Shaq Muhammad called out Martin Akinola for his ‘disgusting’ remarks about Tanya Manhenga, igniting a firestorm at the reunion of Love Island.
Shaq, 25, and Tanya, 23, endured a difficult trip during their stay in the villa, but ultimately placed fourth.
During Sunday’s reunion special, Maya Jama reminisced about the couple’s ups and downs before inviting Martin to the sofa to discuss the aftermath of Casa Amor.
As Shaq criticised Martin for the X-rated remarks he made about Tanya during an interview on the Reality podcast hosted by Will Njobvu, tensions rose.
Martin previously claimed he told an emotional Shaq: ‘On the outside out I would be f***ing your girls in ways you can’t imagine.
‘He was crying that night and everyone thought he was crying because of the Movie Night, no he was crying because of what I told him.’
Shaq, desiring to hear his side, fumed, “I believe for me, I want to know why you (Martin) left the programme and began claiming on podcasts that you would sleep with Tanya in unimaginable ways.”
‘Because one – that did not happen and two if that’s how you choose to speak about women, that’s up to you. But it’s disgusting.’
Martin replied: ‘Okay, fair enough. That’s fair enough. But if you watch the podcast you’d know that’s not what happened.
‘But, but what I will say is, I didn’t expect you to, you know, say that’s what happened or whatever.
‘But I will say, yeah I crossed the line there. You know, I shouldn’t have said that. So I apologise to Tanya, mostly because we never acknowledged what was talked about.’
Finishing the debate, Shaq said: ‘I just want to clarify that you didn’t say that and the reason why I was upset on Movie Night was because I was upset about the whole environment and I was missing home.’
As the reunion was live, host Maya quickly interjected:’So sorry we’ve got to move on just because time is live but thank you so much for joining us. We can discuss this off camera later.’
Love Island is available to stream on ITVX.
