Love Island’s Malia Arkian’s shock confession: ‘I had a seven-year fling with Tyga – behind Kylie Jenner’s back!’
Newcomer reveals all to The Sun before joining ITV2 show
LOVE island newcomer Malia Arkian has revealed for the first time she had a secret romance with Kylie Jenner’s then-boyfriend Tyga.
The Manchester-born singer, 26, has admitted to having a seven-year on-off relationship with the rapper behind Kylie’s back – and accuses him of only being with the reality star to help boost his profile.
In an exclusive interview with The Sun she said: “I had a fling with him, we were friends with benefits for about seven years.
“I can’t help it if he finds me more attractive than Kylie, I guess that’s just something I have over her. Even with all the power and money she had no control over him.”
Tyga started dating the youngest Kardashian sister when she was just seventeen and he was twenty-five – which qualified as breaking the law in their home state of California.
And according to Malia, his relationship with Kylie was just a way for him to elevate his music career, as she reveals that Tyga had his eye on the star from a young age.
She said: “Kylie is growing up and learning that she can do better than him, she can be with someone who’ll actually be loyal and not use her status.
“Tyga has been around with models; why was he going towards an eighteen-year-old girl with no experience and just money, he was obviously doing it to benefit himself.
“I never got too emotionally attached to him because I knew what it was.”
Malia, who’s set to join the other islanders on the ITV2 show this weekend, revealed Tyga attempted to bed her in December but she refused to succumb to his advances.
She said: “I had a recent encounter with him in December, he was in Manchester performing and he asked me to go back to his hotel with him – and at that time he was definitely 100 per cent with Kylie.
“I told him no – because when you know you can have something you don’t want it and he’s not really my type, he’s quite short.”
When asked if Tyga was a good kisser Malia replied: “No comment.”
Kylie has since moved on with rapper Jahron Brathwaite aka PARTYNEXTDOOR following her split from Tyga last month.
The pair are set to be “mad” for each other and have the full backing of Kylie’s famous sister Kim Kardashian.
Meanwhile, Tyga is rumoured to be dating lingerie model Demi Rose, 21, after the pair were spotted together at Cannes Film Festival.
However, Malia claims that she also saw him during his French trip.
She said: “Our most recent encounter was in France, I met up with him in Cannes.
“We went to Gotha.
“We hung out but I don’t want to go into too much detail.”
Rapper Malia, who posted pictures of a visit to LAX shooting range while she was in the US, says she’s determined to “intimidate” all of the girls in this year’s show.
She also claims that the boys can’t resist her because she’s “beautiful” and that it’s a bonus that she’s going into the house later than the other contestants.