Axed Love Islander reveals truth behind ‘divide’ in villa amid ‘mean girls’ row

ONE of the axed stars of Love Island has revealed the truth behind the alleged ‘divide’ in villa amid the ‘mean girls’ row.
Viewers of the long-running ITV2 dating competition have suggested that there is a split amongst the girls.
Many fans of Love Island have taken to social media as they claimed there may have been a clique within the Majorca villa.
On a thread titled ‘The Mean Girls trio – Meg, Megan and Helena’ on social media fan forum site Reddit, fans fumed that Meg, Megan and Helena were not being so respectful to the rest of the girls.
One viewer claimed: “I’m really not liking the bully-ish vibes coming from the cliquey trio of Meg, Megan, and Helena.
“They tried it with Shakira at the start, but she knew how to handle them.
“Same with Malisha — there was an attempt, but thankfully Alima and Shakira backed her.”
However, in a new sit-down interview with ITV‘s The Rundown, Megan Forte Clarke, 24, has insisted that the divide on-screen was not the same in real life.
Podcast host Daniel Ajose suggested that it seemed that “friendship groups were constantly beating each other.
Megan admitted: “Do you know what? Being in there, it doesn’t feel like that whatsoever.
“Of course, like, the girls have the ones they’d naturally gravitate towards, like, you’re just naturally close to people.
“It’s like school, everyone’s not like sisters holding hands. But that being said, in there doesn’t feel like that whatsoever.”
The star admitted that although she was friendly with the likes of Emily and Helena, she also did sit and chat with the other girls.
She hinted that some of the other chats may have not been shown on-screen.
Megan continued: “Because, I know I’ve been, like, put with Hel [Helena] and Meg, they’re like my girls in there and Emily.
“But I’d sit with Shakira and Toni just as much. And Alima, like we were on, and Yasmin as well.”
Love Island 2025 full lineup
- Harry Cooksley: A 30-year-old footballer with charm to spare.
- Shakira Khan: A 22-year-old Manchester-based model, ready to turn heads.
- Megan Moore: A payroll specialist from Southampton, looking for someone tall and stylish.
- Alima Gagigo: International business graduate with brains and ambition.
- Tommy Bradley: A gym enthusiast with a big heart.
- Helena Ford: A Londoner with celebrity connections, aiming to find someone funny or Northern.
- Ben Holbrough: A model ready to make waves.
- Dejon Noel-Williams: A personal trainer and semi-pro footballer, following in his footballer father’s footsteps.
- Aaron Buckett: A towering 6’5” personal trainer.
- Conor Phillips: A 25-year-old Irish rugby pro.
- Antonia Laites: Love Island’s first bombshell revealed as sexy Las Vegas pool party waitress.
- Yasmin Pettet: The 24-year-old bombshell hails from London and works as a commercial banking executive.
- Emily Moran: Bombshell Welsh brunette from the same town as Love Island 2024 alumni Nicole Samuel.
- Harrison Solomon: Pro footballer and model entering Love Island 2025 as a bombshell.
- Giorgio Russo: The 30-year-old will be spending his summer in the sun, potentially his sister Alessia’s successful tournament at the Euros in Switzerland.
Departures:
- Kyle Ashman: Axed after an arrest over a machete attack emerged. He was released with no further action taken and denies any wrongdoing.
- Sophie Lee: A model and motivational speaker who has overcome adversity after suffering life-changing burns in an accident.
- Blu Chegini: A boxer with striking model looks, seeking love in the villa.
- Malisha Jordan: A teaching assistant from Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, who entered Love Island 2025 as a bombshell.
- Shea Mannings: Works as a scaffolder day-to-day and plays semi-pro football on the side.
- Caprice Alexandra: The 26-year-old bombshell owns a nursery in Romford.
- Poppy Harrison: The bombshell broke up with her boyfriend after finding out she would be in the villa
- Will Means: The fourth fittest farmer in the UK according to Farmers’ Weekly in 2023 entered the villa as a bombshell
- Megan Clarke: An Irish actress part of the OG line-up.
- Remell Mullins: Boasts over 18million likes and 500k followers on TikTok thanks to his sizzling body transformation videos.
She added: ” Like everyone kind of, like, goes and bits. But I think where we’re sat for like, chats, yeah, like, [i’d] naturally go towards them.
“But like, even the dressing room, it’s like, ‘you were this, you were that, oh that looks so good on you!’