Love Island’s Chris Taylor was branded ‘weird’ by the female islanders (Picture: ITV2)

Love Island’s Francesca Allen has revealed Chris Taylor was shunned for being ‘weird’ by the female islanders.

Earlier this week Chris wept on Curtis Prtichard for feeling like an outsider after falling into the bottom three following the public vote, which eventually saw Francesca booted out of the villa alongside Michael Griffiths.

However, the 23-year-old clothing store manager has now admitted to Metro.co.uk that in scenes which didn’t make it to air, the girls were ‘hostile’ to funnyman Chris.

‘I love Chris,’ Francesca told us. ‘Our sense of humour was really similar, he was my comfort blanket for the first week. I just got him straight away and the other girls called him ‘weird’. I was like, “He’s not weird, don’t call him weird”. He’s not weird – he’s hilarious!




‘He felt that way and I had to tell him he’s not, “Be confident in who you are. You’re great, you’re funny and handsome man so go with it.”

Thankfully, Chris has since come out of his shell and become a standout hero for viewers – even if they’re not convinced by his romance with Harley Brash.

‘Chris is just being himself now everyone knows who he is,’ Francesca continued. ‘Everyone thought I was mad for saying he’s hilarious but I just said, “You guys aren’t giving him a chance.”

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‘When we came in it was such a different vibe when we walked in to when Harley and India [Reynolds] – they were welcomed with open arms. There was a bit of hostility with Chris and me at first, people were being a bit off with us.’

Last night’s Love Island saw its most explosive episode yet as Jordan Hames decided to cheat on Anna Vakili, going behind her back to crack on with India.

In a series packed with heinous behaviour by the male islanders, this one really took the biscuit. However, Francesca claimed India has a part to play too.

Francesca suggested India isn’t completely blameless in the Anna and Jordan saga (Picture: ITV2/Rex)

‘India’s a very flirtatious girl. As soon as she came in she’s like a duck to water – she was really flirtatious with everyone in there,’ Francesca explained.

‘She was very flirtatious with all the boys around her. Whether she means it that way or not – she’s gorgeous. If she’s giving that kind of attention to a boy they’re probably going to take it that she likes them. I was just so shocked.’

Weren’t we all.

Love Island continues tonight at 9pm on ITV2.

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