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Love Island thrown into race storm as viewers are convinced they heard Siannise Fudge say N-word to Shaughna Phillips
LOVE Island has been hit by another race storm after viewers thought they heard a white contestant use the N-word.
The row blew up after Shaughna Phillips, 25, was dumped on Friday night’s episode.
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Other girls gathered round to comfort their tearful housemate and hand out dating advice.
But outraged viewers say they heard Bristolian Siannise Fudge, 25, in the background telling her to “date n*****s” after Rebecca Gormley, 21, told her not to date scaffolders any more.
One viewer told The Sun: “I couldn’t believe it. I paused and rewound the show so I could listen again and it was there clear as day..”
ITV insisted Siannise had said: “They ain’t no good.”
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Love Island said: “Viewers are mistaken.
"No one said — and nor would we broadcast — the word in question.
"We strongly refute any suggestion to the contrary."
It comes after criticism ethnic minority contestants keep getting picked last.
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