Love Island fans praised Shaq on Friday night after he told off Ron for doing a ‘360’ on Lana.
Viewers flocked to Twitter to call Shaq a ‘king’ for standing up for the blonde after Ron told her he wanted to cool his budding romance with Ellie for her, then backtracked.
‘Okay, respect to Shaq for calling Ron out,’ one fan tweeted.
‘Respect to him for calling Ron out!’ Love Island fans heaped praise on Shaq on Friday night after he told Ron off for cooling his romance with Lana to get to know Ellie
‘Shaq putting Ron in his place KING,’ another said.
‘Ron probably thought Shaq was gonna understand him,’ one wrote.
One viewer added: ‘Shaq is one of the girls now. Shaq thank you for saying that to Ron. WTF. Like they’re not my fave couple Ron and Lana by he’s told the poor girl I wanna basically have a day with this girl and not with you. If we have no spark I’m coming back don’t worry. TF.’
Playing the game: During the episode, Ron told told the boys how he was having a ‘breather’ with Lana and ‘having conversations with Ellie,’ which didn’t sit too well with Shaq
Speaking out: Viewers flocked to Twitter to call Shaq a ‘king’ for standing up for the blonde after Ron told her he wanted to cool his budding romance with Ellie for her, then backtracked
During the episode, Ron told told the boys how he was having a ‘breather’ with Lana and ‘having conversations with Ellie,’ which didn’t sit too well with Shaq.
‘What the f**k? I’m your boy and I’m gonna keep it 100 with you, yeah, I don’t agree with what you’re saying,’ Shaq said.
‘If you’d have said from the start, ”Lana’s my number one, it would take a lot for my head to be turned, but I’m gonna explore other girls that come in here”, cool.
‘What the f**k? I’m your boy and I’m gonna keep it 100 with you, yeah, I don’t agree with what you’re saying,’ Shaq said
‘But you’ve gone to her and said ‘I’m gonna invest 100 per cent of my energy into you, it would take a serious amount for my head to turn”.
‘You’re planning stuff on the outside, you said last night you were gonna cut things off with Ellie and then you’ve done a complete 360 on her and her feelings and her emotions to then just say ”I’m gonna get to know her.”
Shaq finished: ‘You could f*** up something that you really want.’
In a chat with Lana, the financial advisor, 25, said he ‘wanted to be selfish’ and focus just on the makeup artist, also 25, and said he didn’t believe Ellie had a chance of ‘swaying him’.
Drama: In a chat with Lana, the financial advisor, 25, said he ‘wanted to be selfish’ and focus just on the makeup artist, also 25, and said he didn’t believe Ellie had a chance of ‘swaying him’
‘I think I’m gonna do something mad and dead it tonight. I just want to, I feel like we are too good.
‘When I spend time with you there’s no way she’s ever going to touch this.’
Ellie has certainly stirred things up, as Ron later told her that he did in fact want to get to know her, despite telling Lana he would ‘dead’ things with her.
‘I need to at least give this a chance to see if it is better than what I have with Lana,’ he told her as they had a private chat.
Causing a stir: Ellie has certainly stirred things up, as Ron later told her that he did in fact want to get to know her, despite telling Lana he would ‘dead’ things with her
Heating up: Ron then went back to clear the air with Lana, saying that he planned to get to know Ellie to ‘confirm’ what they have together. However, Lana said she didn’t want to be involved in any love triangle
‘She’s not my girlfriend, I’m not going to wife myself off,’ he added.
Ron then went back to clear the air with Lana, saying that he planned to get to know Ellie to ‘confirm’ what they have together.
However, Lana said she didn’t want to be involved in any love triangle and said she planned to take a step back while he figures out what he wants.
She said: ‘I’m taking a step back now, seriously. I don’t want to be part of it, so that’s that.
‘I’m not doing this kissing and affectionate thing when you are cracking on with someone else, so don’t expect me too. I’m not getting involved in a trio thing, I’m not second best, I’m best.’
‘I haven’t felt like this before and it does scare me. I want complete confirmation of it,’ Ron replied.
To which Lana said: ‘You can’t have the best of both worlds, so that’s me out for now.’
Going to speak to the boys, Ron admitted that he had ‘f**ked it’ and said he would have to ‘win’ Lana back after getting to know Ellie.
