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Love Island 2023 star George Fensom hits back at ex-girlfriend’s claim he’s ‘controlling’ and ‘narcissistic’-Ruth Lawes-Entertainment – Metro
Fensom denied the allegations.
George Fensom has denied the claims made by his ex-girlfriend (Picture: Instagram)
Love Island star George Fensom has addressed allegations made by his ex-partner about his behaviour during their relationship.
The 24-year-old is among the new batch of Islanders heading to the villa for the summer edition of the ITV2 reality show, presented for the first time by Maya Jama.
But ahead of his stint in Mallorca, the business development executive from Bedford has been accused of being ‘controlling’ by his former girlfriend.
His ex posted a series of pictures of them together during their relationship on TikTok in December and branded him a ‘narcissist’ and a ‘cheat.’
She also claimed he was ‘controlling over what [I] wore and put down [my] appearance’ and ‘constantly lied to others and made empty promises.’
Fensom completely denied the allegations ahead of the new season of Love Island and said they didn’t ‘reflect him at all.’
Fensom’s ex claimed he ‘cheated’ and was ‘controlling (Picture: ITV)
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He said: ‘That isn’t an accusation that reflects me at all, I couldn’t be any further from that accusation and I feel quite upset about that accusation.
‘But at the end of the day I’ve just got to move forward now and ultimately go into the villa and prove that isn’t the George that’s been painted a picture of, that isn’t me, that would never be me.
‘I really can’t think of anything worse than being something like that.’
It comes after ITV unveiled its updated duty of care protocols to put more practices in place to protect the cast, including training in ‘controlling behaviour.’
All Islanders complete video training and guidance across a range of topics including mutually respectful behaviour in relationships, behaviour patterns associated with controlling and coercive behaviour and language around disability, sexuality, race and ethnicity, and microaggressions.
The inclusion training consists of conversations chaired by the Black Collective of Media in Sport founder Leon Mann MBE with Diversity, Equity & Inclusion consultant Hayley Bennett, disability specialist Shani Dhanda and broadcaster Sean Fletcher.
First introduced ahead of Series 8 in 2022, these discussions will tackle topics including inclusive language and behaviour, creating safe spaces and being a good ally.
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There were calls for increased support for the cast after two former islanders – Sophie Gradon from series two and Mike Thalassitis from series three – died by suicide years after competing on Love Island.
Then, in February 2020, host Caroline Flack died by suicide aged 40.
Metro.co.uk has contacted ITV for comment.
Love Island starts on ITV2 on Monday from 9pm.
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