After being accused by influencers of making homophobic statements during a recent event for the skincare brand Space NK, Love Island UK season 10 star Mitchel āMitchā Taylor is finally responding to those claims, which also involved his costar Zachariah āZachā Noble. Taylor started out an Instagram live-stream saying:
āOver the weekend, there were a lot of accusations against me and Zach. I do want to start off by apologizing to Zach because these accusations have nothing to do with him. Heās just been dragged straight into them. They are solely about me.ā
When it comes to the alleged homophobic claims made by Taylor, the Love Island alum said:
āI spoke to an influencer at the event and my words were, āI fancied you when you were straight.ā I can see how that can come across as homophobic, Iām really bad with my words sometimes.ā
He continued, āI was just nervous to meet this person because I am a fan. I do apologize. When Iām in scenarios like that, I canāt really get my words out correctly and I was just trying to be as respectful to that person as I could. And I kind of got it completely wrong.ā
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Taylor also used this live-stream to address other accusations against him and Noble.
āThe first accusation [pertains to] the words āWe are the most famous people in here,āā Taylor said. āThat is actually true. I said that to Zach as a bit of banter, but itās been taken the wrong way by other people. I admit it wasnāt really that funny, I was just trying to have a bit of a laugh and a joke.ā
When it comes to the accusation that Taylor and Noble āthrew money at a homeless person,ā Taylor claimed that this is ācompletely false, I didnāt throw money.ā He did admit that he gave money to a person, but alleged that his gesture has been ātwisted into an evil act.ā
Itās unfortunate that once again the Love Island UK series is attached to alleged anti-LGBTQ sentiments from contestants. While Taylor is justifying that he didnāt mean for his remarks to come across that way, several influencers who were in attendance at the event felt differently about the way he was acting.
Once again the LGBTQ+ community finds itself being disappointed by acts from Love Island stars, innit?