LOVE ISLAND 2023: MEET THE CONTESTANTS
Tanya Manhenga
Name: Tanya Manhenga
Age: 22
Location: Liverpool
Occupation: Student and model
Something not many people know about her: ‘I have Vitiligo, which is a skin pigmentation, you may not even notice it.’
‘It’s on my lip and I have a stripe on my hair. Not many people know that but I think it’s quite cute.’
‘I don’t care about covering it up all the time, I think it’s a vibe.’
Lana Jenkins
Name: Lana Jenkins
Age: 25
Location: Luton
Occupation: Makeup artist
Something not many people know about her: ‘In my work as a makeup artist I’ve worked with lots of celebrities.
‘Also, when I was 6-years-old I used to live in Spain and I was in an episode of Benidorm as an extra.’
Tanyel Revan
Name: Tanyel Revan
Age: 26
Location: North London
Occupation: Hair stylist
Something not many people know about her: ‘My celebrity crush is Channing Tatum – I don’t like pretty boys, they give me the ‘ick’ because they always have a crap personality.’
‘Channing Tatum is handsome but not too pretty. He’s manly and he can dance.’
‘If a man can dance I’m in love with him straight away.’
Olivia Hawkins
Name: Olivia Hawkins
Age: 27
Location: Brighton
Occupation: Ring girl and actress
Something not many people know about her: ‘I did a film with Jason Statham and had a nice 10-minute convo about life.’
‘I’ve been a ring girl for KSI, I played a waitress in James Bond with Daniel Craig and I’ve also been a body double for Michelle Keegan and Emma Watson.’
Tom Clare
Name: Tom Clare
Age: 23
Location: Barnsley
Occupation: Semi-Pro Footballer
Something not many people know about him: I’m a High School Musical fan
Aaron Waters
Name: Aaron Waters
Age: 25
Location: Melbourne
Occupation: Model
Something not many people know about him: He thinks his appearance on Love Island UK was ‘diving timing’
Ellie Spence
Name: Ellie Spence
Age: 25
Location: Norwich
Occupation: Business Development Executive at a law firm
Something not many people know about her: “When I was drunk I climbed over the gates of my friend’s house, fell and almost lost my leg.”
Kai Fagan
Name: Kai Fagan
Age: 24
Location: Manchester
Occupation: Science and PE teacher
Something not many people know about him: ‘I’m a Jamaican citizen. Because of that I played rugby 7s for Jamaica.’
‘I play semi-professional rugby now for Burnage RFC.’
‘I’ve technically got three different degrees and went to three different unis.’
Ron Hall
Name: Ron Hall
Age: 25
Location: Essex
Occupation: Financial advisor
Something not many people know about him: ‘On meeting me, you’d never know I am blind in one eye.’
‘It was the result of a football injury when I was 8. I’ve got two different coloured eyes, one blue and one green.’
Will Young
Name: Will Young
Age: 23
Location: Buckinghamshire
Occupation: Farmer
Something not many people know about him: ‘Every night I light a candle and meditate for 20-25 minutes.’
‘A girl I was seeing told me to meditate, I tried it and loved it. I stopped seeing her and carried on meditating!
‘It’s a nice way to self reflect.’
Shaq Muhammad
Name: Shaq Muhammad
Age: 24
Location: London
Occupation: Airport security officer
Something not many people know about him: ‘I’m a very emotional person. It can be a blessing and a curse.’
‘Every time I watch Dear John I cry.
That’s my favourite film. Any time I’m with someone and they say, ‘Let’s watch a romantic film’, I’m like, ‘How about Dear John, how does that sound?’
Zara Deniz Lackenby-Brown
Name: Zara Deniz Lackenby-Brown
Age: 25
Location: London
Occupation: Model and property developer
Something not many people know about her: ‘I’ve gone onto do lots of modelling and dancing for music videos for UK and global artists, I’ve worked with people like Hardy Caprio, Headie One, Aitch, Tione Wayne and more.’
Jessie Wynter
Name: Jessie Wynter
Age: 26
Location: Sydney
Occupation: Personal Trainer
Something you may not know about her: She was on series two of Love Island Australia
Spencer Wilks
Name: Spencer Wilks
Age: 24
Location: Bournemouth
Occupation: E-Commerce Business Owner
Something not many people know about him: He loves Justin Bieber