Love Island’s Alex Bowen slammed for filming Instagram video and giving the middle finger while driving
In the clip Alex is driving down a busy motorway while recording himself singing along to dance music
ALEX Bowen has been slammed by a road safety charity for filming an Instagram video and giving the middle finger while driving.
In the clip, the Love Island star is driving down a busy motorway in his flashy Mercedes Benz before he flips the camera on himself as he mimes along to some dance tracks on the speakers.
At one stage, he appears to be driving without his hands on the wheel as he holds his phone is one hand and air punches along the music with the other.
He then turned the camera on the road which shows heavy traffic and two large articulated lorries in front of him.
Alex then pans the camera around the new motor, and hovers around the dashboard which shows his speed at 60mph.
He then flips his middle finger and captioned the video "traffic".
A spokesperson for Brake, the road safety charity, said Alex could have caused an accident by using his phone while driving.
They told The Sun Online: “Using a mobile phone behind the wheel is dumb and selfish. Alex is risking his, and other road users’ lives, and sending a terrible message to his fans.
"Evidence shows that using a phone behind the wheel affects reaction times as much as drink driving, increasing your risk of being involved in a crash and seriously injuring or killing yourself or other road users.
"At Brake, we work with many families who have lost loved ones and had their lives torn apart because someone thought they could multi-task behind the wheel.
"It’s vital that public figures like Alex set a positive example of safe driving behaviour.”
Alex's rep said he did not wish to comment when contacted by The Sun Online.
Meanwhile, on a happier note Alex's fiance Olivia Buckland has revealed his former fling Zara Holland is 'welcome' to attend their upcoming wedding.
The glamorous pair got together on the ITV reality show after Alex famously had a one-night stand with Zara, which resulted in her being stripped of her Miss Great Britain title.
Olivia and Alex have been together since hooking up in the villa and got engaged in New York last month following their whirlwind romance.
Speaking to about the proposal and upcoming wedding, Olivia said there are "no hard feelings" between them and Zara.
She said: "We’d only known each other for an hour when it happened, so I can’t keep it against him or Zara."
Adding about the big day, she said: "She’s welcome! She needs to come to the engagement party, 100 per cent."
Olivia, 22, and Alex, 24, then gushed about her romantic engagement in the Big Apple and the blonde beauty admitted she was crying with happiness after he popped the question.
She said: "He got down on one knee and I was thinking, oh my God what is happening? I was so shocked!"
"It was crazy. It didn’t hit me for about 20 minutes, and then an hour later we were sat in a bar and I just burst into tears!"
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Opening up about the moment he asked Olivia to be his wife, Alex said: "I was half way through saying: ‘Will you marry me?’ and I hadn’t even finished and she was like: ‘Yes yes yes I will!’"
Olivia admitted that she knows people will think they've rushed into things but they are determined marriage is right for them.
She said: "These days I know we are young to be engaged but my mum was at this age.
"If you meet the right person you don’t have to worry about how old you are. We know each other inside out."
Alex added: "I don’t really care what other people think. If I love the girl and I want to marry her, then I’m going to marry her.
"When we first came out of the villa, people doubted us, but we’re having the first Love Island wedding."
Olivia also revealed she wants her Love Island BFF Cara De La Hoyde to be her bridesmaid.
She said: "I’ve already spoken to Cara [De La Hoyde] about it. We’ve very close."
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