Love Island 2023: George Fensom breaks silence over homophobic tweets

Love Island star George Fensom has addressed his earlier homophobic tweets and allegations from his ex-partner about his conduct throughout their relationship.

The 24-year-old is one in all a brand new batch of bachelors heading to the villa for the summer season version of the ITV2 actuality present, first hosted by Maya Jama.

Shortly after being introduced as an Islander, followers discovered tweets from the enterprise improvement govt’s social media that used homophobic slurs.

Fensom broke his silence on the tweet, saying, “I truthfully simply really feel utterly sick of these tweets. They aren’t who I’m at present, they could not be farther from the person I’m at present and truthfully if I may flip again time I would not even have posted.

“To be trustworthy, I am actually naive at that age. I created the account in 2011 so it is simply stupidity on my behalf and does not mirror who I’m now in any respect.

“Now we proceed to be taught what is true and what’s improper. With regard to folks saying that I’m not appropriate for the villa, I’d simply say this: everybody has made errors.’

He continued, “Everybody has mentioned issues they remorse. The distinction in how I’ll defend myself is how I personal that and I admitted that was the improper factor to say.”

“In reality, if I may flip again time, I would not have mentioned the issues I mentioned.”

Referring to Love Island’s responsibility of care protocols, he mentioned: ‘I really feel that by watching these movies from ITV they’ve been actually useful because it refreshes your reminiscence of what’s acceptable and what’s not acceptable.

“It is actually fixed refresh and really pondering, these are the improper methods and these are the best methods.”

Fensom has additionally been accused of being “controlling” and a “narcissist” by his ex-girlfriend.

His ex posted a sequence of pictures of them collectively throughout their relationship on TikTok in December, labeling him a “cheat.”

She additionally claimed that he ‘managed what’ [I] carried and positioned [my] prevented’ and ‘consistently lied to others and made empty guarantees’.

Fensom utterly denied the allegations forward of Love Island’s new season, saying they “did not mirror him in any respect.”

He mentioned, “That is not an accusation that displays on me in any respect, I could not be farther from that accusation and I really feel fairly upset by that accusation.”

“However on the finish of the day now I simply have to maneuver on and at last get into the villa and show that I am not the George that was pictured, that I am not, I by no means can be.

“I actually cannot consider something worse than being like that.”

It comes after ITV unveiled its up to date responsibility of care protocols extra practices to guard the forged, together with coaching in “behaviour administration.”