Love Islander slammed for 'shaming' co-star in 'one of the most disgusting things said' on show
Love Island contestant Priya Jaswal has been accused of ‘job-shaming’ fellow co-star Elicia Bailey on last night’s show.
The 25-year-old who works as a business development manager in Surrey wasn’t pleased with Elicia calling her the ‘biggest game player’ on Aftersun.
“I don't care what Elicia says. I don't care. It's cringy,” Priya said of the 23-year-old from Rotherham.
“Go back to the National Rail. Elicia, you work for the National Rail, why are you f**king sitting in Aftersun? But just go back there and save your breath.”
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Viewers of the ITV show were fuming with the remark, as one person tweeted: “‘Go back to the national rail’ may seriously be one of the most disgusting things said on Love Island, get Priya off now.”
Priya slammed over her ‘job-shaming’ comments
“Priya really said 'go back to National Rail' like she didn't just expose herself as the ultimate classist clown. Nothing more disgusting than shaming honest work while playing games on TV. Eject her immediately,” another wrote.
“That comment definitely didn’t land well with a lot of viewers. Every job deserves respect,” a third person said.
Others, meanwhile, thought people were overreacting to the comment, as one person wrote: “We’ve all said something s**t about someone who’s said something s**t about us, the world is too soft.”
“One of the most disgusting things said on Love Island?? I would argue some of the way these men talk about women is much worse,” another penned.
Aidan tells Priya she was ‘over the line’
Priya's partner Aidan later told her that he was unhappy with her comments, saying: “I think when we was in the den, some of the comments towards Elicia didn’t really stand by me, I’m not going to lie.
“I think some of the comments were, yeah, over the line a little bit and I remember you sort of going on the rant about Elicia and she’s done this and that.
“And it was just a few comments in there about her job and something to do with like a disease or something like that.”
Priya then interjected: “No I said ‘get well soon, jealousy is a disease’.”
Elicia addresses Priya’s comments
After the show aired, Elicia said on Love Island The Debrief podcast that she’s ‘really surprised by the bitter and jealous comments because her reacting the way she did seems quite bitter, about the fact that I called out what everyone else is thinking’.
She added: "The thing that we clashed with in the villa is any opinion that anybody had that could affect the way that she was viewed or that she didn't necessarily agree with - that was it.
"Like, she shut it straight down. I think that's where, as well, like, the game player card would probably be her."
Elicia said she appreciated Aidan coming to her defence and added: “That was so nice from Aidan, like I actually will give him that.
“That's really lovely of him because not once did I feel like, when I was in there, he had my back, as such. There were times where I was upset about certain reactions and things that were said, and it was really nice to see that he had my back last night.”
LADbible Group has contacted ITV and Priya Jaswal for comment.
Topics: Love Island, TV
Anish Vij