced online trolls sending hateful comments on social media.

The singer, and daughter of celebrity chef Tonia Buxton, has openly defended Tasha, the ITV reality dating show’s first deaf contestant.

Tasha has faced ableist abuse online with trolls wanting to interfere with her cochlear implant and mocking her voice, as well as viewers slamming the 23-year-old over her relationship with Andrew Le Page.

However, Antigoni has jumped to Tasha’s defence, saying: ‘I think [Tasha] is a really sweet girl.

‘She’s really lovely and it’s not her fault that every guy has come in and wanted to get to know her,’ she added to Digital Spy.

‘And I think it’s only fair to give people a chance. She has not done anything reckless.

Antigoni, who was dumped from the villa before Casa Amor, has defended Tasha (Picture: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

Some viewers have criticised Tasha over her relationship with Andrew Le Page (Picture: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

‘It’s not like she’s been dishonest about it or anything. So I feel like it’s a bit unfair.’

Antigoni added: ‘I really hope the tide turns against her in the kind of social media world because I think it’d be really hard for her to come out to what’s been said now, because she’s actually a really lovely girl.’

Antigoni’s comments come after Tasha’s family begging trolls not to target the star’s cochlear implant.

The model and dancer has faced horrific online abuse and trolling (Picture: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

A cochlear implant is a small electronic device that stimulates the cochlear nerve, which is used for hearing. 

Part of the implant is external and sits behind the ear to pick up sounds with a microphone, which are processed and transmitted to the internal part of the implant.

Tasha refers to her implant as her ‘superpower’ (Picture: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

Tasha was born with sensory loss, due to the small hairs in the cochlear being damaged or missing. 

She refers to the implant as her ‘superpower’, however some fans of Love Island have made cruel comments about the device. 

Her family, who are looking after her social media accounts, have asked that people be kind to her and not target her disability with their abuse. 

Sharing a photo of Tasha taken before she entered the villa, they wrote: ‘Hey Everyone! We thank everyone for the love and support for our gal Tasha as we are behind her 110%.

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‘We understand everybody has opinions both negative and positive but please could we avoid making fun of her superpower – let’s lead with love always!’

Love Island continues tomorrow night at 9pm on ITV2 and ITV Hub.

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