Mandi Vakili has revealed why she thinks her sister Anna got so much online backlash on Love Island (Picture: ITV/Instagram)

Love Island’s Anna Vakili sister Mandi thinks she got so much backlash because of ‘sexism.’

The sibling, who was forced to apologise to Jordan Hames after calling him ‘Shrek’ in an explosive rant, dropped by to join BBC Radio 1’s The Reality Tea Podcast with Raj and Pilar where she discussed her sister’s social media reaction.

Revealing why she believes Anna was targeted by trolls online, Mandi said: ‘It’s like Anna always ends up getting the backlash in every situation even when she’s the victim, for some reason everybody attacks her, she seems to become the villain in situations and I think that’s because people hate to see a strong, confrontational woman.



‘People love to see a woman being the victim and crying.


‘I mean if you look at the two situations you’ll see when Michael did what he did to Amber, I love Amber and everything, but she sort of was like, “I’m not bothered, I’m not bothered,” and then she went and cried and Anna went over to Michael and caused a scene.’

Mandi continued: ‘[Amber] didn’t really express how she felt. Whereas Anna, she was like straight over to his face, like how bloody dare you?

‘She said it how it is and people, especially men, they become intimidated by women like Anna.

‘That can stand up in you face, shout in your face, scream in your face and tell you you’re wrong, you’re like a little piece of shit basically. So I think that’s what it is – it’s like a sexism thing.’

After leaving the Love Island villa, Anna revealed she was the victim of cruel trolls who taunted her over her figure.

The pharmacist was rocking some angles most of us could only ever wish for, however because we cannot have nice things in this world some horrible people taunted the reality star with her saying she was branded a ‘whale’ and ‘obese’ by online bullies.

Once again for the cheap seats at the back – this sort of behaviour is just not on, people! ‘There are trolls fat shaming me, which I was prepared for going in because it is an easy thing to say,’ she said this week.

‘Compared to the other girls I’m bigger than them.’

Love Island returns to ITV2 in 2020.

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