Love Island star George Fensom’s family have hit back after his ex-girlfriend publicly slammed him.
Ebony Keeley, 24, says she dated George for two years after meeting on Tinder and previously branded the reality star a “cheat” and a “narcissist” in a resurfaced TikTok video.
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Now, Ebony has claimed she was in an “emotionally abusive” relationship with George, 24, and advised ITV not to give him a platform.
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She told the The Sun on Sunday that George isn’t going on the show for love and claimed his family urged him to apply for Love Island when she was sat in the same room.
“He even showed me an audition tape he sent in as he had applied previously. He just wants fame,” she said.
She also said she reached out to ITV, saying: “I wrote to them and sent them messages as proof as I’m terrified what he will do with an audience of over a million people.”
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ITV have released a statement regarding the matter, saying: “We have spoken to George and his family with regards to the allegations being made on social media.
“His family have responded with a statement. The safeguarding and ongoing welfare of our contributors is always the top priority.
“As part of our duty of care process, all Islanders undergo psychological evaluation prior to being selected for the show, and we also stipulate that all Islanders participate in our training programme around language and behaviour – this is a very important part of our pre entry procedure.
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“We have a zero tolerance of any discriminatory language in the villa and we speak to all of the islanders to remind them of what we condone to be acceptable behaviour during their time on the show.
“They are also spoken to daily by our welfare team to ensure they remain comfortable in their relationships.”
Meanwhile, George’s family have also spoken out and stated that the claims being made against him are “false and unjustified” before insisting this isn’t the full story.
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The statement read: “We have been very reluctant to speak about this as we have no desire to in any way cause distress to George’s ex girlfriend, but given George has no right to reply, and because of the strength of these unsubstantiated claims being made against him, we feel we have no choice.
“These claims, which relate to an on/off ten month relationship, are false, unjustified and hurtful, and George would absolutely refute these.
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“It has been very upsetting to see our son labelled using such damaging terms. We know our son better than anyone and we also had close insights into this relationship, and this isn’t the full story.
“George only ever wanted to end this relationship amicably and move on in a civil manner so it is very sad it has come to this.
“We would implore everyone to give him a chance to prove he is not the person he is being portrayed to be.”
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Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
