Love Island stars Yewande Biala and Amber Gill have thrown their support behind Kaz Kamwi after she became the last girl to be picked.
While stepping forward for Aaron Francis during Monday night's launch episode (June 28), Aaron opted to couple up with Shannon Singh, meaning the fashion vlogger was chosen last in the first coupling of the 2021 series.
Following that result, Kaz was shown love by former Love Island winner Amber and her fellow 2019 series alum Yewande in a series of tweets.
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"Rooting for @kazkamwi so much!" Yewande wrote. "It's literally the ghetto in there!"
Amber said: "C'mon Kaz with the baddie energy."
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The result of the coupling saw Kaz coupled with Toby Aromolaran, which some viewers suggested was indicative of a concerning pattern emerging in the show.
Indeed, Kaz being picked last follows former Black contestants Yewande and Samira Mighty being picked last at the first coupling of their own series – which lends itself to previous criticism that Love Island has a diversity problem.
"Kaz is seeming like a samira and yewande all over again," said one viewer, while another added: "If kaz gets the yewande and samira treatment i swear."
Below are a few more of their reactions:
Speaking previously about stereotypical comparisons made between her and Yewande, Samira told Metro: "I was trending on Twitter when the line-up came out because of the comparisons.
"I'm different from her. I'm a theatrical person and she's a scientist. I think our personalities are different. You can even see it in the first intro [VT]. Our personalities are so different."
Earlier this year, Yewande also responded to 'bullying' claims made by co-star Lucie Donlan, alleging that the pair clashed after Lucie "refused" to call her by her name, as it was supposedly "too hard to pronounce", which Yewande dubbed a microaggression.
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Yewande's account was supported by fellow Islanders Amber and Amy Hart.
She later wrote: "Being Black on TV means not [raising] your voice, not being too defensive, because you don't want to create the narrative of being an angry Black woman or a bully."
Love Island will continue on ITV2, and is available via catch up on ITV Hub.
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